III. Дайте ответы на следующие вопросы по содержанию текста.

1. What does the English word law refer to?

2. What do descriptive laws describe?

3. What do prescriptive laws prescribe?

4. What kind of laws are relations between people regulated by?

5. How do we learn to behave in the society?

6. What do the rules of social institutions carry for those who break them?

7. What do the governments use when they make laws?

IV. Соотнесите слова с их определениями.

1. Law 2. Penalty 3. Citizen 4. Crime 5. Court 6. Witness 7. Case

a) a punishment for doing something that is against a law; b) a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a society behaves, or the whole system of such rules; c) an action which is against the law, or, more generally, bad or unacceptable behaviour; d) a building where trials and other legal cases happen; e) a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights; f) any proceeding, action, lawsuit initiated through the court system by filing a complaint, petition or information; g) a person who testifies under oath in court regarding what was seen, heard or otherwise observed.

V. Вставьте выделенные слова в следующие предложения:

law, penalty, citizen, crime, court, witness, case.

1. The Magna Carta stipulated that no … could be punished or kept in prison without a fair trial.

2. The Greeks believed that … were made by the people and for the people.

3. … springs from a multiplicity of conflicting and converging influences – biological, psychological, cultural, economic and political.

4. A criminal … is brought by the state or by a city or county against a person or persons accused of having commited a crime.

5. Most of the criminal and civil cases are tried by the district ….

6. Not only murderers but also thieves and false accusers faced the death …. .

7. … for the defence is on the witness stand now and he is giving his testimony.

VI. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в нужном времени.

1. They haven’t passed the Bill yet. They (to debate) it for two weeks.

2. The jurors (to return) a verdict yet.

3. The Magna Carta (to establish) the principle of limited Government many centuries ago.

4. Parliament passed the Bill after they (to read) it for three times.

5. In the middle of the last century the House of Commons (to be) a centre of real political power.

6. Tomorrow the citizens of our country (to take part in) the general elections.

7. The judge (to examine) the documents now. He usually (to examine) the documents in the morning.

VII. Преобразуйте предложения из действительного залога в страдательный.

1. Mr. Brown will deliver a lecture on criminology next Monday.

2. The law guarantees the right to defence.

3. A private detective conducted investigations.

4. A very experienced solicitor will deal with this litigation.

5. A barrister has already prepared arguments for the court. 6. Who prepared documents for the court?

7. Solicitors usually employ barristers.