The Concept of Law and its Importance

1 Translate the passage into Russian:

Contract law deals with promises which create legal rights. In most legal systems, a contract is formed when one party makes an offer that is accepted by the other party. When the contract is negotiated, the offer and acceptance must match each other in order for the contract to be binding. This means that one party must accept exactly what the other party has offered. If the offer and acceptance do not match each other, then the law says that the second party has made a counter-offer (that is, a new offer to the first party which then may be accepted or rejected). For there to be a valid contract, the parties must agree on the essential terms. These include the price and the subject matter of the contract.

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2 Match each word on the left with its appropriate definition on the right:

1) a commercial practice 2) a large law firm 3) a law clinic 4) a partnership 5) a sole practitioner

a) is managed by partners who share profits and responsibility equally; b) works on his or her own, has no partners and usually handles smaller cases; c) advises clients on corporate and commercial matters and may also negotiate transactions and solve business problems; d) can have 50 or more lawyers working on complex matters for large organizations; e) gives students an opportunity to deal with real clients and to develop their legal skills.

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3 Fill in the gaps with the correct words:

1 A __________ law governs navigation and shipping.

2 Wilmot h __________d a private detective to follow him.

3 C __________ law deals with the fundamental principles by which the government exercises its authority.

4 Asylum seekers are offered free l __________ a __________, accommodation, food and health services.

5 A degree program is made up of a specified number of requiredand e __________ courses andvaries from institution to institution.

4 Ask all kinds of questions to the given sentence:

A new Kent Law Clinic offers a unique opportunity for law students to practice law while still undergraduates.

1 A Yes/No Question

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2 A Choice Question

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3 A Wh-Question

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4 A Question to the Subject

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5 A Tag Question

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5 Open the brackets paying attention to the Degrees of Comparison of English adjectives:

1 “Law & Order” is one of __________ (interesting) legal shows of all times.

2 Laws help people to live a better and __________ (peaceful) life.

3 When Mathew is drunk he becomes __________ (angry) and __________ (irritable) than ever.

4 Working on language skills is __________ (good) way to prepare for using English for law.

5 You may find the course of legal writing __________ (time-consuming) than you had expected, but it is one of __________ (useful) courses you take at university.

 

6 Make up sentences using the suggested words and minding the Simple tenses:

1 You / him / tell / a lie / yesterday?

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2 The Prime Minister / to appoint / his Cabinet / last Thursday.

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3 Your client / to appeal / to a higher court / next / month?

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4 My friend / to pass / his exam on criminology / in the beginning of June.

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5 The police car / to race / down the street / with the siren blaring / an hour ago.

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7 Translate into English:

1 деликтное право________________ 2 жилищное право________________ 3трудовое право_________________ 4 уголовное право___________________________ 5 право справедливости____________

6 судебный процесс_______________ 7арбитраж_______________________ 8управление имуществом по доверенности____________________ 9 юридическая клиника____________ 10 исследование в области права____________________________

8 Comment on the following quotation:

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them” (Ray Douglas Bradbury)

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Практические задания по Разделу III. Crime and Punishment

1 Translate the passage into Russian:

Not a robber A young man was going from the railway station. It was a dark night and there was nobody in the street. He was walking as fast as he could when suddenly he heard that somebody was following him. The faster he went, the faster the man behind him followed him. The man decided to turn into a side-street. After some time he looked back and saw that the other man was still following him. «That man behind me wants to rob me», thought the first man and seeing a high wall around a garden jumped over it. The other man jumped over the wall too. Now he was quite sure that this man was a robber, but he couldn't under­stand why the robber was not in a hurry to attack him. The man didn’t know what to do. Then he turned round and said: «What do you want? Why are you following me?» «I’m going to Mr. White and the man at the station told me to go after you because Mr. White lives next door to you. Excuse me please but will you have some more jumping tonight or will you go straight home?»

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2 Match each word on the left with its appropriate definition on the right:

1) deterrent 2) interrogation 3) self-defence 4) sentence 5) torture

a) infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion; b) the act of defending oneself, one’s actions, ideas, etc.; c) a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something; d) the technique, practice, or an instance of a question or query; e) the penalty imposed by a law court or other authority upon someone found guilty of a crime or other offense.

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3 Fill in the gaps with the correct words:

1 The person who brings an action in a court of law is called the c __________.

2 The person against whom an action is brought in a court of law is known as the d __________.

3 Be warned that a group of b __________ and thieves are in the area.

4 Police believe the victim may not have seen the a __________ who murdered him with a single shot to the back.

5 The plane landed in Germany, the h __________ was arrested, and served a prison sentence.

4 Ask all kinds of questions to the given sentence:

Generous people raised money to replace church windows destroyed by vandals.

1 A Yes/No Question

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2 A Choice Question

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3 A Wh-Question

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4 A Question to the Subject

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5 A Tag Question

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5 Complete the following sentences with the prepositions in the box:

against for of on to

 

1 Last month, three high-level employees of the Junesco Corporation were arrested __________ fraud.

2 An action was brought __________ them in the civil court.

3 They were accused __________ having developed a complex scheme involving investors’ money.

4 All of them were sentenced __________ two years’ imprisonment.

5 The judgestated that the actions of the three men had an adverse effect __________ the Junesco Corporation.

 

6 Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb:

1 His advocate __________ (to draw up) a contract now.

2 This law __________ (to fix) that the penalty cannot be harder than the crime.

3 Where are the parents of this child? − They __________ (to discuss) some details of their divorce.

4 These laws __________ (to ban) kidnapping and blood feud.

5 This judge always __________ (to impose) a just penalty.

7 Translate into English:

1поджог________________________ 2 похищение_____________________ 3угон автомобиля с целью покататься______________________ 4 карманная кража________________ 5 уклонение от уплаты налогов________________________

6 убийство_______________________ 7вымогательство_________________ 8изнасилование__________________ 9 распространение наркотиков______ ________________________________ 10 шантаж_______________________

8 Comment on the following quotation:

“Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it” (Henry Thomas Buckle)

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Практические задания по Раздел IV.