1.Заполните данную таблицу, исходя из содержания текстов.
Legal professions |
education |
skills |
duties |
Judge |
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Magistrate |
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Solicitor |
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Barrister |
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Attorney |
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Clerk |
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2.Вставьте пропущенные слова.
barrister, sentenced,commit, crimes, solicitor, witness, guilty(2 times), Magistrate’s Court, charged with, evidence, defence, suspect, sentence, accused, a trial, Crown Court |
The number of young people who _____ has risen sharply in recent years.
The judge _____him to seven years’ imprisonment for armed robbery.
After twelve hours, the Jury finally reached its verdict; the prisoner was _____.
He was arrested by the police outside a pub in Soho and _____ _____ murder.
There are two criminal courts in Britain – the _____ _____ for minor offences and the _____ _____ for more serious ones.
A _____ is someone who sees a crime being committed.
The lawyer who prepares the case for his or her client prior to appearing in court is called a _____. The lawyer who actually presents the case in court is called a _____.
The witness held the Bible in her right hand and said: “I swear by Almighty God that the _____ I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”.
At _____, the barrister who speaks for the accused is called the Counsel for the _____, while the barrister who speaks against him is called the Counsel for the prosecution.
Unfortunately at the end of the trial my brother was found _____.
Because of his past criminal record, Brian was the main _____
Pauline decided to sue the police because she had been wrongly _____.
The murderer of the children received a life _____.
Аналитическое чтение.
Прочитайте тексты и ответьте на следующие вопросы.
-What is the most striking feature of the English legal profession?
-Who represents the interests of clients in the higher courts?
-What are solicitors concerned with?
-What kinds of work do attorneys do?
-What kinds of matters do attorneys act on?
-What types of judges are legally qualified in the UK?
-How can you prove that the systems of higher legal education in the USA and Russia could not be more different?