
- •Введение
- •Contents
- •Introduction to legal english Before you start
- •Concept
- •Part 1.Terminology basics
- •Fundamentals
- •I. Origin of some basic words
- •1. Law and Legal
- •3. The word jury has a different origin
- •2. Impersonal sentences
- •3. Passive constructions
- •Development Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Part 2.The concept of law and areas of law fundamentals
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Areas of law
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7 Business Law
- •Part 3. How to look up words in a dictionary
- •Unit II state structure: legislative branch of power Before you start
- •Part 1. Legislation process in the united kingdom fundamentals The uk Parliament
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 4
- •How laws are made in the uk Parliament
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- •Video script
- •Uk Executive Branch of Power
- •How Bill Becomes Law in the usa
- •Exercise 10
- •Exercise 14
- •Internet Search. Visiting the site of the Congress.
- •The Executive Branch of Power in the usa
- •The russian federation chapter
- •Part 3. How to make presentations
- •Presentation
- •Introduction
- •Unit III state structure: judicial branch of power Before you start
- •Part 1. The uk justice system
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Development Exercise 8
- •Part 2. The us justice system
- •Fundamentals
- •Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Development State court system
- •Exercise 11
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Internet research
- •Exercise 14
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- •Part 3. How to conduct discussions and hold meetings
- •1. Chairperson conducts a meeting or discussion
- •2. Audience’s interaction with the speaker
- •3. The speaker’s reaction to the questions and comments.
- •Sequencing and connecting ideas
- •Unit IV legal systems Before you start
- •Exercise 2
- •Henry II of England
- •The third criterion
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- •Exercise 9
- •Sources of Civil Law Exercise 10
- •Part 2. Precedent
- •Fundamentals
- •Exercise 11
- •Development Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •Miranda V. Arizona (1966)
- •Gideon V Wainwright (1963)
- •Brown V. Board of Education, 347 u.S. 483 (1954)
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- •Information that law students search in Internet
- •Unit V. Wrongs and offences. Before you start
- •Part 1. Torts as civil wrongs fundamentals Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Intentional torts
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- •Exercise 9
- •Internet research
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •Exercise 15
- •Development Exercise 16
- •Exercise 17
- •4. Note hate crime – преступление на почве ненависти; преступление на почве этнической ненависти
- •Exercise 18
- •Internet research
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- •Part 3. How to provide arguments in a dispute
- •Unit VI legal education Before you start
- •Part 1. Becoming an attorney (us) fundamentals
- •How to become a lawyer in the usa
- •Interview with an American attorney
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Development Exercise 5
- •Internet Research
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7.
- •Part 2. Becoming a solicitor or barrister (uk) fundamentals
- •Exercise 8
- •Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Internet research.
- •Exercise 11
- •The russian federation chapter
- •Part 3. How law students keep up legal correspondence
- •Internship advertisement
- •Unit VII legal professionals Before you start
- •Concept
- •Part 1. Law and law-related professions
- •Exercise 1
- •Fundamentals
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Development Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Interview with a Finance Lawyer
- •Exercise 8
- •Part 2. Law firms and legal departments Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Exercise 11
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •1. Providing legal advice and guidance
- •2. Prosecution of cases in courts and litigation management
- •3. Documentation preparation and drafting
- •The russian federation chapter
- •Part 3. How law professionals keep up legal correspondence
- •Correspondence phrase bank basics
- •The russian federation chapter
- •Bibliography
- •Заключение
Exercise 12
Speak about the courts of Nebraska.
Exercise 13
Internet research
The internet site Court Statistics Project contains information on every state’s court system.
http://www.courtstatistics.org/other-pages/state_court_structure_charts.aspx
This page shows the map of the United States of America. The states are designated with abbreviations (and it’s good and important to know them alongside with the names of the US states).
One click on a certain state will bring a diagram representing the courts. Study some diagrams to understand the structure.
The abbreviations on the diagram CLR or GJC or other are described on the PDF additional material – the link there is to the right of the map.
The task concerning this site and its information will be provided in Part III of this UNIT.
Exercise 14
The following pictures show
a plan of a typical courtroom and its arrangements for a criminal case trial.
a plan of a typical courtroom and its arrangement for a civil jury trial;
Work with a dictionary to find the words you don’t know.
Describe the rooms and find the difference.
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Render the following material in English making full expanded sentences and using the previous active vocabulary.
СУДЕБНАЯ СИСТЕМА РФ
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Конституционные суды |
Суды общей юрисдикции |
Военные суды |
Арбитражные суды |
Высшие |
Конституционный суд РФ |
Верховный суд РФ (Военная коллегия Верховного суда) |
Высший арбитражный суд РФ |
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Суды II инстанции |
Конституционный суд РФ Конституционные суды субъектов РФ |
Суды субъекта РФ (верховные суды республик, краевые, областные, суды автономных округов, автономной области, городские суды городов федерального значения) |
Военные (флотские) окружные суды |
Федеральные арбитражные суды округов (кассационные инстанции) 10 судов
Арбитражные апелляционные суды (апелляционная инстанция) 20 судов |
Суды I инстанции |
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Городские и районные суды, мировые судьи, суды субъектов РФ, для которых апелляционной инстанцией являются районные (городские суды) |
Гарнизонные суды |
Арбитражные суды субъектов РФ |
Рассматриваемые Дела |
Соответствие нормативных актов всех уровней действующей конституции РФ Соответствие нормативных актов субъектов Федерации их действующим конституциям
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Уголовные, административные, гражданские дела, подведомственные судам общей юрисдикции |
Уголовные, административные, гражданские дела, подведомственные судам общей юрисдикции, имеющие отношение к военнослужащим и организациям, в которых имеется военная и приравненная к ней служба |
Судебные споры в сфере экономической деятельности |
Арбитражный суд - Arbitrazh court
республика - republic
край - krai
область - oblast
автономный округ/область – autonomous okrug / oblast
районный суд – district court
военный суд – military court
флотский суд – naval court
кассационная инстанция – cassation instance
гарнизонный суд – garrison court