- •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
- •The russian federation chapter
- •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)
- •The russian federation chapter
- •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
- •The russian federation chapter
- •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
First work with the dictionary to find out the names of the crimes. Find a definition for every word in the box.
robbery fraud murder assassination kidnapping burglary assault libel espionage manslaughter perjury smuggling theft embezzlement arson piracy bribery blackmail slander treason |
treason |
setting fire to a building |
manslaughter |
stealing something by using force or threatening to use force |
kidnapping |
offering money corruptly to get someone to do something to help you |
theft |
killing a public figure illegally and intentionally |
slander |
taking goods illegally into or out of a country |
espionage |
breaking into a flat, house or building and stealing things |
bribery |
copying patented inventions or copyrighted works |
murder |
stealing something by using force or threatening to use force |
burglary |
telling lies when you have sworn an oath to say what is true in court |
embezzlement |
saying something which damages someone’s reputation |
assault |
getting money from people by threatening to publicize facts they do not want revealed |
libel |
killing someone intentionally and violently |
assassination |
betraying your country to a foreign power |
perjury |
expropriating and using illegally money which does not belong to you and you have to care for it |
arson |
killing someone unintentionally or in mitigating circumstances |
piracy |
getting property or money from people by making them believe untrue things |
blackmail |
seizing and detaining a person in a secret place with the intension to get a ransom |
smuggling |
writing, publishing or broadcasting a statement which damages someone’s personality |
robbery |
acting violently in such a way that someone believes he or she will be hurt |
fraud |
trying to find out secrets by illegal means |
Exercise 13
Guess what crime the following news lines concern.
1. 2.000.000 dollars ransom for oil magnate’s wife.
2. Bank manager arrested in Bahamas haven.
3. CIA captured the informer who disclosed military secrets
4. Art masterpieces disappeared from the exhibition.
5. (photo) Guess why these passengers are blocked by police in our sea port?
6. Financial pyramid collapsed, tricksters in jail
Exercise 14
Crime vocabulary - synonyms
A) criminal - defendant - offender - suspect - accused
A person who commits a crime may be called differently. Generally speaking he is a criminal. After committing a crime he becomes a(n) offender. For the police he is a(n) suspect until they catch him and accuse him of the crime. Then he is a(n) accused. When he is brought to court he is called a(n) defendant.
B) allege - charge - accuse - arraign
allege – to suppose that somebody has done something
accuse – to suspect that someone is the offender
charge – to declare that someone is the offender when there is enough evidence
arraign – to call or bring before a court to answer a criminal charge – предъявить обвинение в суде
It is possible to refuse exercising the right to be arraigned before the court, even when the charge is for a felony-level offence, provided the accused knows the nature of the charge offence and has a full opportunity to present a defense.
C) arrest - apprehend - detain - take into custody
apprehend – arrest by legal warrant or authority – арестовать
detain – keep in official custody – брать под стражу; содержать под стражей
take into custody – взять под стражу
Police ca arrest or apprehend a suspect, then take him to custody and detain for a limited period of time until he is arraigned.