16. Match the following.

    1. Constitutional law	a) law connected with public wrongs against society
    2. Case law	b) a supreme source of law for a government
    3. Civil law	c) law enacted by a state or federal legislature
    4. Common law	d) law created by appellate courts
    5. Criminal law	e) body of regulations imposed by emperors of ancient Rome
    6. Roman Civil law	f) law reflecting customs of the people
    7. Constitution	g) law created by appellate courts.

17. Answer the questions.

1. How do the two great systems of law, Common law and Roman civil law, differ?

2. What documents is law found in?

3. How can you define the term “Administrative law”?

4. What is Family law? What is it connected with?

5. What does International law regulate?

6. How can you define the term “Criminal law”? What are its main purposes and principles?

7. What do you suppose Labour law could be?

8. Define the concept “tort”. What are the main purposes of Tort law?

9. Do you know what the letters EEC stand for? Is Ukraine a member of the EEC? What is EE law?

10. What area of law interests you most?

18. Write down a summary of the two texts on what law is.

19. Read, translate into Ukrainian and prove that the proverbs have sense.

1. Customs are as old as Adam.

2. Life is not a bed of roses.

3. Murphy's Law.

UNIT 4

The concept of a state. The rights, freedoms and duties of a man and a citizen.

Ukraine. Political system of ukraine

Ukraine

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To border – межувати, medieval – середньовічний, to disintegrate – розпастись, regional powers – місцеві органи влади, a dissolution – розпад (держави), market economy – ринкова економіка, a unitary state - унітарна держава, autonomous – автономний, legislative – законодавчий, executive – виконавчий, judicial – судовий.

II. Listen to the text: Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania, Moldova (including the breakaway Pridnestrovie) to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.

The nation's modern history began with that of the East Slavs. From at least the 9th century, the territory of Ukraine was a center of the medieval East Slavic civilization, forming the state of Kievan Rus' which disintegrated in the 12th century. From the 14th century on, the territory of Ukraine was divided among a number of regional powers, and by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire, with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. After several attempts at independence (1917–21) following World War I and the Russian Civil War, Ukraine emerged in 1922 as one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union.

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's territory was enlarged westward shortly before and after World War II, and again in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the co-founding members of the United Nations. Ukraine became independent again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This began a period of transition to a market economy.

Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts, one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement. Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine continues to maintain the second largest military in Europe, after that of Russia.

The country is home to 46.4 million people, 77.8 percent of whom are ethnic Ukrainians, with sizable minorities of Russians, Belarusians and Romanians. The Ukrainian language is the only official language in Ukraine, while Russian is also widely spoken and is known to most Ukrainians as a second language. The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which has heavily influenced Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.