- •English for law students content:
- •Word Study
- •Verb noun (agent) noun (concept)
- •The Long History of the Solicitor
- •Text Study
- •Судебные Инны
- •Text b Judges
- •Dialogue 1. Lawyers who want to start their own practice
- •Dialogue 2. Legal Education
- •Investigate – investigation – investigator; notary – notarized – notarial.
- •Revision Translation
- •Стирание граней между барристерами и солиситорами
- •Grammar section Grammar to be revised: English Tenses (Active Voice)
- •Word Study
- •Verb noun (agent) noun (concept)
- •The Foundation of British Law: Habeas Corpus Act Let the Body Be Brought...
- •Text Study
- •Драконт
- •Text b Sources of Law
- •Text c Advantages and Disadvantages of Case Law
- •Text d Retrospective of British Legislation
- •Text e Early Systems of Law
- •Dialogue 1. Never Leave till Tomorrow …
- •Dialogue 2. At Oxford Law School
- •Revision Translation
- •Grammar section Grammar to be revised: The Passive Voice
- •Word Study
- •Verb noun(agent) noun(concept)
- •Text Study
- •Introduced by
- •Британская Конституция
- •Text b Monarchy in Britain
- •Text c Political Parties
- •Text d Elections in Great Britain
- •Text e Prime Minister
- •Dialogue 1. At the Exam
- •Dialogue 2. The Significance of the Bill of Rights
- •Revision Translation
- •Grammar section Grammar to be revised: the Sequence of Tenses. Reported Speech.
- •Commands, requests, advice
- •Word Study
- •Checks and Balances
- •Text Study
- •The Presidents of the United States
- •Конституция Соединенных Штатов Америки
- •Раздел 8. Конгресс имеет право:
- •Text b System of Government
- •Text c The Legislature
- •Text d Political Parties
- •Text e American President
- •Dialogue 1. After the Seminar
- •Dialogue 2. Similarities and Differences
- •Revision Translation
- •Grammar section Grammar to be revised: Modal Verbs
- •Word Study
- •Text Study
- •Assault
- •Shop-lifting
- •Rioting in Bracknel Continuous
- •Text b What is Criminology?
- •Преступность: врожденное и приобретенное
- •Text c Partakers in a Crime
- •Text d Juvenile Delinquency
- •Text e Kidnap Suspect for Trial
- •Dialogue 1. Stop Rewarding the Criminal
- •Dialogue 2. Crime Rates in Europe
- •Word Study
- •Text Study
- •Text b Police in the usa
- •Text c Scotland Yard
- •Text d Municipal Police
- •Text e. Private Policing in the usa
- •Dialogue 1. An Interview
- •Dialogue 2. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- •Word Study
- •Coroner’s Courts
- •Text Study
- •Text b The British Judicial System
- •The legal system in England and Wales
- •Text c The Role of the Independent Judiciary
- •Судебная система Шотландии
- •Text d The European Court of Human Rights
- •Text e The International Court of Justice
- •Dialogue 1. Consulting a Lawyer
- •Dialogue 2. In Court
- •Revision Translation
- •Word Study
- •Text Study
- •Text b Criminal Procedure
- •Уголовный процесс
- •Text c Trial by Jury
- •Text d The Plea-bargaining Process
- •Text e Evidence
- •Dialogue 1. In the Courtroom
- •Dialogue 2. Gathering Evidence
- •Revision Translation
- •Word Study
- •Text Study
- •Text b Capital Punishment
- •Text c Penal Institutions
- •Text d Women in Prison
- •Text e Correctional Institutions in the usa
- •Dialogue 1. Possible Punishment
- •Dialogue 2. Prisoner’s Life
- •Revision Translation
Dialogue 1. Possible Punishment
Task: read the dialogue, reproduce it a) abridged, b) in the form of a monologue.
Ian: |
You see I cannot shut out from my mind what is going on in the court. What might the probable punishment be? |
Lawyer: |
For the offences like this a wrong-doer can receive from 3 to 5 years of imprisonment if he has no defence. |
Ian: |
Defence? What do you mean? |
Lawyer: |
A defence is a reason for the court to excuse his act. But here we have neither duress which can be applied to a secondary party nor self-defence. |
Ian: |
But you know he was cheated into it. It wouldn’t be fair if he suffered a penalty like this. It’s far too harsh. I hoped it might be community service or even a fine. |
Lawyer: |
If I prove he was involved by deception it might mitigate the verdict. I mean I have to show the specific circumstances at the time of the wrong. Of course it will lessen the sentence. |
Ian: |
You know he’s never been in trouble before. And I’m sure he’ll never be again. He is not the person to be sent to prison. |
Lawyer: |
The fact that he’s always been law-abiding might prove helpful as I’m going to insist on a suspended sentence. |
Ian: |
Imprisonment in his case will only do harm and not help re-educate and reform him. |
Lawyer: |
Indeed I have all evidence to get the sentence mitigated. |
Ex. 1. How is the following expressed in the dialogue?
work done for the public
to make (bad behaviour) seem less bad or harmless
a stopped or put off court decision for a period of time
a person of unlawful behaviour
punishment for breaking a law, rule
unlawful or unfair threats
an order given by a judge which fixes a punishment for a criminal found guilty in court
an amount of money paid as punishment
to act dishonestly
cruel, with lack of kindness
to lessen the seriousness of a wrong action
obeying the law
the official decision made by a Jury
free from dishonesty or injustice
the act or state of deceiving or being deceived
Ex. 2. Study the dialogue and make a list of all possible punishments for the accused person.
Ex. 3. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
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Ex. 4. Present the information from the dialogue making use of the following verbs:
to excuse smb, to apply, to be cheated into, to suffer a penalty, to hope, to prove, to involve, to lessen, to be sure, to insist, to do harm, to reform.