2. Read the text again to answer the following questions:

1. Where do all criminal cases in England begin?

2. When is the police investigation normally completed?

3. Who are the magistrates themselves?

4. Can magistrates be considered professionals?

5. Who is responsible for the administrative functions of the court?

6. What is the limit of sentence imposed by a magistrates’ court?

7. What does the magistrates' court do as a juvenile court?

8. How long has the system of lay magistrates existed in England and Wales?

3. Translate the following words and word combinations from English into Russian:

less serious crimes, minor traffic violations, public-health nuisances, investigation, advice of a committee, considerable ex­perience, on one’s own, exception, homicide cases, to deal with, qualified, permanently, to attend, to ad­vise, responsible, administrative functions, to exist, sentence, to impose, imprisonment, to exceed, appeal, juvenile.

4. Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

юридическая профессия, адвокат, выступающий в суде, поверенный, выполнять работу в суде, выполнять работу в конторе, представлять клиента на полном слушании, обременительный, судебный исполнитель, правонарушение, рассмотрение дела в суде, практикант, юридическое образование, получить оплачиваемую должность.

5. Match the words from the left column with their definitions from the right column.

1. to bring to trial	a. a tribunal with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
2. traffic violations	b. to go to and be present at (an event, meeting, etc.)
3. a court of law	c. the restraint of a person's liberty.
4.a central government	d. to calendar a legal case for a hearing, or to bring a defendant to the bar of justice.
5. to attend	e. a person under a certain age usually the age of majority - which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood
6. to exist	f. any violation of the law committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion.
7. an imprisonment	g. the government of a nation-state and is more typically a characteristic of a unitary state.
8. a juvenile	h. to have actual being; to live

6. Fill in the gaps using the necessary words from exercise 5.

1. Jane works to keep … away from drugs.

2. Life … can, in certain cases, also be imposed for transportation offences causing death, as a maximum term.

3. There are set time periods in which an action must be … the plaintiff.

4. This e-service enables citizens and residents to enquire about the … registered to themselves or to one of their family members.

5. Does life … on Mars?

6. You have the right to a fair trial in a … .

7. John … a school in the city.

8. Many countries have created autonomous regions by delegating powers from the … to governments at a subnational level.