- •030501 «Юриспруденция»
- •Рецензенты:
- •О.В. Валько
- •Л.В. Гукина
- •Предисловие
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Text 1b
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Text 1с
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it: tha magna carta
- •IV. Match the following terms with their definitions:
- •Unit 2 text2a the courts and kinds of law
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •What is a court?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Text 2b
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it: what is a procedure in a criminal action?
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Match the following terms with their definitions:
- •Text 2c
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it: what is the procedure in a civil action?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •V. The Russian expression судебный процесс has the following equivalents in English:
- •1) Litigation – cудебный процесс, спор, тяжба
- •2) Lawsuit – судебный процесс, судебное дело, иск, тяжба, правовой спор, судебный спор, судебное разбирательство
- •4) Trial – судебный процесс, судебное разбирательство, слушание дела
- •Unit 3 criminal prosecution text 3a
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •IV. Match the following English expressions containing the word verdict with their Russian equivalents:
- •Text 3b
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it: who gives the judgment?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Translate into Russian: reviewing important points
- •Text 3c
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it: selection of the trial jury
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •IV. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •IV. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Text 4b
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it: how are crimes classified?
- •1. Felonies
- •2. Misdemeanors
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Match the name of a criminal with the suitable definition of the offence:
- •V. Translate into Russian:
- •Text 4c
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it:
- •1. Larceny
- •2. Receiving Stolen Property
- •3. False Pretenses
- •4. Forgery
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Translate into Russian:
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •IV. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •V. Match the synonyms to the following words:
- •Text 5b
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it: how do crimes and torts differ?
- •What are the elements of a tort?
- •1. The Duty
- •2. Violation of the Duty
- •3. Injury
- •4. Proximate Causation
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •IV. Translate into Russian:
- •Text 5c
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it: what are some common intentional torts?
- •1. Assault
- •2. Battery
- •3. Defamation
- •4. Invasion of Privacy
- •5. Trespassing
- •6. Conversion
- •7. Wrongful Interference with Business Relations
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •1. The Duty in Negligence
- •2. The Breach of Duty in Negligence
- •3. Causation and Injury in Negligence
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Text 6b
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum the information you’ve learned from it: what is strict liability?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •I. Read and translate the text using the words and word combinations after it:
- •What is a contract?
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Match the following terms with their definitions:
- •V. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •IV. Translate into Russian:
- •Text 7b
- •I. Read and translate the text. Sum up the information you’ve learned from it: what are the requirements of an offer?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •IV. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
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II. Answer the following questions:
1. What did the ancient Greek system of law emphasize?
2. What was typical of legal systems until the time of the Greeks?
3. What does the word «draconian» mean and what is the origin of this word?
4. What have the Greeks contributed to the Roman sys tem of laws?
5. What is the concept of «natural law»? What is its basic idea?
6. What was Solon? What contribution to ancient law did he make?
III. The word LEGAL has the following meanings in Russian:
1) юридический
legal person – юридическое лицо
2) правовой
legal text – правовой текст
3) судебный
legal action – судебный иск
4) законный, дозволенный законом
legal owner – законный владелец
5) легальный
legal activities – правомерная, законная
Match the following English expressions with their Russian
equivalents:
1. legal activities |
a. законные права |
2. legal address |
b. законный владелец |
3. legal advice |
c. имеющий законную силу |
4. legal age |
d. использовать свое законное право |
5. legal costs |
e. история права |
6. legal decision |
f. консультация юриста |
7. legal document |
g. правовая защита |
8. legal entity |
h. правовой документ |
9. legal ethics |
i. правовой статус |
10. legal expert |
j. правомерная законная деятельность |
11. legal history |
k. профессиональная этика юриста |
12. legal language |
l. решение суда |
13. legal owner |
m. совершеннолетие |
14. legal procedure |
n. стать юристом |
15. legal protection |
o. судебные издержки |
16. legal rights |
p. судопроизводство |
17. legal status |
q. юридическая терминология |
18. of legal force |
r. юридический адрес |
19. to enjoy one’s legal rights |
s. юридическое лицо |
20. to enter the legal profession |
t. юрисконсульт; юридический советник |
IV. Insert the following words and word combinations into the text below:
lawgiver; .prosperity; eligible; attributed; a concept of law; drew up; . comprehensive; enslaving; religious beliefs; .offences; measures; appeal; retained; draconian; trial by jury; contributed |
The ancient Greeks were among the first to develop … that
separated everyday law from … . Before the Greeks most civiliza-
tions … their laws to their gods or goddesses. Instead the Greeks believed that laws were made for the … of the people. In the seventh century B.C. Draco … Greece’s first … written code of laws. Under Draco’s code death was the punishment for most … . Thus the term … usually applies to extremely harsh … .
Several decades passed before Solon – poet, military hero, and ultimately Athen’s … - devised a new code of laws. …, an ancient Greek tradition was …, but … debtors was prohibited as were most of the harsh punishments of Draco’s code. Under Solon’s law citizens of Athens were … to serve in the assembly and courts were established in which they could … government decisions.
What Greeks may have … to the Romans was the concept of «natural law».