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I. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Explain why.

1. The legal profession has always been popular.

2. Anyone who is charged with a crime and who denies being involved in it can’t have a fair trial.

3. Just as judges are expected to be independent, so too are members of the legal profession.

4. Legal aid scheme introduced in 1948 provides many lawyers with their main source of income.

5. The problem of being sued for ‘professional negligence’ is one that greatly embarrasses professional men and women.

  1. Answer these questions about the text.

1. In most countries there is only one legal profession. Can you explain what it means?

2. What expression did the author use to underline that there are two types of lawyers in England?

3. What is the main difference between solicitors and barristers?

4. What is the first thing revolutionaries usually do on seizing power and why?

5. What is the reason for lawyers’ unpopularity?

6. In what circumstances do people usually appreciate the role of lawyers?

7. What influence did the lawyers have on the development of personal liberties?

8. What are the main provisions of the lawyers’ codes of professional conduct in respect of the professional secrets?

9. What is the lawyers’ ”duty to the court”?

10. What is a question relating to the legal profession that has troubled people for many years?

11. What was Dr. Johnson’s reply on the question “What do you think of supporting a cause you know to be bad?

12. What are the rules lawyers must obey if they defend someone guilty?

13. What should every lawyer do even if he feels that the defence is unlikely to succeed?

14. Why is it so important for lawyers to remember that they should represent their clients, not to judge them?

15. What does the expression ‘professionally embarrassed” mean?

16. What do the judges and members of the legal profession have in common?

17. Can you give any examples of advances in the civil liberties due to lawyers?

18. Can a solicitor be a barrister and vice versa?

19. What is the difference between fees and costs?

20. Who pays the lawyers’ costs? Is there any order regulating the system of payment?

21. What can litigants do if they can’t afford to pay the fees of their lawyers?

22. Where can people who have legal problems receive free advice?

23. What do you know about legal advice clinics and Law Offices?

24. What new system of payment of fees was introduced?

25. What are the “pros” and the “cons” of this system mentioned in the text?

26. What is the legal privilege given to the clients?

27. In what circumstances can we say there is no legal privilege?

28. What is the essence of the lawyers’ immunity from suit?

29. How was this old law changed?

30. In what circumstances is this change applicable? Give an example.

31. Why is the problem of being sued for professional negligence so regularly discussed?

  1. Draw up the plan for rendering the text and then summarize it.

  1. Discuss these issues.

1. Do you know a lawyer whose career was (or is) so successful that he (or she) became a part of our history? Make a plan of your story and present it to your group-mates. Try to find reasons of his (or her) popularity. Can we say that the development of the law is due to this person?

2. What are the positive and the negative sides of the legal profession? To answer this question, reread the quotations presented on p. 87.

3. Find out some interesting facts about the legal profession in the USA, Canada, Australia.

Chapter XIX

Human Rights

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