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II. Suggest English equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.

1.служители закона; 2. выступать против; 3. бежать из страны; 4. клясться; 5. плебисцит; 6. объявление вне закона; 7. просить о пощаде; 8. единогласно; 9. защищать закон; 10. судебная власть; 11. аннулировать решение; 12. неподкупность; 13. общеизвестно; 14. издать судебный приказ о передаче арестованного в суд.

III. Match the expressions on the left (a) with their proper translation on the right (b).

A

B

  1. judiciary

a. брать взятки

  1. law upholders

b. клевета

  1. plead guilty

c. обещать под присягой

  1. swear an oath

d. судебная власть

  1. reverse a sentence

e. служители закона

  1. take bribes

f. отменить, аннулировать приговор

  1. libel

g. заявлять, утверждать, ссылаться

  1. allege

h. признать себя виновным

IV. Guess the concept of the following definitions.

1. Declare smb a criminal.

2. Have smth. taken away from one as a punishment.

3. Support, prevent from being weakened.

4. An official paper given in law to tell smb to do or not to do a particular thing.

5. Unfair and often unfavorable feeling or opinion not based on reason or enough knowledge.

V. Give definitions of the following words and word combinations.

1. an unfair prosecution; 2. unanimously; 3. malice; 4. ruling; 5. plebiscite.

VI. Match the words and word combinations on the left (a) with their definitions on the right (b) and give their Russian equivalents.

A

B

  1. judiciary

a. declare smb a criminal

  1. uphold the law

b. have smth taken away from one as a punishment

  1. outlaw smb

c. support, prevent from being weakened

  1. a writ

d. party to the case

  1. reverse a sentence

e. unfair and often unfavorable feeling or opinion not based on reason or enough knowledge

  1. to forfeit

f. written or printed statement that damages smb’s reputation

  1. libel

g. change (a decision or a statement) to the opposite

  1. prejudice

h. the judges considered as one group

  1. litigant

i. an official paper given in law to tell smb to do or not to do a particular thing

VII. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the constitution of a modern democracy governed by the rule of law must effectively guarantee judicial independence.

2. The case was a milestone in establishing the right of free speech.

3. Justice is portrayed as blind, not because she ignores the facts and circumstances of individual cases, but because she shuts her eyes to all considerations extraneous to the particular case.

4. Not only must judges never actually be biased, they must also never allow themselves to be put in a position where they might be accused of bias.

5. The legal system is after all run by human beings for human beings, and all human beings are fallible.

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