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VIII. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

    1. libel ; 2. considerations extraneous to the case; 3. judiciary; 4. allege; 5. rulings; 6. heard afresh; 7. corruption; 8. unanimous; 9. forfeit; 10. litigation; 11. independent

1. The newspaper reporters ________ that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.

2. If a man put his country in danger by helping the enemy, his life and possessions were ______to the crown.

3. Rod Stewart has won the first round in a $15 million ________action against a newspaper which claimed he cheated on wife Rachel Hunt with her agreement

4. We saw it eye to eye and the vote was ___________.

5. The judge has made several ___________on these matters.

6. Justice is portrayed as blind because she shuts her eyes to __________.

7. If the judge was biased, the ruling of the court should be set aside and the case _________.

8.Cases of judicial corruption, where a judge has actually taken a bribe offered by one of the parties to __________, are however, almost unheard of in our many centuries of legal history.

9. The judges as a whole are called the ________ and one of their most important characteristics is that they are __________.

10. ______________is the crime of giving and taking bribes.

IX. Fill in the appropriate prepositions from the box.

for (6); over (2); against; with; in (3); upon; on (2); to; up to; from (2); at.

1. The courts and the judges who preside _____them are responsible_____ upholding the law.

2. Chancellor Bacon was called ______to decide two cases.

3. Bacon actually decided the case ______the person who gave the bribe.

4. Nevertheless he was still charged _____ corruption.

5. _____ due course he confessed his crimes and pleaded _____ mercy.

6. The Spanish authorities applied _____ a warrant _____ the arrest of General Pinochet and his extradition ____ Spain ____ charges that he was responsible ____”genocide, torture and terrorism’’.

7. ____ the years there have been many notable examples of judges who have stood ___ ___ the power of the throne.

8. The public ____ large – everyone in the country - has an interest _____ justice being done.

9. Every time a judge tries a case, he himself is _____ trial.

10. F. Bacon was dismissed ____office, fined and imprisoned ____the Tower of London _____taking bribes.

X. Translate these sentences from Russian into English using active vocabulary.

1. Неподкупность и честность - превыше всего - вот истинная добродетель служителей закона.

2. Судья должен дать клятву рассматривать дела справедливо и беспристрастно.

3. Служитель закона должен быть объективным, суметь противостоять давлению извне, игнорировать обстоятельства, не имеющие прямого отношения к делу.

4. Как только судебный приказ был выдан, господин Х. был арестован по обвинению в получении взятки.

5. Общеизвестно, что если судья будет необъективен и предвзят, то постановление будет отменено и дело пересмотрено.

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