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Vocabulary Notes

Curia Regis - in former times the King’s Court of Justice

Assizes / the Assize system - ассизы, выездные сессии суда присяжных (создавались в каждом графстве не меньше 3 раз в год, дела слушались судьями Высокого суда правосудия)

Circuit system - система выездных судебных сессий.

The Plantagenets - Плантагенеты (королевская династия) от лат.planta genista –дрок - отец Генриха II, граф Анжуйский украшал свой шлем веткой дрока)

Court of the Exchequer - Суд Казначейства ( первоначально суд по налоговым делам. В 1875 стал отделением Высокого суда правосудия, а в 1881 слился с Судом королевской скамьи)

Court of Common Pleas - Суд общегражданских исков.

Court of Requests – Суд по ходатайствам, решал дела на основе права справедливости. Распущен в 1641 году.

Expressions and speech patterns:

1.add to the gradual build-up of the law - способствовать постепенному развитию закона

2.should the need arise - если возникнет необходимость

3.grasp the need to do smth. - осознать необходимость чего-либо

4.from time immemorial - с незапамятных времен

5.with the passage of time - со временем, с течением времени

6. drive a coach & four (horse) through the law – обойти закон, найти лазейку

7. on the ground of smth - по причине, на основании чего-либо

8. the reverse side of the legal coin - обратная сторона медали

9. “red tape” – волокита, бюрократизм

10. decide once and for all - решить раз и навсегда

11. put an end to smth. – положить чему-либо конец, покончить с ч –л

Reading Comprehension

Exercises

I. Scanning

1.Read the first part of Chapter 3 and say in how many logical parts it can be divided and what the main idea of each part is.

2.Name the countries where either English or Roman Law is the basis of the legal system.

3.Read about the Common Law and find out:

- how Royal Courts appeared and name 3 main courts in the Plantagenet reign.

- upon what the common law was originally based

- what reputation it has at present

II. Skimming

  1. Look more closely through the part “Equity” and decide which of the following statements renders the main idea of the given part :

  1. The court of equity was established because the King himself couldn’t cope with the volume of petitions presented to him

  2. The court of equity was established by the Lord Chancellor because he was the “ Keeper of the King’s Conscience”

  3. The court of equity was established so that everyone should receive fairness and justice.

  1. Look through the next two pages and mark one statement that was not true in the passage.

  1. The problem with the old Court of Chancery was that it depended entirely on

the Lord Chancellor’s personal ideas of justice.

b. As the work of the Court of Chancery grew it earned a good reputation for

delivering justice for the poor.

c. Another problem of the Court of Chancery was that it became formalized and bound

up in “red tape”.

Vocabulary Work

Exercises

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