6. Изучите схему судебной системы Великобритании. Сравните ее с содержанием текста из упражнения 5. Найдите и кратко охарактеризуйте суды, которые не упоминаются в тексте.

7. Работа в парах. Посмотрите на примеры судебных дел. Подумайте, какие суды Великобритании могут рассматривать эти дела. Объясните свой выбор.

1. Mr Johnson and Mrs Johnson are getting divorced. Mrs Johnson demands to have the house, the car, 75% of Mr Johnson's life savings and their pet cat, Tigger. "No way!" says an angry Mr Johnson.

2. Two separate companies, English International Telecommunications and Britphone, both bring out a new mobile phone which they call the 'Smell-O-Phone'. Both companies claim that the name was their own idea.

3. Five workers have been sacked from the computer manufacturing company 'Compucrash' for incompetence. They believe that they have been unfairly dismissed.

4. Mr and Mrs Waugh had a new window installed in their house. The window company now wants the Waughs to pay, but Mr Waugh is refusing because he thinks the quality of workmanship is poor.

5. Newspaper editor Mr Hislop publishes an article describing the Prime Minister as a 'useless, incompetent fool who can barely tie his own shoelaces, let alone run the country'. The PM decides to take immediate legal action against the paper.

Unit 6

Briefing a case

1. Подберите для английских слов и словосочетаний русские эквиваленты.

a plaintiff a defendant a civil suit a government to prosecute to sue a criminal case to file an appeal an appellant an appellee

уголовное дело подавать в суд ответчик по апелляции гражданский иск подавать апелляцию ответчик апеллянт преследовать в судебном или уголовном порядке истец правительство

2. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, используя слова из упражнения 1.

1. ____________ sues _______________ in civil suits in trial courts.

2. The government _____________ defendants in a ______________________ in trial courts.

3. The losing party may ask a higher (appellate) court to review the case. If the law gives the loser the right to a higher court review, his or her lawyers will ________________ .

4. A person who files a formal appeal demanding appellate review as a matter of right is known as the _______________. His or her opponent is the __________________.

5. In a ___________, the victim brings a case against the offender or a third party for causing physical or emotional injuries.

6. The judicial process in a _____________ differs from a civil case in several important ways.

3. Подберите для английских слов и словосочетаний русские эквиваленты.

brief citation fact issue procedural history holding reasoning significance

решение предмет спора или тяжбы краткое письменное изложение дела процессуальная история обоснование факт значимость выписка