- •Unit I. System of government
- •Vocabulary
- •8 Pairs of synonyms:
- •2 Pairs of antonyms:
- •The State Body Structure
- •Text 2.
- •The President of the Russian Federation
- •Text 3.
- •The Governmental Model in the uk
- •Text 4.
- •Members of Parliament in Great Britain
- •Text 5.
- •Us Government
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Text 6.
- •Checks and Balances
- •Text 1.
- •The State System of Russia
- •Text 2.
- •The Federal Assembly and the Government
- •Variant I.
- •The Question of Law
- •Vocabulary notes
- •About English Law
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Variant II.
- •Law-making machine
- •The Queen’s Role in the Modern State
- •Queen in Parliament
- •Queen and Prime Minister
- •Queen and Privy Council
- •Queen and the law/judiciary Sovereign as 'Fount of Justice'
- •Why the Monarchy Must Go
- •It's anti-democratic - and holds Britain back
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Why the Monarchy Must Stay
- •It keeps politicians from holding all the power
- •Vocabulary notes
8 Pairs of synonyms:
2 Pairs of antonyms:
all the names of law branches mentioned:
behaviour, civil law, domestic law, penalty, a criminal, to adopt a law, lawmaker, tradition, to follow, civil law, to observe, wrongdoer, legislator, to pass a law, custom, criminal law, private law, international law, punishment, conduct |
Exc. 7. Find pairs of words from these two lists
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1. law/decision |
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2. new elections |
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3. the Prime Minister |
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4. the state budget |
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5. law, document |
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6. questions, issues |
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7. policy |
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8. rights, freedoms, legality |
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9. the Parliament |
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10. government |
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11. deputy Chairman |
Exc. 8. Cross-one out
behaviour, conduct, manners, amendment
monarchy, authority, republic, dictatorship
executive, civil, criminal, international
criminal, wrongdoer, mischief-maker, politician
to adopt, to pass, to vote for, to elect
prescriptive, judicial, executive, legislative
civil law, Case law, administrative law, labor law
customs, traditions, rules, laws
criminal, case, court, parliament
to elect, to vote, to support, to adopt
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Text 1. |
Task 1. Read and translate the text and answer the questions
What category of law is meant in the text?
What are the main functions of each of the 3 independent branches: legislative, executive and judicial?
The State Body Structure
Russia is a democratic federative law-governed state with a republican form of government. The population of Russia is about 140 million people and the territory is 17 million square kilometers. The Russian Federation consists of 89 constituent entities (republics, krays, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblasts and autonomous okrugs, which have equal rights). The authorities of the constituent entities have the right to pass laws independently from the federal government. These laws are valid on the territory of the appropriate federative division, but they cannot contradict the federal laws. In case of conflicts between federal and local authorities, the President uses consensual procedures to resolve the problem. In the event a consensus is not reached, the dispute is transferred to the appropriate court for its resolution. The Russian President has the right to suspend acts passed by local executive authorities in case that these acts conflict with federal laws of Russia, its international commitments, or if they violate the human and civil rights and freedoms until the issue is resolved by appropriate court.
State power in Russia is carried out by dividing power into three independent branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Legislative power belongs to the Federal Assembly (the Parliament). Executive power belongs to the central and local governments. Judicial power is provided by appropriate judicial system and by civil, administrative and criminal legislation.
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