- •Державна податкова адміністрація україни національна академія державної податкової служби україни
- •Для студентів-юристів з курсу
- •I. Political system of Great Britain 66
- •II. Political system of the usa 75
- •III. Courts in Great Britain and the usa 89
- •VI. Branches of Law 97
- •Передмова
- •Part I. Texts and Exercises unit 1
- •I am a student of law department
- •Word list
- •About my friend
- •Word list
- •National state tax service academy of Ukraine
- •Word list
- •The political system of Ukraine
- •The Constitution of Ukraine
- •Word list
- •1) Body
- •2) Head
- •3) Policy
- •4) Subject
- •The Higher Bodies of State Authority of Ukraine
- •The political system of Great Britain
- •Word list
- •Information for you
- •Definitions of the courts
- •Insert prepositions:
- •The system of government
- •Word list
- •The crown
- •The political system of the usa
- •1) Office
- •What is law?
- •Word list
- •1. What is the main function of law?
- •2. What threatens a person who continually breaks the rules?
- •3. What should we do in the absence of law?
- •4. What law can be characterized as a perfect one?
- •Classification of law
- •Comments
- •Word List
- •Unit 8 Courts in Great Britain
- •Judiciary in Great Britain
- •Word list
- •The court system of England and Wales
- •The court system of the usa
- •Word list
- •The organization of the federal courts today
- •The federal and state court systems
- •Unit 10 Legal professions
- •Legal professions in GreatBritain and the usa
- •Word list
- •Sentences judge crimes behaviour murder prisoners magistrate imprisonment jury Crown
- •Solicitors and barristers
- •Attorneys in the usa
- •Part II. Additional reading
- •I. Political system of Great Britain
- •Lawmaking process in Great Britain
- •Lawmaking Process in usa
- •1. In which House does new legislation usually start?
- •2. What is a bill? How does a bill become a law?
- •3. Who has the right of veto?
- •Making New Laws: Bills and Acts
- •The Executive
- •Members of Parliament in Great Britain
- •The Election Timetable
- •Political Parties
- •II. Political system of the usa
- •The American System of Government
- •The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- •Congress
- •The President and Federal Departments
- •Federal Departments
- •Checks and Balances
- •Federalism: State and Local Governments
- •Political Parties
- •Elections
- •Political Attitudes
- •III. Courts in Great Britain and the usa
- •Courts in England and Wales (Part I)
- •Vocabulary Notes to text
- •Criminal Courts
- •Magistrates' Courts
- •Commentary and Notes
- •Courts in England and Wales (part II)
- •Courts in Scotland
- •Vocabulary Notes to text
- •Courts in Northern Ireland
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •Coroner's Courts
- •Vocabulary Notes to the text
- •Appeals
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Growth of the Profession
- •Us Attorneys
- •The Federal Judiciary
- •VI. Branches of Law
- •Law: what is it?
- •Civil law
- •Civil law (family, contract, intellectual property)
- •VI. Find in the text and decide from the context what the word could mean, then choose the appropriate definition.
- •Criminal law
- •Labour Law
- •Administrative law
- •Employment law
- •Part III. Grammar Exercises Дієслово to be
- •Зворот there is (are, was, were, will be)
- •Дієслово to have
- •Зворот have / has got
- •Insert in each blank the form of pronouns which you consider correct (I-me; we-us; you-you; he-him; she-her; it-it; they-them)
- •Часи групи Continuous
- •The Present Continuous Tense
- •Break time
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •Часи ГрупиIndefinite
- •The Present Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Indefinite Tense
- •Compare using of Present Indefinite and Past Indefinite.
- •In this exercise you have to read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.
- •In this exercise you have to write questions. A friend has just come back from holiday and you are asking him about it.
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •Часи групи Perfect
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write a suitable sentence. Use the verb given
- •In this exercise you have to write sentences with already.
- •In this exercise you have to make questions with the words given
- •In this exercise you have to read the situation and then finish a sentence.
- •The Past Perfect Tense
- •The Future Perfect Tense
- •Reference List
The Executive
The executive can be divided into the three parts.
The Privy Council:The Privy Council developed from a small group of royal advisers at court into the chief source of executive authority. But its position was weakened in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as more of its functions were transferred, to a developing, parliamentary Cabinet.
Today its main role is to advise the monarch on a range of matters, like the resolution of constitutional issues and the approval of Orders in Council, such as the granting of Royal Charters to public bodies. The most important task of the Privy Council today is performed by its Judicial Committee. This serves as the final court of appeal from those dependencies and Commonwealth countries which have retained this avenue of appeal. It may also be used as an arbiter for a wide range of courts and committees in Britain and overseas, and its rulings can be influential.
The office of Privy Councillor is an honorary one, conferred, for example, on former Prime Ministers.
The Ministry:The Ministry is the government of the moment. The head of the Ministry is the Prime Minister. The functions of the Prime Minister are: leading the majority party; running the Government; appointing Cabinet Ministers and other ministers; representing the nation in political matters.
Upon accepting office the Prime Minister must form a government, that is, select a cabinet and ministry from among the Members of Parliament of his own party. The Cabinet constitutes the centre of the government and is composed of about 20 of the most important ministers. All major decisions of the Government are made by the Cabinet, and therefore it is the Cabinet which forms Government policy. Decisions made by the Cabinet must be unanimous. It makes its decisions collectively and is collectively responsible to Parliament.
After the Prime Minister has formed his cabinet, he selects the rest of his ministry. Most of these ministers are the political heads of Government Departments and are members of one of the Houses.
Government Departments:Government departments are responsible for implementing Government policy. Each department is headed by two people: a political head who is usually the minister, and an administrative head from the Civil Service, called a permanent secretary. They are responsible for permanent staffs which is part of the Civil Service. There are many such departments, for example the Home Office, the Department of Education, the Ministry of Defence, etc. The most important department is the Treasury, and the Prime Minister is usually its political head. It is the Department which controls the economy of the nation.
As well as government departments there are government agencies formed to operate public services, e.g., the Post Office, British Rail, etc. Most of these agencies are subject to the control of one of the government departments.
Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and expressions.
- The Privy Council;
- Royal Charters;
- Commonwealth;
- The Ministry;
- Government Departments;
- Civil Service;
- The Home (Foreign) Office;
- The Treasury.
Find the English equivalents for the following expressions in the text.
- вступати на посаду;
- сформувати уряд;
- коло питань;
- почесна посада;
- одноголосне рішення;
- здійснювати політику уряду;
- підлягати контролю.
Answer the questions.
1. What are the functions of:
Parliament;
the Prime Minister;
the Privy Council;
the Cabinet;
the Government Departments?
2. Who does the Cabinet consist of?
3. What is "collective responsibility"?
4. Who is each department headed by? What is their function?
5. What is a government agency?
Discuss the following questions.
1. What is the difference between the Constitution of the United Kingdom and the United States?
2. If the Prime Minister wants to introduce a new law, what are the functions of the following: the Cabinet; the House of Commons; the House of Lords; the Queen?
3. What are the features of the British Constitution which yon consider important? Compare them with the Constitution of your own country.
Read and translate the text