Task 13. Role play. Detention of a Suspect in the Robbery

Situation: By the operations report the police detained a person in the evening. He was found on the bank’s roof near a vent-pipe. He was supposed to be waiting for his accessory/accomplice (співучасник) who had to break into a safe in the bank’s storehouse and then to get out onto the roof through the vent-pipe. The accomplice of the robbery, who had got into the bank, managed to disappear through another exit. The police group pursues him/gives after him.

Play participants: John Winstain, police sergeant

Caroline Drag, policewoman

Mr Steven Crone, detainee

Taking part in the play as participants, express your point of view and discuss possible actions, in particular:

1. Policeman John Winstain declares to the man that:

• he is detained and is considered/not considered under arrest yet ...

• he (John Winstain) demands the documents identifying the detainee to be produced ...

• he thinks/does not think immediate questioning is necessary ...

• he thinks the detainee is to be under a severe system of discipline after the search and he can see the reason for it ...

2. Policewoman Caroline Drag reminds the detainee of his rights, she wants to find out immediately the reason for his staying on the bank’s roof at such a late hour and wants him of the senselessness of denial (заперечення) and intricating (заплутування) the police.

The detainee names himself Steven Crone, but he cannot produce any documents to identify him, however. He proposes his own version: he found himself on the roof by chance because he wanted to take some photos of the city at night, but he had left the camera behind ... He does not want to answer any further questions of the policemen and declares he will explain everything to the police-officer at the police station. Besides, he objects to putting handcuffs (наручники) on him ... .

Task 14. Write an essay describing the fundamentals of the legal system in any country of your choice.

THE NATURE OF LAW

Warming up:

1. Give the examples of customs, principles of morality and legal rules. What legal rules are formed out of the customs of the people?

2. Who creates laws? Who is responsible for fairly and just administration of law?

Vocabulary notes:

conduct	поведінка
companionship	товариство
order	порядок
compulsion	примус
obedience	слухняність
transgression	правопорушення
ethical precept	етичні принципи
conscience	совість
justice	правосуддя, справедливість
agreement	згода
behavior	поведінка
authorized body	адміністративний орган
to impose	накладати
to enforce	забезпечувати виконання, примушувати
to draw up	укладати
to ensure	гарантувати, забезпечувати
to comprise	складатися
to guide	регулювати, керувати
to approve of	схвалювати
to be vested in	бути уповноваженим
to lay down	покладати
to subject to smth.	підкорятися
to carry out	здійснювати
to mould the law	формувати
to attain justice	добиватися, досягати
to resolve disputes	розв’язувати суперечки
to facilitate	сприяти
to limit	обмежувати
to inhibit	забороняти, перешкоджати, стримувати
coercive	примусовий