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1. Scan the text to find legal terms which correspond to the following explanations:

  • the party who files a lawsuit

  • paperwork and legal documents filed with a court to initiate and respond to a lawsuit

  • the party against whom a lawsuit is filed

  • parties to a civil dispute

2. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:

  1. Do you think it is important for law students to study Civil Procedure? Explain your viewpoint.

  2. What is the main objective of the civil procedure rules?

  3. What features of the procedure are caused by the adversary nature of the legal proceedings in Anglo-American judicial system?

  4. What legal issues are governed by procedural rules on different stages of litigation?

  5. What are the main types of civil jurisdiction?

3. Complete the following sentences according to the information from the text:

1. Procedural law is …

2. Civil procedure governs …

3. At the beginning of the process the civil procedure rules explain …

4. If the lawsuit has been initiated, procedures govern …

5. Next stages also governed by the rules are …

6. In personam jurisdiction means that …

7. In rem jurisdiction means that …

4. Explain the following terms and expressions in your own words:

  1. procedural law

  2. civil dispute

  3. litigation

  4. jurisdiction

  5. plaintiff

  6. defendant

III. VOCABULARY STUDY

1. Write out of the text all word combinations with the following words. Translate them and use some of them in your own sentences:

right(s), lawsuit, dispute(s), procedure, litigation, claim(s), defence(s), relief, judgment.

2. Who or what do the pronouns in bold type refer to?

It prescribes the means of enforcing rights and providing redress of wrongs.

It is brought by the injured party.

It governs the court proceedings and the methods of enforcing rights.

They bear the ultimate responsibility for a case.

It permits a court to enter a judgment that is personally binding on the defendant.

3. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases of the active vocabulary. If necessary refer to the text:

1. Civil procedure consists of the principles governing the resolution of ….

2. The judicial system in the USA is based on the …

3. Being a passive …, courts wait until an injured person has called on it through appropriate … .

4. The process created by procedural rules is used to decide … .

5. If a court has jurisdiction it has the power both over the … of the case and over the parties to the …, or the disputable … .

6. … means that the court has jurisdiction over the property (real or personal) of the other party.

7. … means that the court has power over the person.

4. Write the words/phrases associated with the given concepts:

  • Civil procedures: ….

  • Plaintiff: ….

  • Defendant: …

  • Jurisdiction: …

  • Adversary process: …

5. Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations:

відшкодування збитків; цивільний спір; змагальний процес; заперечення; позивач; сторона в спорі; сторона, що заявляє вимоги; процесуальна стадія; позов; особиста підсудність; виносити судове рішення; дослідження доказів у справі; попереднє провадження у справі; предметна підсудність; сутність (обставини) справи; відповідач; змагальні папери; судочинство (судові процедури).

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