3. Choosing a major 4. Obtaining a first degrees

5. Post-graduate studies 6. Financial aid

Suggested Plan

Introduction: The reasons for comparison making

The Body: 1. Similarities

2. Differences

Conclusion: Further tendencies in the development of the educational systems compared

CHAPTER 2. LAW

Unit 1. World Major Legal Systems

Task 1. Choose the correct word or word combination (Unit 1, Task 2 of the main course). Mind that only one option is possible for each word.

1. the word “reasoning” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:

a) induction; b) deduction; c) argumentation; d) information.

2. the word “codified” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to:

a) systematized; b) indexed; c) encoded; d) enciphered.

3. the word “interpreting” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to:

a) translating; b) explaining; c) understanding; d) clarifying.

4. the word “incursion” in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to:

a) invasion; b) trespass; c) interference; d) intervention.

5. the word “to adjudicate” in paragraph 8 is closest in meaning to:

a) arbitrate; b) decide; c) try; d) judge.

6. the word “biased” in paragraph 8 is closest in meaning to:

a) religious; b) subjective; c) objective; d) one-sided.

7. the word “burden” in paragraph 8 is closest in meaning to:

a) load; b) duty; c) responsibility; d) commitment.

8. the word “impartial” in paragraph 9 is closest in meaning to:

a) fair; b) prejudiced; c) subjunctive; d) equal

Task 2. Solve the crossword puzzle below using the words you have learnt (Unit 1, Task 2 of the main course).

ACROSS

2. the father of the Body of the Civil Law

3. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

7. a person identified as having a potential role in committing a crime

8. the right and power to interpret and apply the law

13. partial or prejudiced

14. the system of law predominant on the European continent, historically influenced by the codes of ancient Rome

15. the party trying to clear the accused of all charges against him

16. interviewing of witnesses

17. an interview of a suspect believed to have committed a crime with the goal being a confession

18. personal freedoms

DOWN

1. someone who has firsthand knowledge about a crime or dramatic event and can help certify important considerations to the crime or event

4. one of the characteristics of the civil law system

5. a person charged with or on trial for a crime

6. the civil law approach to conducting a trial

9. the system of law derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes

10. fair and unprejudiced

11. an examining judge on a civil law case

12. the common law approach to conducting a trial

Task 3. Match the fixed phrases with their meanings and use them in the correct form to complete the sentences below. Think about their equivalents in your mother tongue.

a) be a law unto oneself	1. legally
b) get on the wrong side of the law	2. to do things differently to other people and ignore the usual rules
c) the law of the jungle	3. to tell people what they should do, without caring about how they feel
d) lay down the law	4. the exact words of a law and not its more important general meaning
e) the letter of the law	5. to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person
f) Murphy's law	6.to resort to legal action in order to settle a matter
g) take the law into one’s own hands	7. the way in which plans always fail and bad things always happen where there is any possibility of them doing so
h) in the eyes of the law	8. the way in which only the strongest and cleverest people in a society stay alive or succeed
i) an unwritten law	9. to be in trouble with the police because of having done something illegal
j) go to law	10. law based on customary behavior

1. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to ______________________________.

2. Charles certainly doesn't stick to the standard company procedures, he _________________________________.

3. ___________________________, you are responsible for what happened.

4. I'm a great believer in _____________________ - what can go wrong will go wrong.

5. From last Monday, owners of fighting dogs who fail to control them in public could ______________________.

6. I was brought up on the streets where ____________________ applies, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.

7. I'm not going to let some new guy come into my office and start ____________________________.

8. James Carpenter could certainly be sued for defamation, if Luke cared ____________________.

9. The problem with any ___________________ is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

10. There is always the danger that a judge may follow ______________________ rather than its spirit.