VII. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. Members of the public or media who are present are expected to remain still and listen to the proceedings in silence.

2. We know that the courts cannot be expected to deal with these kinds of ‘injustice’.

3. Justice therefore faces its greatest danger when people in a position of authority and trust, whose evidence is likely to be believed, conspire together to give false evidence.

4. A seemingly endless procession of men and women come to the RCJ to have their cases heard.

5. A child who has been convicted of a street robbery is trying to have his conviction and sentence overturned.

VIII. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. served; 2. trying; 3. cases; 4. claiming; 5. punished; 6. provide; 7. staff; 8. appeals (n); 9. guilty; 10. trouble-free; 11. judgment; 12. presenting; 13. sentences (n); 14. criminal; 15. convicted; 16. laws; 17. legal; 18. safe (a); 19. wrongfully; 20. prison; 21. claim (n); 22. obeyed; 23. treated.

1. The judges who are _________ cases and the barristers who are _________ them are still wearing robes.

2. The court _________ - clerks and ushers - perform their duties very discreetly.

3. There are cases where ordinary people are _________ that they have been unfairly ________ by the state.

4. The Court heard an appeal by men who had already ________ long ________ of imprisonment for terrorist offences.

5. These people who allege that they were _________ arrested by the police are bringing a _________ against them.

6. The judges of the Court of Appeal hear _________ in criminal and civil _________, where the ________ of the first court trying the case has not been accepted.

7. ________ courts judge whether people are ________ of crime; if so, how they should be ________.

8. These men have been wrongfully ________ and have spent years in ________ before being released.

9. Any society has a duty to provide its citizens with _______ which, if ________, will provide them with a reasonably ________ and _________ environment.

10. The ________ system does not and cannot always ________ justice, whatever that may mean.

IX. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions from the box.

of (5); on; in (6); throughout; by; from (4); to (4); for (2); against; at; through; at; with; despite.

1. The judges are hearing an appeal _____ a man convicted _____ murder.

2. ____ all the difficulties _____ doing justice, it is possible to give citizens, who have been harmed ____ the fault of others, and those who are accused ____ causing that harm, the feeling that we are concerned ____ their misfortunes.

3. These are called the rules of natural justice: an open hearing, an impartial court, giving each side an equal chance to state its case and to call evidence ____ support ____ it before coming ____ a reasoned decision.

4. May I respectfully draw the court’s attention ____ the fact that these men’s convictions were unsafe and the scientific evidence given ____ their trial was unreliable.

5. A woman is freed ____ a sentence ____ life imprisonment ____ killing her husband.

6. Family courts consider the welfare of children, who have the simple need to be protected ____cruel treatment, or ____ the effects ____ the breakup of their parents’ marriage.

7. A judge is hearing the claim ____ a widow who is asking ____ compensation ____ her late husband’s employers, following his death ____ a factory accident.

8. The parents of the Siamese twins object ____ the operation ____ religious and moral grounds.

9. The courts ____ the RCJ are only a small fraction of the many courts elsewhere ____ London and ____ the country, serving the needs of the communities ____ their areas.

10. There is always a healthy pressure ____ many different groups and individuals to advance and improve the laws and to adapt them ____ the needs of society.