- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни Хмельницький університет управління та права English for Lawyers
- •Передмова
- •Unit 1 Languages and Communication Task 1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary to the text Languages and Communication
- •Languages and Communication
- •Grammar exercises
- •V. Complete the following sentences using nouns in the singular or in the plural:
- •VI. Translate these sentences into English
- •The Indefinite Tenses
- •Additional reading
- •“The History of the English Language” in written form
- •Features of the English Language
- •English Today
- •Why I Study English
- •The International Character of English
- •The Origins of the English Language
- •Task 27. Fill in the blanks with necessaary prepositions
- •Task 28. Tell about the sources of origins of English language Unit 2 The System of Education in Ukraine and Abroad
- •Khmelnitsky University of Management and Law
- •The Faculty of Law at Present (Lviv University)
- •Chliches, set expressions and phrases for discussion
- •Some University Customs
- •System of Higher Education of Ukraine
- •Network of higher educational institutions of Ukraine by their level of accreditation
- •Structure of the level system of higher education of Ukraine
- •Number of students in higher educational institutions per each 10 thousand of the population of Ukraine
- •Areas of training
- •Management of education
- •Make use of the following phrases:
- •The Legal Profession
- •Dialogue
- •Woman: The work of a judge, of a prosecutor, of an advocate is not easy either, is it?
- •Woman:There is a lot of crime at this period. Perhaps the punishment of criminals is isn’t strict enough ?
- •The Investigator /Investigator bodies
- •Dialogue
- •Task 16. Finish the following disjunctive questions:
- •Task 17. Put questions to the words in bold type
- •The Procurator
- •Task 23. Translate the following sentences into English
- •Task 31. Speak on the work of the procurator
- •The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (від імені українського народу) adopted the Constitution - The Fundamental Law on June 28, 1996.
- •Symbols of u.K.
- •The Constitution of the United States of America
- •The British Constitution
- •Constitutional monarchs, powers, making laws, federation, Acts of Parliament, written constitution, to take advice, assembly, Magna Charta
- •Constitution - the Standard of Legitimacy
- •1. There are no special … for constitutional rules
- •Grammar exercises
- •Unit 5 The State System of Ukraine Task 1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary to the text The State System of Ukraine
- •The State System of Ukraine
- •Task 5. Pick out from the text all the word combinations with the following words and give their Ukrainian equivalents
- •The Court System of Ukraine
- •Systems of Government
- •Systems of Government
- •Autocracies
- •Modern Democracies
- •Politics
- •Political Systems
- •Elections
- •Extreme Governments
- •Grammar exercises
- •The State System of the uk
- •Task 1. Read and learn the vocabulary to the topic
- •The State System of Great Britain
- •The State System of Great Britain
- •Royal Assent
- •Making New Laws: Bills and Acts
- •Task 10.Complete the text using the proposed words
- •The Sovereign
- •The Royal Family
- •Grammar exercises
- •Task 5. Choose the correct past participle forms of the verbs
- •Task 7. Make the correct forms of the verbs. Use Past Perfect
- •Task 8. Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence
- •Task 12. Underline the most suitable phrase in each sentence
- •Unit 7 Legal Professions in Great Britain Task 1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary to the text “Barristers and Solicitors”
- •Barristers and Solicitors
- •Task 5. Find the following word combinations in the text “Barristers and Solicitors”. Read the sentences and translate them
- •Task7. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the word combinations given below
- •Task 14. Read the micro texts and match them to the headings
- •General Practice
- •Specialists
- •Employed Solicitors
- •The Role of the Law Society
- •Task 16. Read the text and give annotation of it in Ukrainian Solicitors in Private Practice
- •Task 17. Read the text and circle the correct answer for items 1 to 4 The History of Solicitors
- •Task 18. Read the text and make comments on it Regulation
- •Task 19. Read the text and discuss it in the form of the dialogue, using clichés, set expressions and phrases given below Training
- •Texts for additional reading Task 1. Read and translate the text Judges
- •Task 2. Read and enjoy We, the Jury
- •Task 3. Make comments on the sayings, given below
- •Grammar exercises
- •Perfect Simple
- •Write four forms of each verb
- •Task 3. Form verbs of the following words. Give three forms of the verb
- •Perfect Continuous
- •Modal Verbs
- •Task 14. Fill in the blanks with ‘must’, ‘may’ or ‘ can’
- •Exercise for Revision Task 15. Put the verbs in the right tense. Translate the sentences
- •Unit 8 Political System of the usa Task 1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary to the text
- •The State System of the usa
- •Us Government
- •The executive branch
- •The legislative branch
- •The judicial branch
- •The Constitution as Supreme Law
- •Task 15. Translate words and word combinations into Enlish. Make up your own sentences with them
- •It’s not quite so; I’m afraid you are wrong; in my opinion;
- •Lawmaking process in the usa
- •Grammar Exercises
- •Unit 9 Lawmaking Process in Ukraine, Great Britain, the usa. How a Bill becomes a Law How a Bill Becomes a Law
- •The Lawmaking in Ukraine
- •Task 4. Find the following words in the text “The Lawmaking in Ukraine”. Read the sentences and translate them
- •Task 5. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following expressions
- •Task 6. Find in the text the English equivalents for the phrases below
- •How a Bill Becomes a Law
- •Task 15. Retell the text “How a Bill Becomes a Law”
- •Making New Laws: Bills and Acts
- •How Bills Go through Parliament
- •Task 20. Retell the text “How a Bill Becomes a Law” Grammar exercises
- •Unit 10 The Court System of Ukraine, the usa, England and Wales Task 1. Read and learn the vocabulary to the topic The Court System of Ukraine
- •The Court System of Ukraine
- •Court System of the usa. Court System of England and Wales
- •Court System of the usa. Court System of England and Wales
- •Judicial System of the usa and Great Britain
- •The System of Courts in the us
- •Grammar exercises
- •VI. Find Ukrainian equivalents of the following proverbs and translate them
- •Task 15. Read, translate and discuss the text with your partner English Courts
- •Law and the Legal System
- •Serving the law Ukrajina Incognita
- •Unit 11. English Law
- •English Law
- •The History of English Law
- •Comparison of Roman and English law
- •Task 9. Translate and match the words and word combinations with their definitions. Write down your own sentences with them
- •English Law
- •English Legal System
- •Common law systems
- •The common law and the law of equity paculiarities
- •Roman Law
- •Roman Law History of Roman law
- •The structure, character and content of Roman law
- •Continental systems
- •Roman law
- •Grammar exercises.
- •1. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the Infinitive
- •II. Please choose the most suitable verb form in each sentence
- •III. Make up the sentences with the following parts
- •IV. Make up your own sentences with the underlined models using different Infinitive forms.
- •V. Translate the following sentences into English using Infinitive and Infinitive Constructions
- •Unit 12 Types of Branches of Law in Ukraine, Great Britain, usa Task 1. Read and learn the vocabulary to the topic Law. Functions of Law. Classification of Laws
- •Definition of Law
- •Functions of Law
- •Classifications of Law
- •Constitutional Law
- •Family Law
- •Law of Torts
- •Labour law
- •Maritime or Admiralty law
- •Administrative law
- •Elder law
- •Grammar Exercises
- •I. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to Complex Object and Complex Subject
- •III. Make up sentences using the given tables
- •Іv. Complete these sentences using the Complex Object:
- •V. Translate these sentences into English
- •VI. Complete these sentences using the Complex Subject:
- •VII. Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to Infinitive Constructions
- •Unit 13
- •International Entities. The uno,the icj European Parliament. Court of Human Rights Task 1. International Entities and International Law
- •International Entities and International Law
- •International Organizations – the un specialized Agencies
- •International organizations Related to the un System
- •European Union
- •European Parliament
- •International Inter-Regional Organizations
- •Grammar exercises
- •IV. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian, underline the participles, identify their functions
- •V. Translate the sentences into English
- •VI. Open the brackets using Participle I, II:
- •VII. Put the questions to the sentences:
- •IX. Complete the sentences and make clear that the people don't / didn't do it themselves (The first sentence is given as an example.)
- •X. Combine the sentences using participle constructions (Present Participle or Past Participle). (The first sentence is given as an example)
- •XI. Replace the Relative Clause by a Participle Construction while keeping the rest of the sentence unchanged.
- •9. Animals that eat plants are called herbivores. Unit 15 Criminal Law. Types of Crimes
- •Crime and Punishment
- •Legal Definition of Crime and Criminal
- •Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice System
- •Criminal Law
- •Capital punishment: for and against
- •Financial Costs
- •Barbarity
- •Futility
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the form of the Gerund and its function
- •II. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary
- •III. Complete the sentence using Gerund
- •IV. Translate these sentences into English
- •V. Make up your own sentences with the underlined models
- •Grammar in Tables System of English Tense Forms
- •Passive Voice Forms (Форми пасивного стану)
- •Active Voice
- •Direct & Indirect Speech
- •The Oblique Moods
- •Modal (Defective) Verbs
- •Remember!
- •Will - would (only in Present and Future) are used for expressing:
- •Remember!
- •Remember!
- •Remember!
- •1 Of time (часу)
- •4. In different word combinations (в різних словосполученнях):
- •5. With the following verbs and nouns (з наступними дієсловами та іменниками):
- •Types of Interrogative Sentences (Типи питальних речень)
- •The Conjunction
- •Word - Building (Словотворення)
- •1. Main Word - Forming Suffixes
- •2. Main Word - Forming Prefixes
- •II Table of Irregular Verbs (Таблиця найуживаніших нестандартних дієслів)
- •Список рекомендованої літератури з англійської мови
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (від імені українського народу) adopted the Constitution - The Fundamental Law on June 28, 1996.
The people (це єдине джерело влади)which is exercised directly & through the bodies of state power & local self government.
Every person shall pay taxes & duties(в порядку та розмірі, визначеному законом).
The Church & religious organizations (відокремлена від держави).
Citizens of Ukraine perform military services (відповідно до закону).
All citizens have equal Constitutional rights & freedoms (та рівні перед законом).
Task 7. Complete the following:
TheConstitutionguaranteestherightsto(життя, освіту, роботу, відпочинок, житло, медичну допомогу, соціальне забезпечення, особисту недоторканість, невтручання в приватне життя, вільний вибір помешкання, здорове та безпечне навколишнє середовище).
Task 8. Change each sentence by choosing an appropriate synonym from the list below for the underlined words
flag, free, hymn, property, Fundamental Law, obligation, help, mineral resources, to guarantee
The Constitution of Ukraine consists of 15 chapters, 161 articles.
The land, air space, water & other natural resourceswhich are on the territory of Ukraine are objects of the property right of Ukrainian people.
Ukraine is a sovereign & independent, democratic, social, legal state.
There are no privileges or restrictions based upon race, colour of skin, political & other beliefs, gender, ethnic & social origin, ownership, position, place of residence, language, religion or other circumstances.
Everybody has the right to legal assistance.
A blue & yellow banner is made up from two equal horizontal stripes.
Defence of the Motherland, of the independence & territorial integrity of Ukraine, & respect for the state’s symbols are the duty of citizens.
Chapter II of the Constitution assures human & civil rights, freedoms & obligations.
The State Anthem of Ukraine is the national anthem with the music of M.Verbytsky, the words of P.Chubynsky.
Task 9. Read and translate the definitions of the words. Make up your own examples with them
guarantee, v – give promise with legal obligation
freedom, n – condition of having personal rights and social
and political liberty
power, n – 1. right, control, authority;
2. right possessed by, or granted to, a person or
group of persons
independent, adj – self-governing
anthem, n – musical composition to be sung in church or
in official level
Task 10. Compare national symbols of Ukraine with those of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Symbols of u.K.
Flag: Known as the Union Jack, the Flag has the red cross of St. George of England, the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland, and the red cross of St. Patrick of Ireland, all on the blue background.
Anthem: “God saves the Queen/King”.
Emblem: The official coat of arms of Great Britain is the shield divided into four quarters. In the first and fourth quarters are the lions of England, the lion of Scotland is in the second and harp of Ireland is in the third. The shield is surrounded by a Garter and the motto on it “Evil be to him who Evil thinks”. The motto across bottom is “God and my Right: is the motto of the sovereign.
Task 10. a) Say what kind of document the Constitution of Ukraine is; what principles of our country’s policy, rights and duties of the country’s citizens it proclaims
You may use the following: written document; to consolidate the country’s position; to proclaim the principles of our home policy; to determine the country’s policy; basic rights of every person; to enjoy rights; to fulfil duties toward society; to obey the country’s laws.
a) Speak about the role of the Constitution in the life of the country and its importance for society.
b) The 28th of June, Constitution day, is marked as our country’s national holiday. Say how it is celebrated in Ukraine.
Task 11. Give examples from your own life and from the life of your family to show how the rights guaranteed in the Constitution are enjoyed by you
Task 12. Give facts from the life of your family, the families of your friends, the people you know to prove that a lot has/hasn’t been done in Ukraine to improve the living and working conditions of its citizens, to guarantee the basic human rights, women’s equality with men, social justice
Task 13. Act dialogues on the following topics with your partner:
Structure of the fundamental law of Ukraine.
State Symbols ofUkraine.
Privileges and restrictions under theConstitution.
The rights of Ukrainian people.
Duties of the citizens ofUkraine.
Task 14. Translate from Ukrainian into English
Жінки на сході не мають таких самих рівних прав, як чоловіки.
Сучасні підлітки набагато більше незалежні, аніж їхні батьки були у їхньому віці.
Це дуже легке завдання. Дайте мені важче.
Дорога була не така безпечна, як ми очікували.
Він – один із найнебезпечніших злочинців у світі.
Для того, щоб бути здоровим потрібно їсти багато фруктів та овочів.
Мій бос не такий релігійний, як його дружина.
Я не хочу, щоб хтось втручався в нашу приватну розмову.
Task 15 Express your agreement or disagreement. Use: “In my opinion. I think. I guess. I agree. I can’t agree. How can one say that?”
The Constitution establishes the country’s political system, assures rights, freedoms & duties of citizens, but it can’t be the basis for its laws.
According to one of the theories, the three points of the Trident symbolized Might, Wisdom and Love.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Constitutional guarantees are necessary only when people think they have good reasons for violating them.
Liberty given is never so precious as liberty sought for and fought for. Frederick Douglass
The more corrupt the state, the more laws. Cornelius Tacitus
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin
Task 16. Read and translate the text. Write down the unknown words and words expressions. Put 10-15 questions to the text