- •Английский язык в сфере юриспруденции
- •Содержание
- •Введение
- •Case law
- •Section 2
- •Text 2 The System of Courts in Great Britain
- •Glossary
- •E.G. The Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was independent, effective, inexpensive and was regarded as one of the finest courts in the world.
- •The court system of the russian federation
- •Section 1
- •The Russian Court System
- •Text 1 the court system in russia
- •Section 2 Courts
- •Glossary
- •The legal careers in great britain
- •Section I
- •The Legal Profession
- •Section II The British Police.
- •Text 2 Duties and Responsibilities of the Police Officers.
- •Section III Barristers and Solicitors.
- •Text 3 Barristers and Solicitors.
- •Language Focus Contrasting and comparing
- •Glossary
- •Unit 4 the legal careers in russia Section I
- •The Legal Careers in Russia
- •Section II The Legal Profession in Russia
- •Glossary:
- •Unit 5 employment Section I
- •Text 1 Employment
- •Police Officer giving a public speech to be flexible
- •Exercise 9
- •Name the professions/occupations/positions where people do the following things.
- •Section II contract of employment
- •Staff contract of employment
- •Vocabulary
- •Glossary
- •Unit 6 a criminal justice Section I
- •Text What happens during the trial
- •Section II
- •From the Court Notes of a Local Reporter
- •Glossary
- •Unit 6 b legal forms of organization: how a business is organized
- •Text Legal Forms of Organization
- •Glossary
- •Unit 7 a civil justice Section I
- •Civil procedure.
- •Section II Text Civil Cases
- •Joan Collins Has Starring Role in Lawsuit
- •Reuter and Associated Press
- •New York
- •Is Justice done?
- •Glossary
- •Unit 7 b
- •Part II
- •Glossary
- •Additional texts Unit 1 General Classifications of Legal Subjects
- •Criminal Courts
- •Civil Courts
- •Unit 2 Classification of law
- •The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
- •Unit 3 Legal Practitioners
- •The judge
- •Judges in Great Britain
- •Unit 4 Judges
- •Prosecutors
- •Advocates
- •Unit 5 employment protection Worker Protection in the usa
- •Unit 6 a Crime
- •Main Types of Sentence
- •Unit 6b Selecting the Legal structure For Your Firm in the usa
- •Unit 7a
- •Unit 7b
- •International business
- •International Business Transactions
Case law
British law is based on the principle of (1)…………….., meaning that if a court has already ruled on a given legal issue and another case arises with the same legal issue, the holding in the previous case will be applied to the new (2)…………. The use of precedents helps to promote stability in the (3) ……, as all parties are given notice as to the current state of the law.
Precedents also have a role to play when new (4)…….. are presented to courts. (5)…… for both sides of a case look to cases that have been decided in the past that support their current arguments. When deciding new legal issues, sometimes courts expand (6)…………...
Through reliance upon precedent established in prior cases the (7)……… has resolved many legal issues and brought stability into many areas of the law, such as the law of….(8).
Exercise 10
Group work. Read the paragraph about Civil Law
a) Underline the words that help to contrast the legal systems.
Civil Law, in contrast to Common Law, is codified. Countries with civil law systems have comprehensive, continuously updated legal codes that specify all matters capable of being brought before a court, the applicable procedure, and the appropriate punishment for each offense. Such codes distinguish between different categories of law: substantive law establishes which acts are subject to criminal or civil prosecution, procedural law establishes how to determine whether a particular action constitutes a criminal act, and penal law establishes the appropriate penalty. In a civil law system, the judge’s role is to establish the facts of the case and to apply the provisions of the applicable code. Though the judge often brings the formal charges, investigates the matter, and decides on the case, he or she works within a framework established by a comprehensive codified set of laws. The judge’s decision is consequently less crucial in shaping civil law than the decisions of legislators and legal scholars who draft and interpret the codes
b) Compare the 2 legal systems, using the table below.
e.g. English law is based on precedent, but continental law is based on enacted law.
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ENGLISH LAW |
CONTINENTAL LAW |
TYPE OF LEGAL SYSTEM |
common law |
civil law |
BASIC CHARACTERISTIC OF SYSTEM |
central importance of precedent |
central importance of enacted law |
STYLE OF LEGAL REASONING |
Inductive - reasoning in individual cases leads to general rules |
deductive – decisions reached by reasoning from general rules to particular cases |
LEGAL PRINCIPLES |
principles are flexible; based on real facts, develop in individual cases |
in time fixed principles may not correspond to changing circumstances; general enacted principles are applied to individual cases |
Exercise 11
Visit the internet site www.legalskills.com. and make a report about sources of law.
Section 2
The Judicial System Of Great Britain
Exercise 12
Make the derivatives:
Noun |
Verb |
Adjective |
operation/operative |
to operate |
operative |
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divide |
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trial |
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legislative |
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to deal |
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establishment |
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to separate |
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Exercise 13
Read and translate the international words:
System, group, special, instance, serious, start, number, separate, function, operate