- •Утверждено и рекомендовано решением
- •В качестве учебного пособия
- •Введение
- •Chapter VII crimes and torts Unit 21 Crimes
- •Text a What is Crime?
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b What Type of Conduct Amounts to a Crime
- •Vocabulary
- •Thug Behind Bars
- •Martine Moon Murdered
- •Tears and Anger as Groom Disappears
- •Text c Kinds of Cases
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text d Classification of Crimes
- •Vocabulary
- •What’s your Verdict?
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Law Breakers
- •Text e Crime in Modern Society
- •Vocabulary
- •The Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Robbery
- •Unit 22 The Globalization of Deceit
- •Counterfeiting
- •Imitating Property is Theft
- •Counterfeiting is on the Increase. Companies Ignore it at their Peril
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Unit 23 Torts
- •Text a Classification of Torts
- •Text b Comparison of Crimes and Torts
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Unit 24 Punishment
- •Vocabulary
- •Some stupid thieves
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •1) Связанный с применением наказания
- •2) Карательный, штрафной
- •Assault
- •Shop-lifting
- •In the courtroom
- •Crime & punishment
- •Text b Legal Anecdotes
- •Unit 25 Capital Punishment
- •Text a History of Capital Punishment
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b Capital Punishment: For and Against
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Financial Costs
- •Inevitability of Error
- •Barbarity
- •Futility
- •Chapter VIII legal profession Unit 26
- •Professional Titles
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Unit 27 People in Law Cases in Great Britain
- •Text a Legal Profession in England and Wales
- •Vocabulary
- •Solicitor or barrister?
- •Text b Judges in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Unit 28 Lawyers in the usa
- •Text a The Job of the Lawyers
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b What Lawyers Do
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •The American Legal Profession
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Judges and Justices
- •Unit 29 Lawyers in Russia
- •Text a Legal Professionals
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b Judges in the Russian Federation
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Chapter IX legal education Unit 30 Legal Education in the uk
- •Text a Studying Law at Cambridge University (England)
- •The Law Course at Cambridge
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Essential Vocabulary
- •Text b Legal Latin
- •Legal Latin Vocabulary
- •Text c a Call to the Bar
- •Studying law in the uk
- •Studying law in the usa
- •Vocabulary
- •Text a Lawyer’s Training.
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Unit 31 Legal Education in the usa
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b How to Achieve the Dream of Becoming a Lawyer
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Interview with an American Attorney.
- •Unit 32 Career in the Law Text a
- •A lawyer’s curriculum vitae
- •Text b Main Stages of a Solicitor’s and Barrister’s Career
- •Essential Vocabulary
- •Text c Career Opportunities
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Chapter X the law in practice Unit 33 Law Firms
- •Part 1 : Text a Running a Business
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b The Cost of Legal Services.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Legal Aid and Advice
- •Discussion and Creative Writing
- •Part 2: Text a Law Firms
- •Text b Law Firm in Practice
- •Vocabulary
- •Text c Law Firm Structure
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks Describing a law firm
- •Practice areas
- •Text d Law Firm Kravitz &Bane
- •Partnership: Can it survive in today’s mega-firms?
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •The Prudent Course Ethical and Practical Considerations in Client Selection
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Part 6 : Legal Environment of Business
- •Bays law firm about our law firm
- •Our goal
- •European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- •Counsel Banking Operations
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 34 Company Formation and Management
- •Introduction to Company Law
- •Business Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b Company Formation
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 35 Business Organizations in the uk
- •Company Types in the uk
- •3 Limited liability company – llc.
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •I Company Law
- •Types of Companies: 1
- •Types of Companies: 2
- •Useful vocabulary for Exercises
- •Unit 36 Types of Business Organizations in the usa
- •To understand the difference and similarity of businesses study the Table carefully. Major Business Forms Compared
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Sole proprietorship
- •Unit 37 Types of Business Organizations in Russia
- •Text a Creation of a Legal Entity
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Text b Commercial and Non- Commercial Legal Entities
- •Commercial Legal Entities
- •The Commercial Partnership
- •The Company Limited by Shares (The Joint- Stock Company)
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Литература
- •Contents
- •Legal English-2
Vocabulary
advocate n 1 защитник; 2 адвокат; 3 поверенный
agent n 1 агент; 2 поверенный
arbitrator n третейский судья; арбитр
attest v заверять
attorney n 1 адвокат; поверенный (в суде); 2 уполномоченный;
3 юрист, занимающийся адвокатской практикой
attorney-in fact n лицо, действующее по доверенности
attorney-general n 1 англ. генеральный прокурор;
2 амер. генеральный прокурор штата; министр юстиции
attorney-at-law n адвокат
authentic adj аутентичный, подлинный, имеющий силу
bailiff n 1 англ. судебный пристав; 2 амер. судебный пристав, который следит за порядком в суде; 3 заместитель шерифа, который: а) приводит в исполнение судебный приказ; б) исполняет должностные функции (вручение приказов о вызове в суд и др.)
barrister n барристер, адвокат, который имеет право подавать в суд
исковое заявление, а также выступать в суде
barrister-at-law n адвокат высшего ранга, выступающий в суде
clerk n клерк, секретарь суда
commence v начинать
confuse v смешивать; спутывать; сбивать с толку
coroner n следователь, ведущий дела о насильственной или
скоропостижной смерти
detail v выяснять подробности
discretion n свобода действий
evidence n улики, доказательства
execute a writ v приводить в исполнение судебный приказ
investigator n следователь ( англ.); private investigator ( detective n ) n
= сыщик (детектив)
judge n судья
jurist n юрист
juror n присяжный заседатель
jury n присяжные
lawyer n юрист; адвокат
legal adviser (-or) n юрисконсульт, советник по правовым вопросам
magistrate n 1 англ. магистрат (должностное лицо, осуществляющее правосудие), судья; мировой судья; 2 амер. федеральный магистрат; судья суда низшей инстанции с суммарной и ограниченной юрисдикцией по уголовным и иногда гражданским делам
notary n нотариус
ombudsman n омбудсман (чиновник, рассматривающий претензии граждан к правительственным служащим. В РФ аналогичный омбудсману институт носит название Уполномоченного по правам человека).
preside v председательствовать
prosecutor n обвинитель – лицо, возбуждающее и осуществляющее уголовное преследование; crown prosecutor n главный (государственный) обвинитель; chief prosecutor n главный обвинитель; public prosecutor n прокурор
serve process v исполнять должностные функции (вручение приказов о вызове в суд и др.)
sheriff n шериф
solicitor n адвокат, поверенный, юрисконсульт
summon v вызывать в суд
Reading tasks
Answer these questions.
1 What does the investigator do after receiving information that a crime has
been committed?
2 Who deals with witnesses and suspects?
3 What is an advocate?
4 Whose duty is to present a case in a court?
5 Who acts for other people (esp. a corporation)?
6 Who makes a judgement about or settles an argument between two parties?
7 What is an attorney in the USA?
8 What makes attorneys so important in American communities?
9 What is the difference between the bailiff’s functions in Great Britain and the
USA?
10 Who can argue cases in the higher law courts in Britain?
11 What kind of problems does a solicitor deal with?
12 What are barristers experts in?
13 What is the job of a juror?
14 What is the job of a judge?
15 How is the juror selected?
16 What qualities should a good juror have?
17 How is a lawyer called in the USA?
18 What is the job of a lawyer?
19 What other terms for ‘lawyer’ do you know?
20 What power does a notary have?
21 Who conducts the prosecution before the court?
22 Who proposes the penalty to be imposed on a guilty person?
23 What is a sheriff in: a) Britain? b) in the USA?
24 What kind of problems does an ombudsman deal with?
25 Who are Magistrates?
Speaking
Examine the diagram and compare it with the information given in the list. Explain what these people are and what they do.
Language focus
Add a question tag to each sentence.
1 A lawyer is a person who practises law, …?
2 Judges shall be inviolable, …?
3 The investigator based his conclusion on the verification, …?
4 Multinational companies employ expensive lawyers to ensure that their
contracts are valid, …?
5 To be a good juror you should use common sense, …?
