A) comparing the way in which the criminal law is defined in England and the USA;

b) describing classifications of crimes/offences in England;

C) characterizing the initiation of criminal prosecutions in the USA.

2. Use the information from the text to divide the sentences into two groups: those relating to the criminal law of England, and those relating to the criminal law of the USA.

1) The law lacks the criminal codes.

2) The criminal codes have been instituted.

3) The defendant may defend himself pro se, and may act as his own attorney, if desired.

4) Offences are classified as indictable and summary offences.

5) The criminal law is not strictly defined and is rather disorganised.

6) Criminal prosecutions are initiated by complaint issued by a judge, or by indictment issued by a grand jury.

7) Different states have a diversity of practices.

8) The Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the right to a speedy and public trial

9) The interests of the state are represented by a prosecuting attorney.

10) There is no common idea to how crimes are defined

11) Criminal trials are administered by magistrates' courts, Crown Courts, High Court and the Court of Appeal.

The criminal law of England	The criminal law of the USA
1,

3. In the text find the related word to the following verbs:

to indict, to offend, to conspire, to try, to accuse, to defend, to codify.

Translate into English

Особи, які вчинили злочин на території України, підлягають відповідальності згідно з чинним Кодексом.

Питання про кримінальну відповідальність дипломатичних

представників іноземних держав та інших громадян, які за законами

України і міжнародними договорами, згода на обов'язковість яких

надана Верховною Радою України, не є підсудні у кримінальних

справах судам України, в разі вчинення ними злочину на території

України вирішується дипломатичним шляхом.

 

Громадяни України, які вчинили злочин за межами України, підлягають кримінальній відповідальності згідно з чинним Кримінальним Кодексом, якщо інше не передбачене міжнародними договорами України, згода на обов᾽язковість яких надана Верховною Радою України.

 

III. PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE

1. How good are you at detective work? Below there are two conversations. They include 6 colloquial speech words. The definition of these words you can find in the box. Read the conversation and use the context to match the words with their definitions.

1) A defense lawyer

2) An informer

3) In prison

4) to arrest

5) To rob using weapons

6) To inform the police

 

Dialogue 1.

- Have you heard about Henry?

- No. What?

- He’s been nicked.

- You are joking. What happened?

- He was blagging a bank with his brother and somebody grassed on them.

- Who’s the nark?

- Who knows? Henry’s got a lot of enemies.

 

Dialogue 2.

- What did he get?

- Eight years.

- Eight years inside! You said he had a good brief.

- Well, he thought he did.

 

A. Below there are the quotations by famous people about law. Match the parts of the quotations and then try to guess who each of the quotations belong to. Then check your answers.

B. Which of the quotations do you agree with? Which of them can you argue? Motivate your point of view.

 

1) Law grinds the poor,

2) Law is a form of order and

3) Law is founded not on theory but

4) Laws, like houses,

5) Laws were made

6) Let all the laws be clear, uniform,

 

A. lean on one another.

B. and rich men rule the law.

C. to be broken.

D. good law must necessarily mean good order.

E. upon nature.

F. and precise

 

I. Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774), Irish-born British novelist, playwright, and poet.

II. Voltaire (1694 - 1778), French writer and philosopher.

III. Christopher North (1785 - 1854),Scottish poet, essayist, and critic.

IV. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797),Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher.

V. Cicero (106 - 43 BC), Roman orator and statesman.

VI. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Greek philosopher.

 

The key:

1 B I

2 D VI

3 E V

4 A IV

5 C III

6 F II

 

Preventing Theft

The teen theft prevention campaign addresses teen identity theft and the theft of personal, portable property in schools.

Young people today are faced with theft in schools and universities (about one-third of reported identity theft victims are between the ages of 18 and 29). In groups make up a plan of prevention posters which can help teens learn how to protect their identities and possessions. Choose the topic from given below.

 

Posters:

“Teens: Protect Your Identity From Thieves”

“A Teen's Guide to Protecting Portable Property”

“Identity Theft Prevention Poster”

“Property Theft Prevention Poster”