CHECK YOURSELF

1. The American Constitution is based on the doctrine of the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judiciary.

2. The President of the USA is assisted by the members of the Cabinet who are to administer 11 major departments.

3. The residence of the Administration of the USA is the White House.

4. The primary function of the Supreme Court is to decide matters of law rather than fact.

5. The House of Representative was debating a bill introduced by Congress over two weeks.

6. On the one hand the Queen of Great Britain is one of the powerful women in the world, while on the other hand her power is limited by the fact that so many of her expenses are paid for by government money.

7. The two leading parties in Great Britain are the Labour Party and the Conservative Party.

8. The English Constitution is to be regarded as unwritten from the standpoint constitutional lawyers.

Ex. 3.Определите функцию глагола to be в предложениях, отметьте ее в таблице в соответствии с номером предложения. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. We are to become lawyers. We are future lawyers.
2. Where there is a will, there is a way.
3. It’s mainly through public organizations that effective crime preventive work is possible.
4. The number of cases coming to the Police attention is increasing.
5. It is the duty of every deputy to report to his electors on his work.
6. Fingerprints have been known to be used as evidence since ancient times.
7. Our future is not an easy one, so we have already studies many subjects and are to study several more which are necessary for our future work.
8. The reporter was paying great attention to the problem of crime prevention at the international conference yesterday.
9. Students are learning to examine a crime scene, to search for and collect evidence to apprehend a criminal and establish curpus delicti.

10. You should work hard to be experienced law enforcement professional.