Ex. 7. Use the information given above to answer the questions

 

1. What is the most common type of law court in England and Wales?

2. What cases does the Crown Court deal with?

3. What cases do County Courts deal with?

4. Where may appeals be heard?

5. What other types of courts are there in Britain? What do they deal with?

 

Ex. 8. Work in pairs and discuss the following.

Which courts do you think would deal with:

a) a bank robbery?

b) a divorce case?

c) a burglary committed by a fifteen-year-old?

d) an assault causing actual bodily harm?

e) a case of driving too fast?

Use the following expression:

I am sure that...

I am certain that...

There is no doubt about it.

I am not sure...

I can’t say for sure.

 

Ex. 9. Listening with comprehension.

The Court System of Russian Federation

I. Повторите за диктором следующие слова и словосочетания:

complex, adj. – сложный

is set up, v – определяется

comprise, v – включать

general jurisdiction – общая юрисдикция

agree with the Constitution – соответствовать Конституции

try, v – рассматривать

 

II. Прослушайте предложения с новыми словами и переведите их на русский язык.

1. The Russian court system is complex.
2. The court system is set up by the Constitution.
3. The system comprises a number of courts.
4. The Constitutional Court is to decide whether the law passed by the Federal Assembly agree with the Constitution.
5. A district court tries minor cases.

 

III. Прослушайте текст.

 

IV. Закончите предложения в соответствии с содержанием прослушанного текста.

1. The Russian court system is set by
   a) the President.
   b) the Federal Assembly.
   c) the Russian Federation Constitution.
2. It consists of
   a) a number of courts.
   b) Federal Courts and Courts of the Russian Federation subjects.
   c) three courts.
3. Federal Courts include
   a) three subsystems of courts.
   b) five subsystems of courts.
   c) twelve subsystems of courts.
4. The Constitutional Court of Russian Federation is to
   a) try minor cases.
   b) decide whether laws passed by the Federal Assembly agree with the Constitution.
   c) try civil and criminal cases.
5. The Constitutional Court consists of
   a) nineteen justices of the peace.
   b) nineteen justices.
   c) nine justices.
6. A justice of the Constitutional Court should be
   a) at least forty four years old.
   b) at least thirty five years old.
   c) at least forty years old.

 

V. Подберите к предложению из левой колонки соответствующее предложение из правой колонки.

1. The Constitutional Court of R.F. 2. The district court. 3. The Supreme Court of R. F.

a) tries the most serious civil and criminal cases. b) tries minor civil and criminal cases. c) can declare the law unconstitutional d) is in session from September to June.