Vocabulary Notes

1. Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) – Королевские суды

2. Lord Chancellor – лорд-канцлер

3. Her Majesty’s judges – судьи Ее Величества

4. Master of the Rolls – «хозяин свитков»: глава Государственно- го архива, член Высокого суда правосу- дия, председатель Апелляционного суда

5. Court of Appeal – Апелляционный суд (вторая инстанция

Верховного суда)

6. Criminal Division – Отделение по уголовным делам

7. Civil Division – Отделение по гражданским делам

8. Attorney-General – Генеральный атторней (англ. прибли- зительно соответствует Генеральному прокурору; амер. – министр юстиции)

9. Lord Chief Justice – лорд – главный судья

10. High Court – Высокий суд (первая инстанция Вер- ховного суда в Англии)

11. Queen’s Bench Division – Отделение королевской скамьи (Высо- кого суда в Великобритании во время царствования Королевы)

12. Family Division – Отделение по семейным делам (Высо- кого суда)

13. Chancery Division – Канцлерское отделение (Высокого суда)

14. Law Commission – Комиссия по пересмотру действующе- го права

Reading Comprehension

Exercises

I. Skimming.

1. Look through the whole chapter and find the place explaining the meaning of the ‘Royal Courts of Justice’.

2. Find out how many courts there are in the RCJ and what courts they

are.

3. Look for the place in the chapter indicating the kinds of other courts

in Great Britain except the RCJ.

4. Find the place indicating the subjective nature of justice and illustrating how difficult it can be for the courts to provide justice.

II. Scanning.

1. Look more closely through the first part of the chapter and decide what it is devoted to:

a. examples of cases tried by the RCJ

b. description of the RCJ and their work

c. whether the RCJ do justice or injustice

2. Look through the end of the chapter and decide which of the following statements renders the main idea of the given passage.

a. Although the legal system is not altogether perfect, one must accept it.

b. The legal system deserves criticism.

c. The system of justice must be constantly reviewed, reformed and improved.

Vocabulary Work

Exercises

I. Suggest Russian equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.

1. hear cases; 2. be involved in a case; 3. be convicted of a crime;

4. uphold laws; 5. enforce laws; 6. cause harm; 7. unsafe conviction; 8. call evidence in support of the case; 9. order a re-trial; 10. bring a claim against smb; 11. suffer injustice; 12. strong evidence; 13. threat to break a contract;

14. body of law(s); 15. find smb guilty of smth (doing smth).