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1.1
1. Criminal law is law relating to acts committed against the law which are punished by the state.
2. Constitutional law is concerned with the constitution or government of the state, or the
relationship between state and citizens.
3. Procedural law includes rules that determine how a case is administered by the courts.
4. Civil law is concerned with the rights and duties of individuals, organizations, and
associations (such as companies, trade unions, and charities), as opposed to criminal law.
5. Case law is common law and statute law used by the courts in making decisions.
1.2
1. In many systems, a president rather than a monarch is **the head of state**.
2. The UK system has a parliament with two **houses**.
3. As in other countries, the courts are organized in a **hierarchy** of levels.
4. The Scottish Parliament has the **power** to legislate on subjects not reserved to
Westminster.
5. The EC is an important legislative **body** in most European countries.
6. A number of international **treaties/agreements** have been incorporated into national law.
1.3
1. **Legislate:**
- Noun: Legislation
- Adjective: Legislative
2. **Proceed:**
- Noun: Proceeds (usually used in financial contexts)
- Adjective: Proceeding (used in legal or formal contexts)
3. **Convene:**
- Noun: Convening
- Adjective: Convened (past participle used as an adjective)
4. **Accede:**
- Noun: Accession
- Adjective: Acceding
5. **Elect:**
- Noun: Election
- Adjective: Elected
6. **Authorise**
- Noun: Authorization
- Adjective: Authorized
7**Regulate:**
- **Verb:** Regulate
- **Adjective:** Regulatory
1. The **legislature** is the body which has the function of making law; normally it is the
Parliament.
2. It is quite a lengthy process to **accede** to the European Community.
3. Sometimes a court case can be delayed while counsel argue over **procedural** problems.
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3.
The term 'civil law' contrasts with both 'common law' and 'criminal law'. In the first sense of the
term, civil law refers to a body of law based on 1) **codified** legal codes derived from
fundamental normative principles. Legal 2) **disputes** are settled by reference to this code,
which has been arrived at through 3) **legislation**. Judges are 4) **bound by** the written
law and its 5) **provisions**.
In contrast, common law was originally developed through 6) **precedents**, at a time before
laws were written down. Common law is based on 7) **rulings** created by judicial decisions,
which means that past 8) **precedents** are taken into consideration when cases are decided. It
should be noted that today, common law is also 9) **codified**, i.e., in written form.
In the second sense of the term, civil law is distinguished from criminal law and refers to the
body of law dealing with 10) **non-criminal** matters, such as breach of contract.
5. Read the following short texts, which each contain a word used to talk about types of laws. In
which kind of document do you think each appeared? Match each text (1-5) with its source (a-e).
1. c newspaper
2. a court ruling
3. b local government document
4. e brochure for employees
5. d parliamentary speech
6.Find words in Exercise 5 which match these definitions. Consult the glossary if necessary. 1
rules issued by a government agency to carry out the intent of the law; authorised by a statute.
and generally providing more detail on a subject than the statute 2 law enacted by a town. city or
county government 3 draft document before it is made into law 4 legal device used by tlle
European Union to establish policies at tlle European level to be incorporated into the laws of the
Member States S formal written law enacted by a legislative body
1. Regulations
2. Ordinance
3. Bill
4. Directive
5. Statute
7. Complete the sentences below using the words in the box. bill directive ordinance regulations
statutes 1 The Town Council will conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed ...............
concerning property tax. 2 According to the ...................... concerning working time. overtime
work is work which is officially ordered in excess of 40 hours in a working week or in excess of
eight hours a day. 3 Early this year, the government introduced a new ................... on electronic
commerce to Parliament. 4 A number of changes have been made to the federal ............._
governing the seizing of computers and the gathering of electronic evidence. S The European
Union ...................... on Data Protection established legal principles aimed at protecting personal
data privacy and the free flow of data.
1. ordinance
2. regulations
3. directive
4. statutes
5. Directive
GRAMMAR
A. If the word in bold is correct, put a tick. If it is incorrect, rewrite it correctly.
1 Whenever she gets home from work, Mum always seems unhappily about something.
………………………
2 I don’t know what’s in it, but it smells strongly of cinnamon. ………………………
3 When Terry finally became calmly, I asked him what had happened. ………………………
4 I‘m glad I didn’t go on holiday with Efy and Graham because it sounded dreadfully.
………………………
5 It’s hard to believe that the seeds you planted have grown so quickly. ………………………
6 The car sped past me and turned sharply into the next street. ………………………
7 The actors could tell that the audience were growing restlessly. ………………………
8 Why are you looking so accusingly at me? ………………………
9 Add some chilli to the curry because it doesn’t taste spicily enough. ………………………
10 I don’t think I get angrily very often, but one or two people do really annoy me.
………………………
11 In the darkness, I felt nervously for the light switch and finally found it.
………………………
12 Tim appeared tiredly after his tennis match. ………………………
Відповідь:
5 ✓ 6 ✓ 7 restless 8 ✓
B. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Add any other words you need.
1 I haven’t had this …………………………. at work for a long time. (day, hard)
2 So …………………………. was it that I never went back to that country again.
(experience, frightening)
3 If we’d known how …………………………. it was going to be, we wouldn’t have agreed to
do it. (difficult, task)
4 It was as …………………………. as I’d seen in a long time. (moving, performance)
5 Alex has got that …………………………. he never seems to have to work hard at school.
(good, memory)
6 It was too …………………………. to turn down. (offer, tempting)
7 No matter how …………………………. you have, there’s always the risk of failure.
(career, successful)
8 I don’t think I’ll ever be as …………………………. as my brother. (good, pianist)
Відповідь:
1 hard a day
2 frightening an experience
3 difficult a task
4 moving a performance
5 good a memory
6 tempting an offer
7 successful a career
8 good a pianist
C. Complete the sentences using the words in bold in the correct order.
1 Oh, what a/an ………………………………………………………………… sculpture! Did
you buy it when you were there? (African, gorgeous, little)
2 Have you seen my ………………………………………………………………… boots
anywhere? I’m sure I left them here. (black, climbing, leather)
3 They’ve got some ………………………………………………………………… shoes in the
sale at Derbyshire’s. (ballet, fantastic, pink, Russian, silk)
4 Didn’t the bride look lovely in that
………………………………………………………………… dress?
(beautiful, cotton, cream, wedding)
5 Does Spencer still drive that …………………………………………………………………
car of his? (blue, foreign, ugly)
6 It’s hard to imagine that such a …………………………………………………………………
frog is so important to the local environment. (Amazonian, green, tiny)
7 Andrea has a ………………………………………………………………… rug on the floor
in her bedroom. (long, lovely, sheepskin, white)
8 The clown was wearing a ………………………………………………………………… wig
and a red nose. (funny, plastic, red)
9 I couldn’t believe it when Sylvia turned up in the same
………………………………………………………………… hat that she wore last time.
(horrible, wide, yellow)
10 When are you going to get rid of those
……………………………………………………………….. trousers?
(dreadful, French, nylon, short)
Відповідь:
1 a gorgeous little African
2 black leather climbing
3 fantastic pink Russian silk ballet
4 beautiful cream cotton wedding
5 ugly blue foreign
6 tiny green Amazonian
7 lovely long white sheepskin
8 funny red plastic
9 horrible wide yellow
10 dreadful short French nylon
D. Circle the best position for each adverb in bold. There may be more than one answer.
THE MILLENNIUM DOME
1 The Millennium Dome, or the O2 as (A) it (B) is (C) called (D) now that the mobile company
of that name owns the naming rights, has become a distinctive part of the London skyline.
(correctly)
2 It was built for the millennium celebrations of 2000, and (A) a number of people (B)
criticised (C) the high cost of construction (D). (strongly)
3 Costing £789 million to build and operate for a year, (A) it (B) failed (C) to reach (D) its
target of 12 million visitors. (completely)
4 Even Michael Heseltine, the politician who was originally in charge of the Dome, later
admitted that (A) it (B) would (C) have been (D) better to build something else. (probably)
5 Although the press were critical, (A) people who visited the Dome (B) had (C) a positive
experience (D). (often)
6 Even with low visitor numbers, (A) it (B) was (C) the most popular attraction in Britain in
2000 (D). (easily)
Відповідь:
1C 2B 3BC 4BC 5B 6C
E. Complete with an appropriate comparative or superlative form of the words in the box.
Add any other words you need.
demanding • few • funny • hard • long • observant • reliable • slight • ugly • valuable
1 I thought this week’s programme was far ………………… last week’s, so it’s definitely
improving.
2 My new laptop is ………………… my old one, but I suppose it was quite cheap so I
shouldn’t be surprised.
3 Jim Carter knows what he wants from employees, and I don’t think I’ve ever worked for
………………… manager.
4 Because of its internal structure, diamond is ………………… substance known.
5 Beside the house, there stood ………………… tower block I had ever seen.
6 If the conflict goes on any …………………, more people are going to lose their lives.
7 ………………… his Portrait of Dr. Gachet, van Gogh’s Irises still sold for $49 million.
8 Even ………………… amongst us soon realise when a friend has changed their appearance
in some way.
9 I’m afraid that what you’re saying doesn’t make ………………… difference to how I feel.
10 Frankly, I think ………………… people who know about this, the better.
Відповідь:
1 funnier than 2 less reliable than
3 a more demanding 4 the hardest
5 the ugliest 6 longer
7 Less valuable than
8 the least observant
9 the slightest 10 the fewer
Відповідь:
1 are not quite as expensive as
2 nothing like as committed as Richard {is)
3 more you argue about it, the later
4 half as expensive as
5 is nowhere near as big as
6 isn’t nearly as adventurous as/ isn’t nearly so adventurous as
7 bigger the city, the higher
8 was nowhere near as successful as
Відповідь:
1 very 2 fairly 3 absolutely 4 very
5 utterly 6 too 7 a bit 8 very
I. Complete using the words in the boxes. You need to use one word in each box twice.
hard • hardly
fair • fairly
free • freely
high • highly
Відповідь:
1 much 2 no 3 deal 4 than 5 the 6 more
7 far 8 most 9 less 10 nothing 11 as 12 than
Відповідь: 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 D 5 C 6 C 7 B 8 D
GRAMMAR #2
Exercise 3
Nouns: Defectiveness, Acceptance, restorability, reliance, requisiteness
Adjectives: defective, acceptable, restorable,reliant, requisite
Exersice 5
(1) My client accepts that he is responsible for the difficult financial
circumstances in which he finds himself.
- Answer: e. solely