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кафедра иностранных языков Московского университета МВД России
(начальник кафедры канд. юрид. наук, проф. И.А. Горшенева);
профессор В.В. Шпрынов
(Московский государственный лингвистический университет)
Главный редактор издательства
кандидат юридических наук,
доктор экономических наук Н.Д. Эриашвили
Шевел¸ва, Светлана Александровна.
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обучающихся по направлению «Þðèñïðóäåíöèÿ» (030500) /
Ñ.À. Øåâåë¸âà. — Ì.: ÞÍÈÒÈ-ÄÀÍÀ, — 431 ñ. —
(Ñåðèÿ «Special English for Universities, Colleges»).
2015.
ISBN 978-5-238-01194-3
Агентство CIP РГБ
Пособие ориентировано на развитие устной и письменной речи на
основе профессионально-ориентированной тематики (право и закон,
конституция, английское право, права человека, уголовное право, семейное
право, суды и судьи т.д.) и лексики. Особое внимание уделяется диалогической
ðå÷è, воспроизводящей ситуации общения в Davied's School
of English, а также на семинарах юридических факультетов английских
университетов. Тексты юридической тематики сопровождаются упражнениями
на развитие устной и письменной речи. Грамматические правила
сопровождаются разнообразными упражнениями. Приводятся тексты и
игры на проверку усвоенного материала, а также англо-русский словарь
юридических терминов и понятий.
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CONTENTS
От автора
UNIT 1: STUDYING LAW
Section 1: Grammar Articles
Section 2: Texts
1 Faculty of law
2 Studying law at Cambridge
3 Moscow State Law Academy
Section 3: Speaking English Students
UNIT 2: HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ENGLISH LAW
Section 1: Grammar The Singular and the Plural of Nouns
Section 2: Texts
1 The Common Law
2 Equity
3 Legislation
Section 3: Speaking English The House of Lords
UNIT 3: CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
Section 1: Grammar Indefinite Tenses
Section 2: Texts
1 Criminal Law and Civil Law
2 Public Law and Private Law
3 Substantive Law and Procedural Law
4 Municipal Law and Public International Law
Section 3: Speaking English Municipality
UNIT 4: LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 1: Grammar Continuous Tenses
Section 2: Texts
1 The nature of law
2 Custom and law
3 Enforcement
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55
59
59
63
40
43
43
47
25
28
28
30
3
12
12
16
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Section 3: Newspaper item
Russian law enforcers move against online music pirates
Section 4: Speaking English Music pirates and law
Section 5: Word game
UNIT 5: STATES, STATUTES AND CONSTITUTIONS
Section 1: Grammar Perfect Tenses
Section 2: Texts
1 The Russian Federation
2 State power in the Russian Federation
3 The USA and the Constitution
Section 3: Speaking English Vetoes
91
Section 4: Annotation of the book Interpreting States Constitutions 93
Section 5: Newspaper item New statutes of Catalonia
95
UNIT 6: THE UK AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH LAW 97
Section 1: Grammar Passive Voice
Section 2: Texts
1 The UK and government
2 Characteristics of English law
3 Legal systems of the UK
Section 3: Newspaper item Blair mobilising supporters
Section 4: Speaking English Bills and acts
Section 5: Illustrations Act of Parliament
UNIT 7: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LAW
Section 1: Grammar Present Participle
Absolute Participial Construction
Section 2: Texts
1 The European Union and its institutions
2 European Union legislation
3 European Union law in the UK
Section 3: Newspaper item EU draft patent law
Section 4: Speaking English Patents and licences
Section 5: Annotation of the book Taxation in the EU
Section 6: Word game
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130
133
135
109
111
113
116
116
118
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71
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UNIT 8: HUMAN RIGHTS
Section 1: Grammar Past Participle
Section 2: Texts
1 Human rights
2 The European human rights system
Section 3: Speaking English Human Rights Watch
Section 4: Newspaper item Sarkozy supports giving immigrants
a vote in city polls
Section 5: Annotations of the books
1 International Human Rights in Context: Law,
Politics, Morals
2 European Human Rights Law Review
Section 6 Illustrations The Tyrer case
UNIT 9: THE JUDICIARIES, LAW OFFICERS AND LEGAL
PROFESSION
Section 1: Grammar The Gerund
Section 2: Texts
1 The Lord Chancellor and judges
2 Law officers
3 Solicitors
4 Barristers
Section 3: Speaking English Notaries and lawyers
Section 4: Annotation of the book
City lawyers
Section 5: Newspaper item Supreme Court nominee
Section 6: Word game
UNIT 10: COURTS
Section 1: Grammar The Infinitive
Section 2: Texts
1 Civil courts of the UK
2 Criminal courts
3 Other courts
4 Lay persons in the courts
Section 3: Speaking English The Old Bailey
Section 4: Annotations of the books
1 The Supreme Court Review, 2004
2 The Supreme Court Economic Review, 2005
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184
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Section 5: Illustrations Arbitration and courts
Section 6: Word Game
UNIT 11: LEGAL SOURCES
Section 1: Grammar Modal Verbs and the Infinitive
Section 2: Word-formation Conversion
Section 3: Texts
1 Judicial precedent
2 Legislation
3 Textbooks
4 Local customs
Section 4: Speaking English Customs
Section 5: Annotation of the book Law’s Limits
Section 6: Illustrations Examples of cases
UNIT 12: CRIMINAL LAW
Section 1: Grammar The Passive Infinitive
Section 2: Word formation Suffixes of nouns
Section 3: Texts
1 Definition of crime
2 Criminal liability
3 Offences
4 Economic crimes
Section 4: Speaking English Frauds
Section 6: Illustrations Examples of cases
UNIT 13: THE LAW OF TORT
Section 1: Grammar The Perfect Infinitive
Section 2: Word formation Suffixes of verbs
Section 3: Texts
1 The nature of a tort
2 Damage and liability
3 Capacity of parties in tort
Section 4: Speaking English Torts and languages
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263
Section 5: Newspaper item French students riot over employers’ law 265
Section 6: Illustrations Examples of cases
266
242
Section 5: Newspaper item Foreign tax fraud is within reach of US law,
says court
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251
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223
225
225
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230
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203
204
204
207
209
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UNIT 14: THE LAW OF PERSON
Section 1: Grammar
1 The Rules of the Sequence of Tenses
2 Indirect Speech
Section 2: Word formation
1 Suffixes of Adjectives
2 Suffixes of Adverbs
Section 3: Texts
1 Legal persons
2 Nationality and domicile
3 Marriage
4 Divorce
Section 4: Speaking English Marriage by the Church of England 285
Section 5: Illustrations Examples of cases
Section 6: Test
287
288
UNIT 15: JURISTIC PERSONS AND THE CROWN
Section 1: Grammar Indirect Speech
Section 2: Word formation Prefixes
Section 3: Texts
1 Corporations
2 Registration
3 Companies
4 Other juristic persons
Section 4: Speaking English The Crown
Section 5: Illustrations The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947
Section 6: Test
UNIT 16: THE LAW OF CONTRACT
Section 1: Grammar The construction to suggest that smb
should do smth
Section 2: Word formation Compound Nouns
Section 3: Texts
1 Classification of contracts
2 Intention to create legal relations
3 Arbitration
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310
311
313
313
315
316
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295
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271
269
269
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4 Arbitration procedure
Section 4: Speaking English At a business talk
Section 5: Illustrations Contract (an extract)
Section 6: Word game
UNIT 17: TRUSTS
Section 1: Grammar The Construction it is important that smb
should do smth
Section 2: Word formation Compound Adjectives
Section 3: Texts
1 Definition of a trust
2 Private trusts
3 Public (or charitable) trusts
4 Trustees
Section 4: Speaking English Trust corporations
Section 5: Illustrations
1 Examples of cases
2 Power of attorney
Section 6: Test
UNIT 18: THE LAW OF PROPERTY
Section 1: Grammar The Constructions with the verb to wish
Section 2: Word formation Abstract Nouns
Section 3: Texts
1 Ownership
2 Property
3 Property law
4 Sale of land
Section 4: Speaking English Conveyance of the property
Section 5: Illustrations Examples of cases
Section 6: Test
UNIT 19: THE LAW OF SUCCESSION
Section 1: Grammar Complex Sentences with clauses of unreal
condition
1 Succession on bankruptcy
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370
372
374
374
Section 2: Words Abbreviations 377
Section 3: Texts
378
352
354
354
356
358
348
350
329
331
333
334
334
336
338
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2 Succession on death
3 Nature of a will
Section 4: Speaking English Formalities
Section 5: Illustrations
1 A specimen will
2 A liquidation clause of a contract
Section 6: Test
UNIT 20: PROCEDURE
Section 1: Grammar Punctuation (Commas)
Section 2: Words Latin borrowings
Section 3: Texts
1 Civil procedure
2 Case management
3 Commencement of proceedings
Section 4: Speaking English Trial
Section 5: Illustrations
1 Criminal procedure in a magistrates’ court
2 Criminal procedure in the Crown Court
Section 6: Crossword puzzle
Keys (to Tests and Word games of Units 4—20)
English-Russian Vocabulary of Law Terms
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413
415
405
407
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398
399
386
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