Упражнения и задания по грамматике

DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR CREDIT

1. 
   Types of legal professions in Great Britain.
   
2. 
   The US Attorneys.
   
3. 
   How to become a lawyer.
   
4. 
   The court system of England and Wales.
   
5. 
   The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
   
6. 
   The US Government.
   

DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR EXAM

1. The US legislature.

2. 
   The US executive.
   
3. 
   The US judiciary.
   
4. 
   The system of checks and balances.
   
5. 
   The British Government.
   
6. 
   Judiciary in Great Britain.
   

INDIVIDUAL TASK FOR CREDIT


Read the text and translate it. Write down 30 legal terms into your vocabulary and learn them.


Our American Government^


Task 1. a) What form of government do we have in the United States?

The United States, under its Constitution, is a Federal, democratic republic, an indivisible union of 50 sovereign States. With the exception of town meetings, a form of pure democracy, we have at the local, state, and national levels a government which is "democratic" because the people govern themselves; "representative" because the people choose elected delegates by free and secret ballot; and "republican" because government derives its power from the will of the people.

b) What contributions has the United States made to the institution of government?

Some of the U.S. contributions to the institution of government are as follows: a written constitution, an independent judiciary to interpret the Constitution, and a division of powers between the Federal and State Governments.

c) What is the Constitution?

The Constitution is the basic and supreme law of the United States. It prescribes the structure of the U.S. Government, provides the legal foundation on which all its actions must rest, and enumerates and guarantees the rights due all citizens.

The Constitution is a document prepared by a convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 States that met in Philadelphia in 1787. The original charter, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and which became operative in 1789, established the United States as a federal union of States, a representative democracy within a republic. The framers provided a Government of three independent branches. The first is the legislature, which comprises a two-house or bicameral Congress consisting of a Senate, whose members are apportioned equally among the States, and a House of Representatives, whose members are apportioned among the States according to population. The second, the executive branch, includes the President and Vice President and all subordinate officials of the executive departments and executive agencies. The third branch, the judiciary, consists of the Supreme Court and various subordinate Federal courts created by public law.
The 27 amendments approved since 1791 are also considered an integral part of the Constitution.