English for lawyers: учебное пособие для студентов высших учебных заведений, обучающихся по направлению "Юриспруденция" (030500)

OT АВТОРА CONTENTS UNIT 1. STUDYING LAW Section 1 Grammar Articles Section 2 Texts Faculty of law Studying law at Cambridge 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 (Единственное и множественное число существительных) Section 2 Texts The Common Law Equity Legislation Section 3 Speaking English The House of Lords UNIT 3. CLASSIFICATION OF LAW Section 1 Grammar Indefinite Tenses Section 2 Texts Criminal Law and Civil Law Public Law and Private Law Substantive Law and Procedural Law Municipal Law and Public International Law Section 3 Speaking English Municipality UNIT 4. LAW AND ENFORCEMENT Section 1 Grammar Continuous Tenses Section 2 Texts The nature of law Custom and law Enforcement 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 The Russian Federation State power in the Russian Federation The USA and the Constitution Section 3 Speaking English Vetoes Section 4 Annotation of the book Interpreting State Constitutions Section 5 Newspaper item New statutes of Catalonia UNIT 6. THE UK AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH LAW Section 1 Grammar Passive Voice (Страдательный залог) Section 2 Texts The UK and government Characteristics of English law Legal system of the UK Section 3 Newspaper item Blair mobilising supporters Section 4 Speaking English Bills and acts Section 5 Illustrations UNIT 7. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LAW Section 1 Grammar Present Participle (Причастие настоящего времени) Section 2 Texts The European Union and its institutions European Union legislation European Union law in the UK Section 3 Newspaper item EU draft patent law Section 4 Speaking English Patents and licenses Section 5 Annotation of the book Taxation in the EU Section 6 Word game UNIT 8. HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Grammar Past Participle (Причастие прошедшего времени) Section 2 Texts Human rights 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 International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals Section 6 Illustrations The Tyrer case UNIT 9. THE JUDICIARIES, LAW OFFICERS AND LEGAL PROFESSION Section 1 Grammar The Gerund (Герундий) Section 2 Texts The Lord Chancellor and high-rank judges Law officers Solicitors 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 (Инфинитив) Section 2 Texts The Civil courts of the UK Criminal courts Other courts Lay persons in the courts Section 3 Speaking English The Old Bailey Section 4 Annotations of the Court Reviews Section 5 Illustrations An extract from an Arbitration Clause of a contract Section 6 Word game UNIT 11. LEGAL SOURCES Section 1 Grammar Modal Verbs and the Infinitive Section 2 Word formation Conversion (Конверсия) Section 3 Texts Judicial precedent Legislation Textbooks Local customs Section 4 Speaking English Customs Section 5 Annotation of the book Law’s Limits Section 6 Illustrations UNIT 12. CRIMINAL LAW Section 1 Grammar The Passive Infinitive (Пассивный инфинитив) Section 2 Word formation Suffixes of Nouns Section 3 Texts Definition of crime Criminal liability Offences Economic crimes Section 4 Speaking English Frauds Section 5 Newspaper item Foreign tax fraud is within reach of US law, says court Section 6 Illustrations UNIT 13. THE LAW OF TORT Section1 Grammar The Perfect Infinitive (Перфектный инфинитив) Section 2 Word formation Suffixes of Verbs (Суффиксы глаголов) Section 3 Texts The nature of a tort Damage and liability Capacity of parties in tort Section 5 Speaking English Torts and languages Section 5 Newspaper item French students riot over employers’ law Section 6 Illustrations UNIT 14. THE LAW OF PERSON Section 1 Grammar The Rules of the Sequence of Tenses (Правила согласования времен) Section 2 Word formation Suffixes of Adjectives Suffixes of Adverbs Section 3 Texts Legal persons Nationality and domicile Marriage Divorce Section 4 Speaking English Marriage by the Church of England Section 5 Illustrations Section 6 Test UNIT 15. JURISTIC PERSONS AND THE CROWN Section 1 Grammar Indirect Speech (Косвенная речь) Section 2 Word formation Prefixes (Префиксы) Section 3 Texts Corporations Registration Companies 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 Classification of contracts Intention to create legal relations Arbitration Arbitration procedure Section 4 Speaking English At a business talk Section 5 Illustrations An extract from a contract 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 (Сложные прилагательные) Section 2 Texts Definition of a trust Private trusts Public (or charitable) trusts Trustees Section 4 Speaking English Trust Corporations Section 5 Illustrations Examples of cases Powers of attorney Section 6 Tests UNIT 18. THE LAW OF PROPERTY Section 1 Grammar The constructions with the verb to wish Section 2 Words Abstract Nouns Section 3 Texts Ownership Property Property law Sale of land Section 4 Speaking English Conveyance of the property Section 5 Illustrations Section 6 Test UNIT 19. THE LAW OF SUCCESSION Section 1 Grammar Complex sentences with clauses of unreal condition Section 2 Words Abbreviations Section 3 Texts Succession on bankruptcy Succession on death Nature of a will Section 4 Speaking English Formalities Section 5 Illustrations A specimen will 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 Civil procedure Case management 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 ENGLISH – RUSSIAN VOCABULARY OF LAW TERMS References