Unit 3. Criminal and civil procedure

1. Приведите варианты перевода слова “law” на русский язык. На основании примеров, приведенные ниже, сформулируйте правило употребления артиклей с исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными.

· a law/the law – a rule that people in a particular country or city must obey. There ought to be a law against smoking in public places.

· law/the law (no plural form)– the whole system of rules that citizens of a country must obey. Discrimination in any form must be against the law.

· law (no plural form) - a particular type of law, usually used in the names of branches of law, e.g. criminal law, land law etc. I’m going to chose business law as my major.

1. All citizens of one country must be equal before the law.
2. Those people who break the law must be punished.
3. We should pass a new law to solve this problem.
4. According to law every citizen has to pay taxes.
5. Some bills proposed by the government will never become laws.
6. In some countries there is a law which allows citizens to carry guns.
7. Criminal law deals with types of crimes and punishment for them.
8. The law on compulsory seat belts has been a success.
9. Respect for law is the foundation of every civilized society.
10. The soldiers will be charged under military law.

2. Переведите слова из таблицы. Определите, какие из них являются исчисляемыми, а какие – неисчисляемыми существительными.