Read the following statements and decide if they are true or false. Prove your answer with the information from the text

1. The judicial system consists of courts of general jurisdiction.

2. Court decisions are binding for everybody in Ukraine.

3. Trial courts can hear some types of appeal.

4. A person may have work experience in the sphere of law for five years to

become a judge.

5. President appoints all judges.

6. Judges are allowed to take part in political activity.

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What are the tasks of the judicial system?

2. What does the judicial system consist of?

3. What are the functions of courts?

4. What types of jurisdiction do courts possess?

5. Who can administer justice?

6. Who can become a judge?

4. Find in the text legal terms which have the following meanings:

· A person with authority to hear and decide disputes brought before a court;

· An application to a higher court to examine again a case decided by a lower court;

· The power of a court to hear and decide cases;

· The process of settling a dispute by referring it to an independent third party for decision as an alternative to court proceedings;

· A serious disagreement;

· A body of persons who decide the facts of a case and give a decision of guilty or not guilty called a verdict;

· A process of thinking carefully about something in order to make a judgment.

III. VOCABULARY STUDY