Contents. Text 1: “Why do we need the law?”

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..2

Introductory text 3

Text 1: “Why do we need the law?”. 4

Unit I. The History of Law.. 7

Text 1: “The Constitution of the United States”. 7

Text 2: “The US Bill of Rights”. 8

Text 3: “The UK Constitution”. 10

Text 4: “The UK Bill of Rights”. 11

Unit II. Legislative and executive branches in the UK and the USA.. 13

Text 1: “The Legislative and Executive Branches in the UK”. 13

Text 2: “The Legislative branch in the US”. 15

Text 3: “The Executive Branch in the USA”. 16

Unit III. Electoral system.. 18

Text 1: “General Election (UK)”. 18

Text 2: “Elections in the USА”. 20

Unit IV. Types of legal professions. 23

Text 1: “Types of legal professions in the UK”. 23

Text 2: “Solicitors and barristers”. 26

Text 3: “Attorneys in the United States”. 28

Text 4: “A Million Lawyers”. 31

Unit V. The Court system of the UK and the USA.. 33

Text 2: “The Court System of England and Wales. Civil Courts”. 36

Text 3: “UK Supreme Court”. 38

Text 4: “The US Court System”. 42

Unit VI. The work of a judge. 45

Text 1: “Judges in Great Britain”. 45

Unit VII. Kinds of cases. 48

Text 1: “The differences between a civil case and a criminal case”. 48

Text 2: “Civil cases”. 49

Text 3: “Criminal cases”. 50

Unit VIII. Fair trial: the Jury Service. 53

Text 1: “Jury Service”. 53

Text 2: “Steps in a trial”. 54

Unit IX. Crime and Criminal 57

Text 1: “Crime in Great Britain”. 57

Unit X. Types of punishment 61

Text 1: “The Purpose of State Punishment”. 61

Text 2: “The General Types of Punishment in England”. 63

Text 3: “Types of Punishment in the USA”. 65

Text 4: “Сapital punishment (death penalty)”. 67

Text 5: “Capital Punishment: pros and corns”. 70

Text 6: “Should the death penalty be banned as a form of punishment?”. 72

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List of Reference Books…………………………………………………………………………75

List of recommended literature………………………………………………………………….76