Для студентов, имеющих общее среднее образование. A lawyeris someone qualified to advise or act in legal cases

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1. Read the text.

LEGAL EAGLES

A lawyeris someone qualified to advise or act in legal cases.

Legal eagleis a slightly humorous expression meaning a lawyer, especially a clever one.

Courts are presided over by judges or, in lower English courts, by magistrates.

In the English system, solicitorsrepresent people and prepare their cases before they reach court; barristerspresent and argue the cases in court. Solicitors do not represent people in court except magistrate’s courts.

There are a few hundred judges, trained as barristers, who preside in more serious cases. There is no separate training for judges.

Coronershave medical or legal training (or both), and inquire violent or unnatural deaths.

Ajury consists of twelve people ("jurors"), who are ordinary people chosen at random from the Electoral Register (the list of people who can vote in elections). The jury listens to the evidence given in court in certain criminal cases and decides whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. If the person is found guilty, the presiding judge passes the punishment. Juries are rarely used in civil cases.

In the American system, attorneys, familiar from a thousand TV and real-life court-room dramas, represent people, prepare cases and present and argue them in court.

2. Write about what you have learnt about a) magistrates, b) solicitors, c) barristers, coroners, d) jury, e) attorneys.

3. Translate the text.

Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply English law, the law of England and Wales, and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the Unated Kingdom.

The United Kingdom does not have a single unified legal system – England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Nothern Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule; for example in immigration law, the Asyllum and Immigration Tribun's jurisdiction covers the whole of the United Kingdom, while in employment law there is a single system of Employment Tribunals for England, Wales, and Scotland (but not Northern Ireland). Additionally, the Military Court Service has jurisdiction over all members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom in relation to offences against military law.