Complete the following sentences about law breakers.

Example: He isn’t a murderer. – He didn’t shoot the old woman.

1) Kate isn’t a blackmailer. She didn’t ________________________________

2) Steve isn’t a hijacker. He didn’t ___________________________________

3) She is a witness. She saw ________________________________________

4) They are not burglars. They didn’t _________________________________

5) He is not a spy. He didn’t ________________________________________

6) Tom is not a murderer. He didn’t __________________________________

7) He is an accomplice. He helped ___________________________________

8) They are not pickpockets. They didn’t ______________________________

9) She is not a forger. She didn’t ____________________________________

10) He is a vandal. He caused __________________________________

Fill in the table with the type of crime the person has committed.

armed robbery arson blackmail hijacking hooliganism kidnapping murder pick-pocketing smuggling theft vandalism forgery

This man poisoned his rich uncle in order to inherit all his money. A detective went to the scene of the crime to investigate and he found a bottle of poison with the nephew's fingerprints.__________	This woman set fire to a fireworks factory. The police arrested her while she was watching the fireworks display. __________	This man was drunk at a football match and attacked someone. Unfortunately the person he fought was a champion boxer. _________	This woman tried to abduct a millionaire's son to ask for ransom money. He got the boy in his car, bur the car wouldn't start. __________
This man planned to steal jewellery from a shop. However, the phone rang when he was inside and he answered it, giving his own name. __________	This man pointed a gun at the pilots of a plane and told them to take him to Bogota. The plane was already going to Bogota. __________	This man smashed up parked cars and painted graffiti all over them. Unfortunately, one of the cars was a police car and the graffiti he painted was his own name. _________	This woman took wallets out of pockets and handbags in a busy street. A police officer was watching her. He asked her to open up her handbag and he found twenty wallets. __________
This man was arrested for bringing gold bars into the country. The customs officials got suspicious when his trousers made a strange noise as he walked.__________	This man threatened to tell his friend's wife that he was having an affair unless he gave him a lot of money. Unfortunately for him, his friend's wife already knew and his friend told the police.__________	This man went into a bank with a gun. He stole $20, 000. Unfortunately, he tripped (оступиться ) as he went down the steps. The money fell all over the street.__________	This man tried to make his own bank notes. They looked very realistic, but he couldn't spell, so the notes read: " Twenty punds". __________

BLOCK III

I. READING: CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW

Look through the texts and fill in the table after it.

Criminal Law

Criminal law maintains order in society, dealing with homicide, illegal drugs, theft, and other antisocial behavior. For any criminal case the legal procedure involves charging, trying, sentencing and imprisoning defendants convicted of crimes. So, criminal law regulates how suspects are investigated, charged and tried.

Criminal law is typically enforced by the government. The state initiates the suit through a prosecutor.

Perhaps the most consistent difference between Civil and Criminal law is the certainty of proof necessary to find a defendant guilty. Crimes – violations of the state or federal criminal laws – must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt (вне всякого разумного сомнения).

Depending on the offence and the jurisdiction, various punishments are available to the courts. A court may sentence an offender to execution, corporal punishment or loss of liberty – imprisonment, suspend the sentence; impose a fine; put the offender under government supervision through parole or probation; or place them on a community service order.

Civil Law

Compensating individuals who have been injured physically or economically is a civil law problem. Civil lawsuits involve personal injury, business disputes, land deals and various other commercial interests. In a civil case the victim (the plaintiff) brings the suit against the wrongdoer (the defendant).

Criminal courts can take away a person’s freedom and even life. The civil courts usually take away the defendant’s money or prohibit certain conduct.

In certain situations, the court has the right to order a person be prevented from or required to do something. This order is called injunction. To obtain a temporary injunction, the plaintiff must show that the defendant’s actions would cause irreparable harm. Temporary injunctions are frequently used in environmental law disputes, such as attempts to stop cutting of national forests. Violating an injunction is contempt of court and may be punished by a fine or imprisonment.

 (Abridged from the original texts provided by http: //www.wisegeek.com)

 

 

⇐ Предыдущая3456789101112Следующая ⇒

Поделиться: