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Ex. 2 Read and guess the meaning of the following word-combinations: legislative instrument, legal system, principle of superiority, legal source, executive agencies, Governmental regulations, constituent components, legislative power, constitutional amendments.
Unit
COURT SYSTEM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Section 1 Sources of Law
Pre-reading tasks.
Ex. 1 Answer the following questions using your background knowledge:
What sources of law do you know?
What do you think is the primary source of law in Russia?
Ex. 2 Read and guess the meaning of the following word-combinations: legislative instrument, legal system, principle of superiority, legal source, executive agencies, Governmental regulations, constituent components, legislative power, constitutional amendments.
Ex. 3 Match the words and the word-combinations from the text with their Russian equivalents:
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Reading tasks
EX. 4 Skim the text and divide it into the logical parts. Entitle them.
Sources of law
Historically, Russia belongs to the continental legal system, and a written law,which was passed under the established legislative procedure, is the main legal source. About 10,000 laws, regulations, and other legal acts are passed in Russia annually.
The Constitution is the supreme Russian law and major legislative instrument. It establishes the principle of superiority of law in the system of legal sources. The law cannot contradict the Constitution. All other legal acts, such as decrees of the President, Governmental regulations, acts of Ministries and other federal executive agencies, as well as legislation passed by the constituent components of the Russian Federation cannot contradict laws. All laws are passed exclusively by the Federal Assembly (legislature). Delegation of the legislative power is prohibited.
Federal Constitutional Laws establish the group of most important legislative acts. They are passed in regards to the jurisdiction encompassed by the authority of the Russian Federation only. The federal constitutional law is adopted if it has been approved by at least three-quarters of the total number of the Federation Council members and by at least two-thirds of the total number of the State Duma members. The president of Russia cannot veto federal constitutional laws. The list of federal constitutional laws is prescribed by the Constitution. It includes laws on the state of emergency, the change of the status of a constituent component of the federation, on constitutional amendments, on government, on referendum, on the judiciary, on the Constitutional Court, and some other.
Federal laws constitute the second category of legal sources. They regulate issues included into executive authority of the Russian Federation and its components. The Constitution protects priority and direct effect of federal laws throughout the territory of Russia. In case of a conflict between federal law and another act issued in Russia, the law will prevail.
Ex. 5 Read the text in details and answer the following questions:
Ex. 6 Read and translate the following derivatives from the word “law”:
law, lawfulness, unlawful, law-abiding, law-maker, law-breaker.
Ex. 7. Find, read and translate the derivatives from the word “legislation”.
Ex. 8 Fill in the chart with the word families, translate them into Russian language.
VERB |
NOWN |
ADJECTIVE |
to establish |
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constitution |
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prohibitive | ||
introductory | ||
adoptive | ||
amendment |
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to contradict |
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government |
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to approve |
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regulation |
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change |
Ex.9 Complete the text below using the proper form of the word to fill in each gap.
Often Russian laws are … in the form of a Code of Law. |
adoption |
A Code is a complete … of rules in an entire subject area such as: civil law, criminal law, labour law… |
collective |
Although Codes are usually supplemented by numerous pieces of special … . |
legislate |
Codes retain their … as major sorces of law in a given area. |
prior |
In addition to these codes legislative bodies…more specific laws, decrees and edicts. |
enactment |
Ex. 10 Read the following short texts and match them with their titles.
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Ex. 11 Scan the text “Sources of law” and pick out the sentences with passive voice constructions. Define the tense and translate the sentences.
Ex. 12 Find the mistakes and correct the following sentences.
Ex. 13. Choose the correct answer.
Speaking tasks
Ex. 14 Give a definition to each source of law.
Ex.15 Make a brief summary of the main sources of law in Russia.
Ex. 16 Compare the main sources of British and Russian law. Using the information of ex.10 make a presentation of other legislative instruments in Russia.
Make use of the expressions below.
HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION |
Good morning/good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming |
My name is ….and I’m +position I’m +name+from+organization |
Today I'm going to tell you about... I’m here today to talk about… |
My presentation consists of three parts First , I’ll tell you about…. Second , I’ll talk about.... Finally, we are going to look at… |
5. Main part a) Let's start/begin with ... Now let's move on to ... And finally I'd like to turn to…
b) Showing visuals and giving more details I'd like to show you a picture/a photo.. I'd like to add (that)… |
6. Summarizing So, first I spoke about then we talked about finally we looked at |
7. Conclusion In conclusion, I’d like to say that… |
8. Questions Now if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them |
Section 2 Classification of law
Pre-reading tasks.
Ex.17 Look at the title of the Unit. Using your background knowledge write down a list of words related to the topic.
Ex. 18 Match the words and word-combinations with their Russian equivalents:
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Ex.19 Fill in the chart with the word families, translate them into Russian language.
VERB |
NOUN |
ADJECTIVE |
different | ||
to organize |
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connection |
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executive | ||
punishable | ||
to regulate |
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finance |
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distributed | ||
to employ |
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institute |
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industry |
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defined |
Reading tasks.
Ex. 19 Scan the text paying attention to the translation of pronoun “it”.
Classification of law
Law is a system of rules established by the state.
Civil law concerns disputes among a citizens within a country, and public law concerns disputes between citizens and the state, or between one state and another.
The system of law in our country consists of different categories of law.
Constitutional law is the leading category of the whole system of law. Its principal source is the country’s Constitution. It deals with social structure, the state system, organization of state power and the legal status of citizens.
Administrative law is closely connected with constitutional law but it deals with the legal forms of concrete executive and administrative activity of a government and ministries.
Criminal law defines the general principles of criminal responsibility, individual types of crimes and punishment applied to criminals. Crimes are wrongs which, even committed against an individual are considered to harm the well-being of society in general. Criminal law takes the form of a criminal code.
International law regulates relations between governments and also between private citizens of one country and those of another.
Financial law regulates the budget, taxation, state credit and other spheres of financial activity.
Civil law is connected with relations in the economic sphere of life, with relations involving property, its distribution and exchange. The right in property is the central institution of civil law.
The rules of employment law include the legislation on the employment of industrial and office workers and regulate matters arising from employment relations.
Ex. 20 Match the following categories of law with their definitions.
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Ex. 21 Choose the suitable word and translate the sentences into Russian.