Тема 1. Legal System (Законодательная система)
Тема 2. Law enforcement (Органы правопорядка)
Тема 3. The Legislative branch in the UK (Законодательная ветвь власти в Великобритании)
Тема 4. The Legislative Branch in Russia (Законодательная ветвь власти в России)

ИТОГОВЫЙ ТЕСТ
1    Religions have much to say about right and wrong, but believers can sometimes be torn between the laws of their country and those of their …
2    … regulates the relationship between different independent countries and is usually in the form of treaties, international customs
3    The term common law means the law developed by the old common law courts of the King’s Bench, the Courts of Common Pleas and the Courts of …
4    Match the types of law with examples:
5    Match the types of law with examples:
6    Arrange the historical documents chronologically starting from last to first:
7    It is not correct that … is a service performed by forensics
8    Law enforcement is primarily the responsibility of …
9    … is a typical responsibility of the county sheriffs office
10    A correctional facility for young offenders or delinquents, often under the supervision of a special court. is called … detention
11    A … is an order that serves as a specific type of authorization and is regarded as a writ issued by a competent officer that permits an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights
12    Arrange the police officers according to their rank in the UK (start from the highest rank):
13    Arrange the police officers according to their rank in the UK (start from the lowest rank):
14    The first Parliament of the UK was called together in …
15    In the UK, … is considered the “upper chamber”
16    In the UK, “lower chamber” …
17    Due to the necessary repairs the House of Commons will move to … House and the House of Lords will relocate to the Queen Elizabeth II conference center
18    In the UK, the Commons is chaired by the …
19    The British Parliament – like that of larger countries – is …; it has two chambers
20    In the UK, since 1945, there has been the … Convention that the House of Lords will not oppose a measure that was specifically mentioned in the last election manifesto of the political party forming the Government
21    In the UK, every citizen aged 18 or over can vote once in the … in which they live
22    Some countries use a method of election called … representation which means that there is a reasonable correlation between the percentage of votes cast for a particular political party and the number of seats or representatives won by that party
23    In the UK, nowadays, almost all the members of House of Lords are life …
24    In the UK, currently there is a … Government in power
25    Arrange the milestone documents chronologically:
26    The State Commercial Courts in Russia are called …
27    The … of the Russian Federation is the highest judicial body for civil, criminal and administrative cases, cases for economic disputes and other cases
28    The … of the Russian Federation is a judicial body of constitutional review, which independently exercises judicial power by means of constitutional judicial proceedings
29    Special powers of the State Duma are enumerated in the …
30    The … of the Government of the Russian Federation may raise before the State Duma the issue of no-confidence to the Government of the Russian Federation

КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТНЫЙ ТЕСТ
1    Law of the Twelve Tables, Latin Lex XII Tabularum, the earliest written legislation of ancient Roman law, traditionally dated 451–450 BC. The Twelve Tables allegedly were written by 10 commissioners at the insistence of the plebeians, who felt their legal rights were hampered by the fact that court judgments were rendered according to unwritten custom preserved only within a small group of learned patricians. According to the Law of the Ten Tables, what was to be done to a person found guilty of giving false testimony?
2    Intentions are mental states in which the agent commits themselves to a course of action. According to the Roman law, did the intention produce legal consequences?
3    A 30-year-old man is arrested and detained by police officers on suspicion that he has stolen a car. He was seen by the neighbour, who says he went to the same school as him, and who reported it to the police. The police take the man to the local police station, where they intend to interrogate him about the suspected offence. Assess if he has a right to a lawyer and, if so, at what point in the process that right applies according to the RF laws.
4    Imagine your American friend decided to become a police officer in the USA. What steps should he make?
5    A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. What is the difference in the legislative system of the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom?
6    Some of the different types of government include a direct democracy, a representative democracy, socialism, communism, a monarchy, an oligarchy, and an autocracy. What characterizes the Republican form of government established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation?