The Attorney - General

The Attorney-General is the Government's chief Law Officer and his deputy is the Solicitor-General. They are primarily concerned with representing the Crown in Courts. The Attorney-General advises the Government on legislative proposals and on criminal proceedings which have a political or public element. He may take advice from his colleagues in the Government but he cannot be instructed by them.

The Attorney-General is a member of Government, he is not actually a member of the Cabinet itself.

The Attorney-General has the power to stop proceedings for any indictable offence. He has certain administrative functions of which the most important is the control of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

V. Поставьте письменно 4 вопроса к тексту.

Вариант 13

I. Перепишите предложения и преобразуйте их из прямой речи в косвенную. Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) The policeman asked “Why is Scotland Yard so interested in this person?”

2) “Don’t come in without knocking”, she said.

3) “Were you in prison, Mike?” John asked.

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения, обращая внимание на перевод условных предложений.

1) If he knew that it was dangerous, he wouldn’t come.

2) If you want to become a lawyer, you’ll have to enter the university

3) If I had known you were in hospital, I should have visited you.

III. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод инфинитива и инфинитивных конструкций, подчеркните их (в англ. предложении).

1) It is not easy to cross-examine all witnesses in a short period of time.

2) We know him to have taken part in the conference.

3) They are sure to come.

IV. Прочитайте, перепишите и письменно переведите текст:

Barristers.

Most barristers are professional advocates earning their living by the presentation of civil and criminal cases in court. A barrister must be capable of prosecuting in a criminal case one day, and defending an accused person the next, or of preparing the pleadings and taking the case for a plaintiff in a civil action one day, and doing the same for a defendant the next. Barristers are experts in the interpretation of the law. They are called in to advise on really difficult points.

A would-be barrister must first register as a student member of one of the four Inns of Court. A student must pass a group of examinations to obtain a law degree and then proceed to a vocational course, the passing of which will result in his being called to the Bar.