Unit 6. Briefing a case

Подберите для английских слов и словосочетаний русские эквиваленты.

1) a plaintiff 2) a defendant 3) a civil suit 4) government 5) to prosecute 6) to sue 7) a criminal case 8) to file an appeal 9) an appellant 10) an appellee

a) уголовное дело b) подавать иск в суд c) ответчик по апелляции d) гражданский иск e) подавать апелляцию f) ответчик g) апеллянт h) преследовать в судебном или уголовном порядке i) истец j) обвинение как сторона в процессе (амер.)

Заполните пропуски в предложениях, используя слова из упражнения 1.

1) ____________ sues _______________ in civil suits in trial courts.

2) The government _____________ defendants in a ______________________ in trial courts.

3) The losing party may ask a higher (appellate) court to review the case. If the law gives the loser the right to a higher court review, his or her lawyers will ________________.

4) A person who files a formal appeal demanding appellate review as a matter of right is known as the _______________. His or her opponent is the __________________.

5) In a ___________, the victim brings a case against the offender or a third party for causing physical or emotional injuries.

6) The judicial process in a _____________ differs from a civil case in several important ways.

Найдите для английских слов и словосочетаний русские эквиваленты.

1) brief 2) citation 3) fact 4) issue 5) procedural history 6) holding 7) reasoning 8) significance

a) решение b) предмет спора или тяжбы c) краткое письменное изложение дела d) процессуальная история e) обоснование f) факт g) значимость h) выписка

Прочитайте (2 мин) краткое изложение дела (BRIEF). Соедините части текста (1 - 7) с их описаниями (a - g).

NOTE:

A student brief is a short summary and analysis of the case prepared for use in classroom discussion. It is a set of notes, presented in a systematic way, in order to sort out the parties, identify the issues, ascertain what was decided, and analyze the reasoning behind decisions made by the courts.

Case briefing helps you acquire the skills of case analysis and legal reasoning. Briefing a case helps you understand it.

a) The chain of argument which led the judges in either a majority or a dissenting opinion to rule as they did.

b) Who are the parties to the lawsuit, what is their dispute, and how did they get to the court?

c) The majority’s basic answer to the basic legal question in the case.

d) Name of the case (parties, date published, case-reporting publication, court).

e) The basic legal question regarding what specific provision of law that is to be decided in the case.

f) The disposition of the case in the lower court(s) that explains how the case got to the court whose opinion you are reading.

g) The political, economic or social impacts of the decision.

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