Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian. 1. Witnesses for the prosecution may be cross-examined

1. Witnesses for the prosecution may be cross-examined.

2. The House of Lords has no power to throw out a bill relating to money.

3. The defendant preferred to make a statement through his solicitor.

4. The object of punishment is to reform and educate the guilty person.

5. The judge must have discharged one of the jurors.

6. He went to Oxford to study law.

7. A bill being signed by the Queen, it becomes an act of Parliament.

8. For the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal questions it must have a request from the General Assembly or the Security Council.

9. We expect him to conduct the defence.

10. They heard the plaintiff give evidence.

11. The arrest of the criminal is reported to have been affected.

12. Any state machine is known to reflect the interests of the ruling class.

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

14. Law cannot be separated from the judges who interpret and administer it.

15. It is the Cabinet and not Parliament that controls and runs the nation’s affairs in England.

16. Business contacts as well as cultural ones contribute to mutual understanding and trust among peoples.

17. One must observe the law.

18. The basic law of the USA is the Constitution which was adopted in 1789ю

19. I hope they received the sentence they deserved.

20. Counsel for the defence tried to show that the accused was not guilty.

21. То grant pardon is the prerogative of the Crown.

22. They must have been arrested over a year ago.

23. The victim is the first person to be interviewed.

24. He seems to be investigating a criminal case.

25. A student must pass a group of examinations to obtain a law degree.

26. The aim of the preliminary investigation is to draw up an indictment.

27. The lower chamber having passed the bill, it went to the upper chamber. 2. For any state to become a member of the United Nations it is necessary to accept the obligations under its Chapter.

28. They want the execution of the sentenced to be postponed.

29. Nobody expected her to testify against her brother.

30. The Queen’s Counsels are expected to appear only in the most important cases.

31. He was reported to be preparing an account of the indictment.

32. It is not easy to investigate a criminal case.

33. As the trial was open to the public many people attended it.

34. It was the Prison Act (1865) which introduced a new approach to imprisonment in England.

35. A “written constitution” is one the whole of which is contained in one or more documents which possess the force of law.