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3. jury c) crimes more serious in nature
4. grave crime d) a legal decree dissolving a marriage
5. divorce e) a body of people who give a
verdict in a legal case

Task 10. Topics for discussion.
1. Express your own opinion as to the development of
Judicial System in Ukraine, the USA.
2. Peculiarities of British Court System.
3. Compare the three Court Systems and find out similarities
and differences.
4. Give your personal attitude towards certain improvements
in the Court System of Ukraine in future.

Supplementary tasks

Task 1. Read and translate the text. Write down the unknown words
and word expressions. Put 10-15 questions to the text.
The System of Courts in the US
The judicial branch has the responsibility of judging the
constitutionality of acts of law.
According to article III of the Constitution "the judicial power of the
United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior
courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish".
There are about 100 Federal courts throughout the country, final
authority resting in the United States Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest tribunal in the United States.
It includes a Chief Justice and eight associate Justices. They are all
appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.
Under the Constitution the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction
(i.e., it is the court in which proceedings may be brought in the first
instance) in cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls and cases in which a state is a party. In all other cases coming
within the judicial power of the United States, the Supreme Court's
jurisdiction is only appellate, and is subject to exceptions and regulations
by the Congress.

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