Discuss in groups.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 605.

Speak on one of the following topics.

1The role of government in social life.

2Typesof government as Aristotle defined them and as they are at present.

3The branches of government.

4Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances.

1What countries other than the United Kingdom are constitutional monarchies?

2What form of government does the Russian Federation have? What types of government did it have in its history?

3Do you think present Russia is a true democracy? If not, how would you characterize its system of government?

4Do you agree with the following statements? Give your reasons.

n Every nation has the government it deserves.

n People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

5Comment on the following quotations.

n Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. (Bob Wells)

n In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed and never will exist. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)

n No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. (Abraham Lincoln)

n Every cook has to learn how to govern the state. (Vladimir Lenin)

n Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

(Otto von Bismarck)

[1] quantity (n) – количество

[2] quality (n) – качество

[3] take into account – принимать во внимание; учитывать

[4] convicted – осужденный

[5] accused – обвиняемый

[6] lay magistrate – мировой судья

[7] find guilty – признать виновным

[8] secret ballot – тайное голосование

[9] signer – лицо, подписавшее документ

[10] take into account – принимать во внимание; учитывать

[11] established – установившийся, укоренившийся

[12] substantive law – материальное право (в отличие от процессуального)

[13] Natural Law – естественное право

[14] (the) Enlightenment – Просвещение (европейское философское течение 18 века)

[15] certainty (n) – определенность

[16] uniformity (n) – единообразие