Speaking legal English. Борисова Л.А. - 46 стр.

      10. How can the problem of domestic violence be solved?
      11. What do you think of common-law marriages?

       Listening and Speaking
       Exercise 3. Before listening to the text «Family law» try to guess what the
difference between public law cases and private law cases is.

      Exercise 4. Listen to the first part of the text and fill in the following table.

                                        Public law cases      Private law cases
     What matters do they include?
     Who represents the child?
     What court hears such cases?

       Exercise 5. Listen to the second part of the text and name all the orders
that a court may make.

      Exercise 6. Make a presentation on the basis of this text.

      Reading and Speaking
      Exercise 7. Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the words which follow.
Put the words in the correct form.

Adultery                  Live apart              Proceeding               Separate
Break down                Lump sum                Property                 Support
Desert                    Maintain                Provision                Welfare
Issue                     Petition                Reach



                                       Divorce law
       Divorce 1)______ in England take place in certain County Courts known
as divorce county courts. Some matters are also dealt with the Family Division
of the High Court. It is necessary for one of the parties to convince the court that
the marriage has 2)________ irretrievably - without any chance of
reconciliation. To do this the person seeking, or 3)______ for divorce, must
prove one of the five things: that the other party, or respondent, committed
4)_____ (had sex with someone else); that the respondent's behavior has been
unreasonable; that the respondent 5)_____ the petitioner at least two years
previously; that the couple has 6)_____ for two years and both agree to a
divorce; or that they have lived apart for five years. Even if the court is satisfied
that there is enough evidence of one of the above, a divorce will not be 7)_____
until satisfactory arrangements have been made for any children, the rights of
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