Match the definitions and the people in the court. If you ran into difficulties, look through the text above.

1. An official who gives evidence of the arrest.

2. A lawyer who pleads in the higher courts and presents cases in the Crown Court.

3. A public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a law court.

4. A lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal and speaks for them in the lower courts.

5. Public officials who investigate violent, sudden, or suspicious (unnatural) deaths.

6. A person who gathers news for a newspaper or broadcasting organization.

7. A group of people who swear to give a true decision of in a law court.

8. A defendant.

9. A person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence in a court of law.

10. People who look after administrative and legal matters in the courtroom.

11. A public official who tries less serious cases.

JUSTICE AND LAW (I)

Warm up Activities

1. Read the following sayings. Are they logical? What do you think of them?

“Laws are not for ordinary people, they are for lawyers”; “Laws should govern people and not on the contrary”; “Dura lex, sed lex” (Strict is the law, but a law); “People are equal before the law”; “The law is not something that can be changed at will”.

Reading

2. Read the text below. Then try to explain and remember the words in bold.

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