III. VOCABULARY STUDY

Find in the text and decide from the context what the word could mean, then choose the appropriate definition.

Law

1. a custom or practice recognized as binding by a community, esp. as a result of having been so decreed by the governing authority

2. an aspect of such customs or practices or a body of customs or practices applicable to a specific group, community

Statute

1. a law passed by a legislative body and formally placed on record in a written or printed form

2. the written or printed record of the law

3. an ordinance of some chartered body, corporation.

Ruling

1. an authoritative decision

2. the act of someone who rules

Principle

1.a law of nature as formulated and accepted by the mind

2. the acceptance of moral law as a guide to behavior

3. a rule by which a person chooses to govern his conduct, often forming part of a code

4. an essential truth upon which other truths are based

2. Choose the right preposition in brackets according to the contents of the sentences( after, of, before, for, from, in ).

· 1. Many of the customs of the international relations have existed… hundreds of years. … example, the ancient Greeks protected foreign ambassadors …mistreatment, even in wartime. For about 2000 years, nations have given ambassadors similar protection.

· 2. Traditional international law developed various doctrines and institutions that were designed to protect different groups … human beings: slaves, minorities, certain native populations, foreign nationals, victims of very massive violations.

3. … the period of Rome’s dominance of the ancient world, there was emerged rules governing the relations between Rome and the various nations or peoples with which it had contact.

· 4. Treaties, the immunities of ambassadors, and certain laws are to be found many centuries … the dawn of Christianity, in ancient Egypt and India.

· 5. The modern system of international law is a product … only the last four hundred years.

6. … a legislative body passes a law for a nation or a state, police enforce the laws, and people who break them are tried in courts.

Substitute the words in italics with the words from the text.

1. The aims of international law include resolution of problems of a regional or global scope.

2. International law consists of long-standing customs, provisions agreed to in different covenants.

3. Enforcement of international law is often difficult because nations are independent powers.

4. International law is not founded, developed, or abolished by the demand of one country or a small group of countries.

5. No statute of one nation or treaty between two nations can create global commitments .

6. Some international law is also created by the rulings of international tribunals and organizations.

4. Write as many legal expressions with the word “international” as you can and make up sentences of your own with those expressions.

Fill the blanks with the derivatives of the words in brackets. Translate these points.

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 951