GPIV Legal English Lesson 3 Groups 1 (9:00 am) & 3 (11:15 am)

Lesson 3
(1) Talking about your legal system in English.

• Reporting Verbs
• Court Structure
• Types of Laws

See: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/64428921/Court%20Structure for a copy of today's notes. 

(2) Listening - The Supreme Court 

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/64452076/The%20Supreme%20Court%20-%20Listening

Homework

(1) Listen to the rest of the podcast and answer the questions on the link above.

To listen to other episodes in the Law In Action series or to download or subscribe to the podcasts go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tgy1

(2) Writing/Consolidation

• Write a paragraph describing the Italian court system using the terminology that you learnt today. 

or 

• Look at the court structure of another jurisdiction, e.g. U.K., Australia, New Zealand or Canada and write a paragraph comparing and contrasting it with Italy. What might the advantages or disadvantages of working in that system be?