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d) The following issues are to be discussed: 
1. If every act were dictated by an article of the Criminal Code rather than one's 
conscience and moral sense, human beings would become mere legal objects.
2. Punishment is not an end in itself, but a means of restoring social justice. It's a tool for 
re-education.
3. Should drug-addiction entail legal prosecution?
4. The reformatory function of imprisonment is little more than fiction. 
10. Write an article (3 paragraphs). In the newspaper to contribute to the discussion of a new Criminal Code. 
The topic can be chosen from the list of the problems given in exercise 9 (d). 
 
11. Give a brief talk to the ten graders on the Criminal Law and its role hi combatting Juvenile delinquency.
 
12. Enact a role play "Trying a criminal case". Yon are the Jury and most decide whether to acquit the 
accused or sentence them to a term of imprisonment (minimum 3 months/maximum life). Or could you think 
of a more appropriate punishment?
Case 1. A driver while speeding hit a cyclist off her bike. She was badly injured and 
confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. The driver didn't stop so he's charged 
with hit and run.
Case 2. The accused is a doctor who gave an overdose to an 87-year-old woman. She had 
a terminal illness, was in constant pain and had asked for the overdose. Her family are 
accusing the doctor of murder.
Case 3. A. and B. mug Mr X., take his money and leave him for dead. B. later returns 
alone and pushes the body in the river. An autopsy reveals that the man was still just 
alive when pushed in the water and subsequently drowned. 
13. Do some library research and write an essay on one of the given topics:
1. The stricter the punishment, the lesser the crime rate, or is it?
2. Law is developing: it has no impunity in the course of time.
3. What is the best way to combat juvenile delinquency? Historical survey.

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Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс под ред. В.Д. Аракина
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