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. They are ordinary citizens who are 
selected not because they have any legal training but because they have “sound common sense”
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and understanding of their fellow human beings. 
Magistrates are selected by special committees in every town and district. Nobody, even the 
Magistrates themselves, knows who is on the special committee in their area. The committee 
tries to draw Magistrates from different professions and social classes. 

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The work of the Magistrates’ Courts
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throughout the country depends on the unpaid services 
of JPs. 
Notes: 
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Act of Settlement – акт о престолонаследии 
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be elevated to the bench – возвысить до положения судьи 
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Magistrate, Justice of the Peace (JP) – судья, мировой судья 
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 “sound common sense” – (зд.) чувство здравого смысла 
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Magistrates’ Court – суд магистратов, мировой суд (рассматривает дела о мелких 
преступлениях) 
Ex. 1. Say if these statements are true or false. 
1. The judge is the presiding officer of the court. 
2. Every Circuit judge is capable of sitting as a judge for one county court area. 
3. A part-time district judge is barred from legal practice. 
4. Here was the change of judges titles but their functions remained the same. 
5. Judges themselves are a separate profession. 
6. A barrister always enters the judiciary at the highest level. 
7. The judge decides the interpretation of the law. 
8. Judges are capable of “making law” through the doctrine of precedent. 
9. Judges are under the control of Parliament. 
10. Judicial independence is a fundamental principle of constitutional law. 
11. Professional judges are paid salaries by the state. 
12. Magistrates are also professional judges but they deal with less serious crimes. 
13. Magistrates are selected by special committees in every town and district. 
Ex. 2. Here are the answers to some questions on the text. What are the questions?  
1. The Act of Settlement 1700. 
2. The existing country court judges became Circuit judges. 
3. A full-time district judge is barred from legal practice. 
4. Registrars are responsible for procedural steps in court proceedings. 
5. They are barristers who have demonstrated competence in litigation. 
6. If he proves successful in the initial judicial post. 
7. The judge summarizes the case for the jury. 
8. The judge must, if necessity, create a new law. 
9. The doctrine of judicial immunity. 
10. The professional judges. 
11. Justices of the Peace. 
12. The committee tries to draw Magistrates from different professions and social classes. 
13. The unpaid services of JPs. 
Ex. 3. Complete the following sentences: 
1. The judge is ... 

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2. On the reorganization of the criminal courts … 
3. The Lord Chancellor assigned … 
4. Registrars are responsible for … 
5. The statutory basis for the appointment of judges dates from ... 
6. Judges are barristers who ... 
7. The traditional function of judges is ... 
8. Judge’s summing up is ... 
9. Judges “make law” through ... 
10. The fundamental principle of constitutional law is ... 
11. Judicial immunity means ... 
12. The professional judges deal with ... 
13. Magistrates or Justices of the Peace are ... 
14. JPs are selected by ... 
Ex. 4. Explain and expand on the following: 
1. The judge is a presiding officer of the court.
2. There was the re-organization of criminal courts under the Courts Act of 1971. 
3. Judges themselves are not a separate profession. 
4. A barrister enters the judiciary at the lower trial level. 
5. The judge decides the interpretation of the law. 
6. Judges are capable of making laws. 
7. Judges are not under the control of Parliament. 
8. Alongside with the professional judges there are unpaid judges. 
9. Magistrates are selected by special Committees.