Unit 1 1
Passage A The Judicial Branch of the United States 1
Passage B The Judicial Branch of Britain 9
Supplementary Reading 1 The Selection of Federal Judges in the United States 14
Supplementary Reading 2 Legal Terminology 17
Unit 2 22
Passage A Criminal Procedures in the United Kingdom 22
Passage B The Trial Stage in the U.K 29
Supplementary Reading 1 An Overview of the Correctional Process 35
Supplementary Reading 2 Japanese Administrative Litigation Law 38
Unit 3 42
Passage A American Trial Process 42
Passage B Criminal Procedures of the U.S.A 48
Supplementary Reading 1 The Function of the Jury 54
Supplementary Reading 2 Tribunals 58
Unit 4 62
Passage A Punishment Theory 62
Passage B Penalty 68
Supplementary Reading 1 Capital Punishment in Canada 73
Supplementary Reading 2 Crime and Mens Rea 76
Unit 5 80
Passage A Pretrial Detention 80
Passage B Immigration Detention in Britain 87
Supplementary Reading 1 The American Bar 93
Supplementary Reading 2 The English Legal Profession 96
Unit 6 100
Passage A Prisons in the United States 100
Passage B A Brief Introduction to Foreign Prisons 107
Supplementary Reading 1 Radical Islam and the French Muslim Prison Population 113
Supplementary Reading 2 American Community Correction Programs 116
Key to Exercises 121
Reference 146