A) Read the story of the lion and the mouse and answer the following questions:

• What is it about? Can you summarise it?
• Why can this fable be called a “teaching story”?
• Do you know any similar story?
• What examples of equality (or inequality) can you find in the world?

B) Work in pairs. STUDENT A read this New York Times’ article. STUDENT B read  The Guardian’s article. 

1- Summarise the articles.

2- Express your opinion about them.

3- Compare the two articles. Do they refer to different issues or the same ones? Why?

4- Have there been similar cases in your country?

C) DISCUSSION.

• How often does the good guy win?
• What do you think about the justice system where you live?
• Is justice blind as it is said?
• Have you ever been to court? Would you like to?
• Would you ever consider becoming a lawyer?
• Would you like to be a judge? Do you think his job is a difficult/easy one?
• Why do you think some prisoners study law when they spend time in prison?
• Why are most politicians lawyers in some countries?
• How can the justice system be improved?
• Are prisons effective as a form of correction? What type of prisons make ideal prisons? Should people be kept in prisons?