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MostEnglish-speakingcountriesfollowthecommonlawsystem,whichoriginatedinEnglandi
Whatdoyouknowaboutthatsystem?
Testyourself
I.Markthefollowingstatementstrue(T)orfalse(F).
1iThesystemiscalled(commonlaw’becauselawappliestoeverycitizeni
2iInitiallycommonlawwasfoundedonsocialcustomsi
3iCommonlawisalsocalledcaselawi
4iJudgesmakelawi
5iAprecedentisajudicialdecisionwhichalwayshastobefollowedinsubsequentcasesi
6iCourtjudgmentsincivillawjurisdictionsarelongeri
7iAnotherwordfor(precedent’is(authority’i
8iTheratioofacaseis,inotherwords,itsrationalei
II.Matchthetermwithitsdefinition.
ruling
binding
statute
legislature
legislation
prior
rationale
discretion
venue
judiciary
aithesystemofcourtsthatinterpretandapplythelaw
bicompulsory,mandatory,conclusive
citheelectedlaw-makingbranchofgovernment
difreedomtoactorjudgeonone’sown
eiprevious
fitheplacewhereacourtsits
gifundamentalreasons;thebasis
hijudgment;judge’sdecision
iiawrittenpieceoflegislation;alawpassedbyalegislativebody
jianactpassedbyalegislativebody
III.Decidewhichverbscannotbeusedwiththegivennouns.
1itoapply/torefer/toestablish/tooverrule/todistinguish
2itoenact/toenforce/tolaydown/tointroduce/tooverthrow
aprecedent
alaw
IV.Completeeachsentencewiththecorrectwordfromamongthoselistedbelow.
exercises
returns
enacts
vested
adopted
observes
binding
comesinto
1iAstatuteis___
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_byparliamenti
2iThejudicialpoweris___
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___incourtsi
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