Complete the chart with the information from the text.

3. In the text find the synonyms for the following words:

course of action, put into effect, freedom, duties, to be intended, rulings, law, measures, offender, penalty, principle, concerning, develop, difference.

4. Use the information in the text to explain the meaning of the following legal terms:

- law;

- civil law jurisdiction;

- common law system;

- public law;

- private law;

- trusts law;

- traditional core subjects.

III. PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE

Do the General Law Quiz. Discuss the answers in groups of four.

1) What type of law system relies heavily on tradition and precedent?

A Civil Law

B Common Law

C Public Law

D Private Law

2) Which of the following is the most appropriate explanation of Civil Law:

Civil Law is about ...

A ensuring perpetrators of crimes are punished

B ensuring that the processes of government are in accordance with the principles of democracy

C settling disputes among individuals

D protecting the rights of the individual when they are accused of a crime.

3) Which of the following is the most appropriate word used to indicate law that has come into existence through the decision of judges in previous court cases:

A Precedence

B Antecedence

C Preference

D Supposition

4) Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "Legislation"?

A Law made in the courts by the decision of judges

B Law made in parliament by the decision of judges

C Law made in courts by the decision of elected representatives of the people

D Law made in parliament by the decision of elected representatives of the people

5) Which of the following is not a legal term?

A civil tort

B criminal tort

C constitutional tort

D government tort

E personal tort

F public tort

6) In the United Kingdom, what kind of a lawyer wears a wig in court?

A jury

B barrister

C defendant

D prosecutor

7) The laws of the United States of America are fundamentally founded on which established set of laws?

A General Civil Law

B English Common Law

C French Civil Law

D The Laws of the Founding Fathers

In pairs, discuss the following questions.

1) Why do we have laws?

2) Where, when and why do you think laws first started?

3) Do you think all laws are good?

4) Would you like to be a lawmaker? What new laws would you like your country to introduce?

5) Do you think the laws in your country are similar to those in other countries?

6) Are there any laws in your country that you think should be made tighter?

7) What’s the craziest law you know of?

8) What do you think of the idea of international laws that would replace all national laws?

9) What new laws do you think we’ll have fifty years from now?

10) What law would you like to make for your English class?

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the appropriate field of law.

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