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| 1. custom 2. government 3. statute 4. common law 5. enforce 6. civil law 7. court 8. legislation 9. constitution 10. precedent | k) legal system developed from Roman codified law, established by a state for its regulation; l) existing document, draft or court decision which is relevant to and used as the basis for subsequent legal drafting or decision; m) long-established practice recognized as having the force of law; n) body of law formed through judicial/court decision, as opposed to law formed through statutes or written legislation; o) a law or set of laws; p) the people who control a country, region or town and make decisions about its laws and taxes; q) to make effective; to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people; r) a law passed by government or formally written down; s) a place where trials and legal cases are decided, especially in front of a judge and a jury or magistrate; t) a set of basic laws or principles for a country that describe the rights and duties of its citizens and the way in which it is governed. |
Choose the correct word.
1) In all societies, relations between people are ________ by prescriptive laws.
a) registered b) reduced c) regulated d) refuted
2) Customs need not be made by ________, and they need not be written down.
a) people b) judges c) philosophers d) governments
3) In England the ultimate legislator is ____________.
a) parliament b)government c) state d) court
4) In England, in accordance with the tradition that the law is to be sought in ________ decisions, their writings have in the past been treated with comparatively little respect.
a) executive b)legislative c) judicial d) trial
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5) In England there is no one document or fundamental body of law that can be described as a “__________”.
a) law records b) legislation c) jurisdiction d) constitution
6) Constitutional law can be changed, amended, or abolished just like any rule of _______ law; there is no field in which Parliament is forbidden to legislate.
a) personal b) private c) public d) previous
7) The branches of the ________ are: the executive, headed by the President; the legislative, which includes both houses of Congress; and the judicial, which is headed by the Supreme Court.
a) parliament b) government c) regulation d) ruling
8) When the judge rules in such a case he ________, because future courts must usually ‘follow’ him.
a) legislates b) legitimizes c) legalizes d) legates
9) In all countries, at all times, the decisions of courts are treated with respect, and they tend to be regarded as '______' which subsequent courts will follow.
a) precepts b) prejudices c) prescriptions d) precedents
10) Many philosophers have proposed concepts of ______ that are much more theoretical than everyday notions of fairness.
a) justiciary b) justice c) justification d) jurisdiction
