2. Answer the following questions.

1.What forms constitute the common law?

2.Why was the common law prevalent in England?

3.Why was there no need for other legal systems?

4.What is statute law?

5.Why did statute law appear?

3. Decide whether the statements are true or false.

1. Courts have always played an important role in creating and operating law in England generally.

2. Common law refers to law that has been created by Parliament in the form of legislation.

3.There has been a significant increase in statute law in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

4.Common law is not applied in England now.

5.The difference between common law and statute law has become much distinct than it once was.

4. Match the terms to their definitions.

case law government statute judge rule enforce court legislation constitution tribunal

a statement of what may, must or must not be done in a particular situation. a body that is appointed to make a judgment or inquiry; legal principles developed by the court while deciding cases; a senior official in a court of law; a law or set of laws; the people who control a country, region or town and make decisions about its laws and taxes; to make effective; to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people; a law passed by government or formally written down; a place where trials and legal cases are decided, especially in front of a judge and a jury or magistrate; 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.

5. Choose the correct word.

1. Law not only threatens those who do what it … but promises to protect people’s interests.

a. allows b. forbids c. requires d. governs

2.The law guarantees our … .

a. happiness b. security c. peace d. justice

3. … catch and arrest offenders.

a. judges b. police c. policy d. politics

4. In England in accordance with the tradition the law is to be sought in …decisions.

1. executive b. legislative c. judicial d. trial

5.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

6.Laws are designed to … our conduct.

a. govern b. forbid c. protect d. conceal

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.

1. 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. legislation c. legal d. legates

9.Continental systems are known as … legal systems.

a. codified b. coded c. codification d. code

10.We must remember the purpose of … which is to achieve justice and fairness.

a. equal b. equality c. equity d. equasion