Common Law V Civil Law задание

Common Law v. Civil Law

Listen to the video and decide if the following statements are true or false. Explain your position.

1. Civil law is sometimes referred to as case law, as precedent is of primary importance. F

2. Precedent is a judicial verdict that has been established in the previous case. t

3. Civil law is “younger” than common law. f

4. Emperor Justinian was the emperor of the Western Roman Empire. f

5. The Corpus Juris Civilis was compiled in the 6^th century BC. t

6. Many legal codes of European countries still bear a lot of similarity to Corpus Juris Civilis. t

7. King Henry II steered the English legal system by borrowing the legal system of the Roman Empire.

8. The Curia Regis made judges travel through England and record local customs and laws with the help of the local communities. t

9. In civil law systems judges are bound to the written law and play a comparatively minor role in creating legislation. f

10. A judge in a civil law system acts as an inquisitor. f

11. The judges in civil law apply laws created and formulated by others and interpret the law only when a given law does not cover a case. t

12. Lawyers in a civil law system represent the interests of the client, advising their client and with preparing legal pleadings for filing with the court. t

13. The importance of presentation, or argumentation, and having to convince a jury are more crucial in a civil law legal system. f

14. In the common law legal tradition lawyers cannot examine witnesses. f

15. The judges in common law tradition as superheroes. f

16. The legal tradition of common law systems has developed and grown in the hands of judges, case by case slowly growing a body of law that binds successive judges through the doctrine of stare decisis. t

17. In common law the judge only functions as an arbiter, and he has no flexibility in interpreting the law and finding a solution for the case. F

18. In contrast to civil law, common law countries such as the United States allow preparing legal documents to everyone. t

19. The main sources of law in common law codes and statutes. f

20. In common law lawyers tread to the forefront and have to convince a jury. t

21. In civil law the law is developed through precedent, judicial verdicts, and judges slowly but surely create and mold law in these systems. f