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II. Development

  1. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:

  1. What are the distinctive features of common law?

  2. What does the principle of binding precedent mean?

  3. Should rules set by courts of equal status be applied if they are relevant?

  4. What is the role of the judge at the end of the case?

  5. How would you define the ’obiter dicta’?

  6. What are the results of appeals to higher courts against the decisions of lower courts?

  1. Complete the table with the related forms.

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Cite

-

Apply

Precede

Bind

-

Appeal

3. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. У країнах англо-саксонської правової сімї прецедент є основою правової системи, тоді як в деяких інших країнах (наприклад, у Франції) прецеденти використовуються для заповнення прогалин у законодавстві. 2. Існує ієрархія прецедентів, відповідно до якої рішення, які були прийняті судами вищих інстанцій (наприклад, Палатою Лордів у Англії) є обов’язковими для використання нижчими в аналогічних ситуаціях. 3. В Україні прецедент офіційно не вважається джерелом права, але на практиці рішення судів вищих інстанцій часто беруться до уваги при вирішенні спорів.

4. Match a word in column a with a word/phrase in column b to make as many phrases as possible and translate them.

A B

to set an appeal (against)

to create the decision

to introduce the rule

to lodge a precedent

to overturn the verdict

to refer to the case

to apply the protest (against)

to establish

to follow

III practice and experience

Divide into two groups (proponents and opponents of case law). Read about the advantages and disadvantages of judicial precedent and discuss them.

  

Advantages

  • Certainty - It creates certainty in the law and means solicitors and barristers can advise their clients on the probable outcome of their case.

  • Fairness - Similar cases are treated in a similar way, this is in the interests of justice and fairness.

  • Time Saving - It saves court time as for most situations there is already an existing solution.

  • Law Development - it allows the law to develop alongside society R v R (1991) - this case overturned a centuries old legal principle that a man could not rape his wife.

Disadvantages

  • Rigidity - The system is too rigid and does not allow the law to develop enough.

  • Injustice - The strict rules of judicial precedent can create injustice in individual cases

  • Slow Development - The law is slow to develop under the system of judicial precedent.  The law cannot be changed until a case on a particular point of law comes before one of the higher appellate courts.

  • Confusion - Hundreds of cases are reported each year, making it hard to find the relevant precedent which should be followed.

  • Complexity - The law is too complex with thousands of fine distinctions.