1. Which case/cases dealt with:

1. advertisements

2. animals

3. beverages

4. celebrities

5. film industry

6. meetings

7. physical injuries

8. religion

9. sports

10. trade

11. wars

12. wills

2. Decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f). Give your reasons using the text as example cases. Correct the false statements.

1. It would not be a theft to take some abandoned property from somebody’s land.

2. British citizenship necessarily means that a person is under a duty of allegiance to the Crown.

3. A person can not be convicted of murder if they actually did not kill anybody.

4. It is illegal to bequeath property to sb who attack Christian doctrines, even if they are not guilty of blasphemy.

5. You can not sue a manufacturer for goods of improper quality if you did not purchase them yourself.

6. If a person suffers from somebody’s negligence, they are sure to get compensation for the injuries.

7. It is unlawful to break a contract and start working for another company unless you income is unreasonably low.

8. In a shop, a person enters into a contract of sale putting a product into their basket.

9. You can not sue for negligence if you entered the situation voluntarily.

3. Answer the questions.

1. Which cases does the author of the article think were unfairly decided upon? Why?

2. In which case a claimant would have been sued it the trial had taken place a year later?

3. In which case a person was found in charge of a murder that he did not commit?

4. In which cases did the claimants win the case despite their immoral behaviour?

5. How is the idea of reasonability treated in the article? Prove your answer with examples.

6. Which cases were particularly important as precedents?

7. To which extent was the social status of the case participants important in the time described?

8. What were erroneous decisions treated by appellate courts in these decades?

9. In which cases was it the court’s role to interpret the situation using common sense?

10. Which principles were introduced or cemented in the time?

4. Which crimes are defined below? In which cases are they mentioned?

1. the crime of behaving in a noisy or violent way in public

2. entering land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter

3. the crime of doing sth that could cause danger to your country, such as helping its enemies during a war

4. the crime of stealing sth from sb; an occasion when this takes place

5. behaviour or language that insults or shows a lack of respect for God or religion

5. Match the synonyms.

Anticipate Bequest Consequence Customer Incarceration Incite Larceny Links Proposition Terminate

cancel course foresee imprisonment inheritance offer provoke purchaser result theft