LEGAL SYSTEMS

Religion and language are two examples of _______________ conditions that influence international business.

• political and legal 
• cultural and social 
• geographic
• economic 

Common Law is..

• an Act

• Law made by judge decisions

• Law made by Parliament

Statute Law is..

• Case Law

• Judge-made Law

• Parliament made Law

What is the highest Court in the Federal Court system?

• High Court

• Federal Court of Appeal

• Federal Supreme Court

Jurisdiction is..

• the power of a court to hear a case

• the authority of the court to determine a matter

• All of the above

Precedent is...

• Basically the judge needs to follow another Judges decision

• Basically if the cases are similar, the judgements should be similar

• basically difficult to understand

What is the legal principle important is determining precedent?

• Court system structure

• Jurisdiction

• Authority

• Jurisprudence

What was happening in England before the Norman conquest?

• the same rules were applied in the entire country
• different rules applied to different regions, while the same costums applied throughout the country
• different rules and costums were applied to different regions
• the same costums were applied to differente regions, while the different rules were applied to the entire country

Who contibuted more to the birth of common law?

• the king's laws
• the Justices in king's courts
• the Ministers of the crown
• the King, imposing only written rules

Nowadays where does the main difference between common law and civil law systems lie?

• in the role of the judges
• in the role of Parliament
• in the main source of law
• in the importance of statutes