REVISION A level Students

area of law which deals with crimes and their punishments, including fines and imprisonment (also penal law)

• common law

• criminal law

• civil law

Civil law refers to a body of law........ written legal costs derived from fundamental normative principals.

• based on

• bound by

• codified

Legal ....... are settled by reference to this code, which has been arrived at through ..........

• precedents/customs

• disputes/provisions

• disputes/legislation

Judges are ........ the written law and its .............

• bound by/provisions

• disputes/custom

• based on/rulings

Common law is based on ............. created by judicial decisions, which means that past .............. are taken into consideration when cases are decided.

• custom/rulings

• precedents/rulings

• provisions/rulings

The town council will conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed ............ concerning property task.

• ordinance

• regulations

• bill

Early this year, the government introduced a new .............. on electronic commerce to Parliament.

• bill

• ordinance

• statutues

This is where small crimes are tried in the UK

• crown court

• high court

• magistrates' court

This is where law students argue hypothetical cases.

• small-claims court

• moot court

• tribunal

This is the court of primary jurisdiction, where a case is heard for the first time

• high court

• juvinile court

• lower court