Practical English (Law)

Civil law sometimes known asw sometimes known as

• Continental European Law

• Anglo-American law

• Customary law

• Religious law

In the broadest terms, law is

• the set of rules that guides our conduct in society and is enforceable through public institutions

• the set of rules that guides our conduct in society and is not enforceable through public institutions

• the set of rules that guides our conduct in society

• the set of rules that is not enforceable through public institutions

A formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county is called

• statute

• constitution

• codification

• treatment

Statutory law or statute law is

• written law (as opposed to oral or customary law) set down by a legislature or other governing authority such as the executive branch of government in response to a perceived need to clarify the functioning of government, improve civil order, to codify existing law, or for an individual or company to obtain special treatment

• oral law (as opposed to written or customary law) set down by a legislature or other governing authority such as the executive branch of government in response to a perceived need to clarify the functioning of government, improve civil order, to codify existing law, or for an individual or company to obtain special treatment

One of the sources of law, particularly English Common Law which, itself, is the basis of legal systems in many parts of the world is called

• judicial precedent

• judicial treatment

• statutory

• constitution

The concept of constitution was first outlined in _______________ classification of governments identified with constitution

• Aristotle’s

• Plato’s

• Socrates’

• Pythagoras’

Constitution is usually understood as

• the main formal document of the state

• the main informal document of the state

• the best possible form of government

• the existing conventions and extralegal rules

The only body that may determine whether legislation conforms to Constitution of Ukraine is

• the Constitutional Court

• the Verkhovna Rada

• the Cabinet of Ministers

• the President

The sources of English constitutional law are

• statutes, precedents, textbooks, the writings of historians and political theorists and other documents of importance

• statutes, precedents, textbooks, the writings of historians and political theorists

• statutes, precedents, and textbooks

• statutes, textbooks, the writings of historians and political theorists and other documents of importance

The Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution are binding on

• the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, on the lower courts in the federal system and on all state courts

• the legislative branch of the federal government, on the lower courts in the federal system and on all state courts

• the executive branch of the federal government, on the lower courts in the federal system and on all state courts

• the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, on the higher courts in the federal system and on all state courts