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World Major Legal Traditions

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A mixture of rules and institutions that govern relations among individuals in one particular state is called ...?

a)

Legal tradition

b)

Legal family

c)

Legal system

d)

Rule of law

2.

Uzbekistan and Australia are in one legal family. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Civil law tradition has emerged in ...

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Europe

4.

When Rome was founded?

a)

756 BC

b)

751 BC

c)

753 BC

d)

759 BC

5.

Name the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

a)

Ephesus

b)

Constantinople

c)

Smyrna

d)

Nicaea

6.

Name the class of people that initiated codification of the Twelve Tables

a)

Patricians

b)

Religious people

c)

Plebeians

d)

Slaves

7.

Who was the creator of Corpus Iuris Civilis?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Octavian August

c)

Constantine

d)

Justinian

8.

How many books contained Corpus Iuris Civilis?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

9.

In which book you could find a compilation of all the legal rules and principles apart from the laws of the Emperors?

a)

Novels

b)

Codex

c)

Institutes

d)

Digest

10.

Institutes comprised of ...

a)

the laws of Justinian

b)

of the laws of persons, things, actions

c)

all the laws of the Emperors up to that date

d)

the legal principles

11.

When and in which University Corpus Iuris Civilis has been re-discovered?

a)

12th century, University of Oxford

b)

11th century, University of Bologna

c)

10th century, Sorbonne University

d)

13th century, St. Andrews University

12.

Why the idea of codification of the laws in Corpus Iuris Civilis spread in Europe first, and then throughout the globe?

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13.

Name the legislator whose Civil Code was based on the Institutes?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Alexander I of Russia

c)

Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia

d)

Carlos IV of Spain

14.

What is canon law?

a)

Civil law applied and civil courts

b)

Criminal law applied in criminal courts

c)

Religious law applied in Catholic church

d)

Constitutional law applied in constitutional courts

15.

Commercial law was developed by ... and in ...?

(a)  

16.

Who are the most important people in Roman Civil Law tradition?

a)

Legislators

b)

Judges

17.

Which one of the characteristics below is attributable to Roman Civil Law?

a)

Adversarial procedure

b)

Codification of laws

c)

Case law

d)

Continental origin (Europe)

18.

Where was Common Law originated?

a)

In continental Europe

b)

In England

19.

What does doctrine of stare decisis mean?

a)

to obey the laws

b)

a fair trial

c)

a jury trial

d)

to stand by things decided

20.

Choose the date of the Battle of Hastings

a)

24 August 1572

b)

8 September 1380

c)

25 October 1415

d)

14 September 1066

21.

Which country follows English common law?

a)

Scotland

b)

Wales

c)

Northern Ireland

22.

Who is responsible for passing laws in England and Wales?

a)

Monarch

b)

Prime Minister

c)

Parliament/Westminster

d)

House of Commons

23.

How a Bill becomes a Law in English law?

a)

House of Commons - House of Lords - Royal Assent

b)

House of Lords - Royal Assent

c)

Royal Assent - House of Commons - House of Lords

d)

House of Commons - House of Lords

24.

What does jury trial imply?

a)

fair court proceedings

b)

criminal trial

c)

trial by 12 randomly chosen citizens

d)

commercial trial

25.

Define a judicial precedent

a)

judge's responsibility to investigate all the facts of the case

b)

rule or principle that should be followed by subsequent courts

26.

What are the main sources of English law?

a)

Statutes

b)

Codes and case law

c)

Statutes and case law

d)

Codes

27.

Rule of Man means ...

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28.

Rule of God means ...

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29.

Rule of Law means ...

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30.

Name the parties in public law

a)

State v Individual

b)

Individual v Individual