WorksheetsWorld Major Legal Traditions
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 29mins
A mixture of rules and institutions that govern relations among individuals in one particular state is called ...?
Legal tradition
Legal family
Legal system
Rule of law
Uzbekistan and Australia are in one legal family. True or false?
True
False
Civil law tradition has emerged in ...
Africa
Asia
North America
Europe
When Rome was founded?
756 BC
751 BC
753 BC
759 BC
Name the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Ephesus
Constantinople
Smyrna
Nicaea
Name the class of people that initiated codification of the Twelve Tables
Patricians
Religious people
Plebeians
Slaves
Who was the creator of Corpus Iuris Civilis?
Julius Caesar
Octavian August
Constantine
Justinian
How many books contained Corpus Iuris Civilis?
2
3
4
5
In which book you could find a compilation of all the legal rules and principles apart from the laws of the Emperors?
Novels
Codex
Institutes
Digest
Institutes comprised of ...
the laws of Justinian
of the laws of persons, things, actions
all the laws of the Emperors up to that date
the legal principles
When and in which University Corpus Iuris Civilis has been re-discovered?
12th century, University of Oxford
11th century, University of Bologna
10th century, Sorbonne University
13th century, St. Andrews University
Why the idea of codification of the laws in Corpus Iuris Civilis spread in Europe first, and then throughout the globe?
Name the legislator whose Civil Code was based on the Institutes?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Alexander I of Russia
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
Carlos IV of Spain
What is canon law?
Civil law applied and civil courts
Criminal law applied in criminal courts
Religious law applied in Catholic church
Constitutional law applied in constitutional courts
Commercial law was developed by ... and in ...?
(a)
Who are the most important people in Roman Civil Law tradition?
Legislators
Judges
Which one of the characteristics below is attributable to Roman Civil Law?
Adversarial procedure
Codification of laws
Case law
Continental origin (Europe)
Where was Common Law originated?
In continental Europe
In England
What does doctrine of stare decisis mean?
to obey the laws
a fair trial
a jury trial
to stand by things decided
Choose the date of the Battle of Hastings
24 August 1572
8 September 1380
25 October 1415
14 September 1066
Which country follows English common law?
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Who is responsible for passing laws in England and Wales?
Monarch
Prime Minister
Parliament/Westminster
House of Commons
How a Bill becomes a Law in English law?
House of Commons - House of Lords - Royal Assent
House of Lords - Royal Assent
Royal Assent - House of Commons - House of Lords
House of Commons - House of Lords
What does jury trial imply?
fair court proceedings
criminal trial
trial by 12 randomly chosen citizens
commercial trial
Define a judicial precedent
judge's responsibility to investigate all the facts of the case
rule or principle that should be followed by subsequent courts
What are the main sources of English law?
Statutes
Codes and case law
Statutes and case law
Codes
Rule of Man means ...
Rule of God means ...
Rule of Law means ...
Name the parties in public law
State v Individual
Individual v Individual
