English for Lawyers I REVISION II SNJEANA HUSINEC

English for Lawyers I REVISION II SNJEŽANA HUSINEC, PHD; E-MAIL: SHUSINEC@PRAVO. HR

Exercise I Provide the Croatian equivalents for the following English terms and expressions. 1. customary law = ____________________________ 2. to have the authority to legislate = _____________________ 3. a legislative proposal = __________________________ 4. case law = ______________________________ 5. statutory law = _____________________________ 6. civil law countries = ___________________________ 7. binding decisions of courts = ________________________ 8. to be binding ON = ____________________________ 9. canon law = _______________________________ 10. sources of the law = ___________________________

Exercise II Translate the following terms and expressions into English. 1. ratificirati međunarodne ugovore = _______________________________ 2. dopunjavati i opozivati zakone = ________________________________ 3. izvršavanje/provedba pravde = _________________________________ 4. obnašati izvršnu vlast / zakonodavnu vlast / sudbenu vlast = _____________________ 5. podjela vlasti = _______________________________________ 6. ovlasti zakonodavnog tijela = _________________________________ 7. imenovanje sudaca = ____________________________________ 8. precedentno pravo (pravo koje se temelji na sudskim presudama) = __________________ 9. biti nadležan za nešto = ____________________________________ 10. uzajamna kontrola moći triju grana državne vlasti = ________________________

Exercise III Translate the following sentences into Croatian. 1. The Law of the Twelve Tables was a collection of basic rules, rather than a comprehensive piece of legislation. 2. A system of courts to determine what the rules are, whether they have been broken and what the appropriate sanction is, are a necessary element of every legal system. 3. Legislatures can be unicameral or bicameral, i. e. consist of one or two legislative chambers. 4. The legislative body enacts laws that all citizens must act in accordance with. 5. Judges are often prohibited from engaging in political activity as their impartiality in adjudication is a prerequisite for fair and consistent application of law.

Exercise IV Complete the following statements. 1. Common law is based on _________ and created by _________, whereas civil law relies much more on _______ and on theory. 3. Law results from such sources as _________, customs, _______, generally accepted legal principles, the opinions of ________ etc. 4. The system of codified law that prevails in continental Europe, South America, and elsewhere is known as ___________. 5. ______ is established by precedents. 6. While the parliaments _______ the law, the Governments _________ it, and the courts _________. 7. The highest executive body in terms of power is usually a group of persons known as the ____________.

Exercise V Which legal term is being defined? Supply the appropriate terms. 1. _________ is an official set of laws or regulations. 2. _________ is an established written law, usually made by a parliament. 3. __________ is a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power. 4. __________ is a body of persons vested with power to make and repeal laws. 5. ____________ is a constitutional principle that limits the government powers vested in person or institution by dividing governmental authoritiy into three separate branches. 6. _____________ = the action of making a law.

Exercise VI Match the collocations and translate them into Croatian. adhere to inflict enact judicial ratify invalidate legislative a law a treaty chamber a punishment the law appointment a law