106 A Grammar of English Practice Book for Law Students
ЕXERCISES
Exercise 105. Match the sentence halves. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the forms and func- tions of the Infinitive: 1. In some European countries it is the function of the judge…
2. In European countries the law has been codified…
3. Countries have an increasing number…
4. Sometimes laws are simply an attempt to implement com-
mon sense. But in order to be enforced…
5. It is obvious to most people that dangerous driving…
6. Laws based upon common sense don’t necessarily look
much like common sense…
7. Sometimes governments make new laws (statutes) to modify
or clarify common law, or to make rules, …
8. Continental systems are often called codified law systems as
they have resulted from government attempts…
9. Tort law deals with wrongs…
10. County Courts were first introduced in 1846…
11. Anyone who wishes to become a JP (a justice of the peace /
a lay magistrate) …
12. Jury is a group of ordinary people…
13. It is very important for a judge to consider the capacity of
contractors, …
14. Instead of damages, a claimant sometimes asks the court…
15. Failure to perform a duty under a contract…
a) …selected at random to decide the facts of the case and give
a verdict.
b) …is a legal wrong.
c) …to investigate the case and to collect evidence.
d) …common sense needs to be defined by law.
e) …committed by one individual against another individual’s
person, property or reputation.
f) …when they have been put into words.
g) …to enable civil claims for small amounts to be heard quickly
and cheaply.
h) …may apply to the Lord Chancellor’s Department.
i) …that is whether they are legally competent to make a con-
tract.
j) …to form a consistent body of legal rules.
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k) …to produce a set of codes to govern every legal aspect of
life.
l) …of common global problems to solve.
m) …to force the other contractor to carry out the contract.
n) …should be severely punished.
o) …which have not existed before.