Exercise 2. The articles ( the and a/an ) have been taken out of the texts. Replace them where necessary: 1. When ... crime is first discovered, ... police often don’t know
who has done it or why. Usually, though, ... person who has commit-
ted ... crime will have left some evidence of their identity at ... scene
such as ... footprint, blood, or fibres from clothing. This evidence often
forms ... basis of any case against ... suspect who ... police may take
to court.
2. All criminal cases start in magistrates’ courts. Minor cases
stay there, with … magistrates deciding on guilt or innocence and
sentencing … criminal. Serious cases are referred by magistrates to
… Crown Court — this is called “committal”. In committals, all … mag-
istrates do is hear … outline evidence and decide whether there is
… case to answer. Crown Court judges have power to sentence more
heavily than magistrates.
Exercise 3. Insert the article where necessary: 1. Each ... country in ... world has its own ... system of ... law.
2. Before ... William of ... Normandy invaded ... England in 1066,
law was administered by ... series of local ... courts and no ... law was
common to ... whole ... kingdom.
3. ... doctrine of ... precedent is still ... central ... feature of mod-
ern common ... law ... systems.
4. ... courts of ... equity were otherwise known as ... Courts of
... Chancery and began to be developed from around ... 14th century.
5. County ... courts in ... England and ... Wales deal mainly with
... claims regarding ... money, but also family ... matters, ... bankrupt-
cies and ... claims concerning ... land.
6. Continental ... systems are sometimes known as codified le-
gal ... systems.
7. ... solicitor deals with ... great number of ... problems.
