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Why is it difficult to define the term law? What is the most common definition of law

in English legal theory? What is the social purpose of the law?

Rules to which actions conform Rules of conduct To avenge violation To establish social order

A norm is a law if its infraction is regularly met, in threat or in fact, by the application of physical force by an individual or group possessing the socially recognised privilege of so acting.

Which are principal sources of English law? What is meant by common law? Public and private law (criminal and civil

law)

Rules of equity Common law Judicial precedents Civil and criminal law

Further differences derive from the fact that English common law is a native product of Britain and has absorbed only a few rules of Roman law.

What do you know about the Parliament of the UK?

What is the role of the Queen in Parliament How are statutes made?

Legislature Adjudication Repeal To alter the law

If a new statute alters the effect of some older statute already in the book, the new statute must clearly include a repeal of whatever in the old one is inconsistent with the intentions of the new.

What is Legal Aid? Who can obtain legal aid free of charge? What is the significance of the Legal Advice

and Assistance Act of 1972? What was introduced by the Legal Aid Act of

1988? When was Legal Services Commission

established?

People of limited means Civil case and criminal charge The Legal Advice and assistance Act Litigation Supplementary Benefit Legal advice centre

It was not until the Legal Advice and Assistance Act of 1972 that the services of a solicitor were similarly obtainable for work not necessarily involving litigation.

What is a constitution? What are negative rights? What is guaranteed by a constitution?

When was the Constitution of the RC adopted?

What kind of a state is the Republic of Croatia?

What can the Croatian Sabor and people decide on?

What are the highest values of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia?

Power derives from the people Inalianeable sovereignty Inviolability of ownership Separation of powers Laws conform with the Constitution

As the supreme legal act, a constitution establishes the basis for relations between citizens and governmental bodies and all those who are vested with public authority.

When and why was the European Convention on Human Rights signed?

What do you know about the composition of the European Court of Human Rights?

Which are two types of applications to the Court?

Which are official languages of the Court?

To ratify a convention Violation of human rights To lodge a complaint To declare an application admissible Adversarial procedure

Unprecedented in its scope as an international legal document, the Convention stands as a landmark in the development of international law.

What were the main differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

What do you know about the Constitution of the USA?

Define American federalism! Which are exclusively national powers?

Framers of the Constitution Threefold distinction Allocation of powers Concurrent powers

The Constitution expressly gives to the national government such important powers as levying taxes, but it makes no effort to prohibit the states from also exercising such authority within their own borders.

Who can become the President? Which are powers of the American president

(executive, legislative, judicial)? Which are the constitutional grounds for

impeachment?

Commander in Chief of the armed forces Chief Justice Articles of impeachment

The grounds for impeachment according to the Constitution are ‘treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.’ The last category is a less definite one, and in practice, it seems to cover any misconduct which affects the public welfare.