The full series consists of: Test Your Professional English: Accounting Test Your Professional English: Business General ‘Test Your Professional Engish: Business Intermedate ‘Test Your Professional Engish: Finance ‘Test Your Professional Engish: Hotel and Catering Test Your Professional English: Law ‘Test Your Professional English: Management Test Your Professional Engish: Marketing Test Your Professional English: Medical Test Your Professional English: Secretarial TO THE STUDENT Alison Pohl Steve Flinders Steve Flinders ‘Simon Sweeney ‘Alison Poh Nick Brieger ‘Simon Sweeney ‘Simon Sweeney ‘Alison Poh! Alison Poh 1 SECTION 1 Introduction to law: basic terms The following terms introcuce you to “he law and basic legal terminology. Below are the definitions. Find the defirtion for each term. law enforcement agency authority court govern. judge lawyers legal action legislatior a body that is appointed to make a judgement or inquiry a country’s body of judges ‘an act or acts passed by a law-making body behaviour recognized Ey a community as binding or enforceable by authority legal proceedings t has authority to try criminas resolve disputes, or make other legal decisions an organization cesporsible for enfo:cing the law. especially the police a senior official ir. a court of law legal system rule the judiciary ¢sburat tribunal the body or system of nules recognized by a community that are enforceatle by established process the control resulting from following a community's system of rules members of the ‘egal profession to rule a society and control the behaviourNESTS NM A A SP RAL AUNS DBI ean ha SAE TEAEE Ons ae eT S &. introduction to jaw: concepts law enforcement agenoy 1 legislation tribunal iery ? At one level, laws can he meant found in society and to 5, body wth makes s ‘ounty. Of course, legal systems a case before a 1s to be true all Bi ________is both expensive and tine- , however, sei 3 The sources of law Law has its origins in the oarly devsiogenents of. here have beon major influences 07 the also be found in the laws of other ancient peopl five codes dealing wi ized society, and throught that we foflow today, Mate! 1@ desoriptions below, was still largely basis of all ora refers to the entire body of Fron La, Givil, commercial, and crimi ‘Are the folowing sentences about the sources of law true or false? ‘The Ten Commandments ase based on moral standards of behaviour, jons, scatter than to written +2 bodies. republics, and the state of Louisiana.ZY “¥ The subject matier of the legal system pan appear in both columns. something to charge someone with | plaintiff Sontiact crime damages & Now complete choosing from Criminal Law vs Civi reas awe wuy ow carck d [ro Ray THe For steaunc WS Fe po you Keer wes Gan Si = vei ~— nl le Gr > EI P Noto the dtncton ten damage and damages. Damepe {uncountable singly) fers to physical har: damages (uncountable paral tor to tnancialcomponsater that a person clas for hry or harm hat! hs been sulle