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Tip curs: obligatoriu pentru Facultatea de Drept şi Administraţie Publică, Anul III (semestrul I), Zi/ID/FR.
Manual: Lavinia Nădrag, Manuela Stroescu – English for Law Students, Ed. Fundaţiei România de Mâine,
Bucureşti, 2002/6.
1. Civil law and common law systems have the same approach to criminal procedure.
a) True
b) False
2. England, Canada, and the United States are based on a civil law system.
a) True
b) False
3. In the civil law system, the judge ascertains the applicable law and the jury determines the facts.
a) True
b) False
4. When the judge has discretion to set the sentence at a maximum and minimum term within a broad
range permitted by law this is called indeterminate sentencing.
a) True
b) False
5. A determinate sentence means that the judge grants the convict the possibility of parole.
a) True
b) False
1. The United States Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate,
represents the ................................ of the government.
a) the executive branch
b) the legislative branch
2. The ................ addresses the rights of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of assembly and freedom of petition.
a) Third Amendment
b) First Amendment
3. The .................... guarantees a speedy public trial for criminal offenses; it requires trial by a jury,
guarantees the right to legal counsel for the accused, witnesses to testify in the presence of the
accused and the right of the accused to know the charges against him.
a) Sixth Amendment
b) Fifth Amendment
4. The ...................... are mostly interested in establishing social programs for people in need, such as
the poor, the unemployed, the elderly and they oppose military spending.
a) Republicans
b) Democrats
5. The flag of the .................... is also called the Union Flag.
a) United Kingdom of Great Britain
b) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. The detective stood ….. behind the door waiting for the assailant.
a) immovable
b) lifeless
c) motionless
d) static
4. In the sentence: He was booked for driving on the wrong side of the road. to book means:
a) to order or reserve something.
b) to take the name and address of a person guilty of a minor offence with a view to bringing a
prosecution.
c) to check the financial records of a company.
d) to take the name of a player who breaks the rules while playing, three such acts resulting in the
player’s dismissal from the field.
5. The word ............. means a plea that a person charged with a crime was somewhere else when
the crime was committed.
a) apology
b) excuse
c) alibi
d) forgiveness
Rezolvări şi răspunsuri:
I. 1. False; 2. False; 3. False; 4. True; 5. False.
II. 1. b; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. b;
III. 1. d; 2. d; 3. c; 4. b; 5. c.
Teme de casă
Traduceri de texte de lege din engleză în română