English for Lawyers II - Revision
I Complete the following statements.
1. Roman civil procedure was divided in two stages – a stage _______________
____________________ and a stage ___________________________________ .
2. According to the US Constitution exclusively national powers are: ______________,
_________________________, _________________________ .
3. The grounds for impeachment according to the Constitution are _________________,
______________________ or other high crimes and ______________________ .
4. ________________ ________________ is the authority of the Supreme Court to
invalidate legislation or executive actions which, in the Court’ s considered judgment,
conflict with the Constitution.
II Supply the appropriate verb in the required form.
1. In case any of the Convention rights has been v......................................, an individual
or a state party to the convention may apply to the Court in Strasbourg.
2. Executive power is e...................................... by the president and the government.
3. In the USA executive power is ________ into a president.
4. After Mr Granić signed the European Convention on Human Rights on behalf of
Croatia, the Convention was r........................................ (officially adopted) by the
Croatian Parliament and became binding.
5. Everyone in the Republic of Croatia shall a.................................. by the constitution
and law and respect the legal order.
6. The European Convention for the Protection of Human rights and fundamental
Freedoms was signed in 1950 and e ............................... into force in 1953.
7. In the USA legislative procedure a bill becomes a law, after the President has
________ it.
III Turn the following verb phrases into noun phrases and translate the noun phrases into
Croatian.
VERB
NOUN
CROATIAN
to elect a president
election of a president
izbor predsjednika
to refer a case to the Grand
Chamber
to allocate powers
to govern a state
to infringe a right
IV Translate into English.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
izreći presudu = ..........................................................................................................
jednakost spolova = ....................................................................................................
vladavina prava = .......................................................................................................
služiti četverogodišnji mandat = ................................................................................
poštivati ljudska prava (NE respect) = .......................................................................
V Translate the following sentences into Croatian.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a
State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases
before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction.
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The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
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