Question

Use the verbs in the right Tense form: With few exceptions, judges never (to like) to see themselves as creators of laws regarding that as the province of Parliament.

However, over the centuries judges (to be) responsible for making a great deal of law, and senior judges still (to do) so. If not, how could we (to develop) the common law?

The present British legal system (to form) the basis of the Judiciary – the third branch of government – and (to comprise) three

separate systems – that for England and Wales, that for Scotland and that for Northern Ireland.

The law as a whole (to consist) partly of statutes, or Acts of Parliament, and partly of common law. An order made by a minister of the Crown usually (to bring) modern statutes into effect.

By-laws (to be) a form of local legislation desiged to regulate the conduct of members of public.

The authority (to establish) the County Courts for hearing both criminal and civil cases. Common Law (to be) fundamentally judge-made law and lawyers (to develop) it over many centuries.

By 1250 a common law (to rule) the whole country. The Queen (to sign) the bill and it (to become) an Act of Parliament after it (to pass) in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (to adopt) it.

The spheres of criminal and civil law (to deal) with many concepts and ideas and ordinary people (not to understand) it easily.

The judges (to make) unwritten Law of England and (to base) it on cases of precedent. It (to express) the sound instincts of the people, the common sense in human activity and social life.