UNDERSTANDING MAIN POINTS___________________________________
3. Skim the text to understand its general meaning. Try to point out the main ideas of the text and write a plan for the text.
4. PREPOSITIONS. Choose the right preposition in brackets according to the contents of the sentences (on, by, in, from, as…as, to, with).
1) ... the 5th century various Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded Britain.
2) One of the two traditions of law in the world is based ... English Common law.
3) What legal code deals ... such civil relationship as marriage and divorce?
4) The lawmakers of many parts of Europe were often influenced ... the model of Roman law.
5) Common law, or case law system, differs ... Continental law in having developed gradually throughout history, not as the result of government attempts to codify every legal relation.
6) In most situations it is not necessary to distinguish illegal conduct ... consequences.
7) Though Canada is called a “common law country”, it has both case law and statute law ... well ... administrative law.
8) Private law, or civil law, consists ... the rules relating ... the relations between private persons and groups.
Insert one of the following words into the text in an appropriate form.