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11. Courts have produced a great deal of case law in
interpreting codes that become out of date because of social change.
12. The clear distinction between legislature and judiciary has
weakened in many countries.
13. The courts are able to challenge the constitutional legality
of a law made by parliament.
14. Codifiers of German law aimed at conserving customs and
traditions peculiar to German history.

Task 7. Ask questions about the text. Answer them using: as far as I
know; his aim was to; in order to; it is important (not) to; for one thins..
for another; despite this; while adopting some ideas..; they aimed at..; to
conserve customs and traditions.. .

Task 8. Translate the following word combinations. Use them in
sentences of your own.
To exaggerate facts; to eliminate the confusion; to formulate a
comprehensive system; to have little impact on English law; peculiar to
Ukrainian history.

Task 9. Write out all the legal terms from the following text and
explain their meaning (or translate them into Ukrainian). Make up
the sentences of your own.
Task 10. Entitle the text.Read, translate and retell it. Make a written
translation of the first paragraph.

Task 11. Make up the dialogues on the basis of the following text.
Roman law
The Roman law is the law of ancient Rome from the time of the
founding of the city in 753 BC until the fall of the Western Empire in the
5th century AD. It remained in use in the Eastern, or Byzantine, Empire
until 1453. As a legal system, Roman law has affected the development of
law in most of Western civilization as well as in parts of the East. It forms
the basis for the law codes of most countries of continental Europe and
derivative systems elsewhere.
The term Roman law today often refers to more than the laws of
Roman society. The legal institutions evolved by the Romans had
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