1. Unit 3 BRANCHES OF ENGLISH LAW
Snježana Husinec, PhD;

2. CLASSIFICATION OF LAW Remember the basic definition of LAW.
Can the system of rules that we call LAW be subdivided? Which branches can it be subdivided in?
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Are some of the branches related to each other in any way? Can you somehow classify them? According to which criterion?

3. National law vs. international law
Where does it apply? Who are the subjects? What are the sources?
Find the definitions in the text.
NATIONAL LAW = _________________________________________
(PUBLIC) INTERNATIONAL LAW = _____________________________

4. Substantive law vs. procedural law
What does it substantive law regulate, and what is regulated by procedural law?
Find definitions in the text.
SUBSTANTIVE = ___________________________________________
PROCEDURAL = ___________________________________________

5. Public law vs. private law
What disputes is it concerned with?
Find the defintions in the text.
PUBLIC LAW = ____________________________________
PRIVATE LAW = ____________________________________

6. Civil law vs. Criminal law
What does civil law regulate, and what criminal?
Find the defintions in the text.
CIVIL LAW = _____________________________________________
CRIMINAL LAW = _________________________________________

7. Do the following branches belong to the PUBLIC or PRIVATE law?
Criminal law, Revenue law, Administrative law, Contract law,
Tort law, Constitutional law, Family law, Employment law
PUBLIC LAW PRIVATE LAW
Read the text and sort out the branches of law mentioned in the text as PRIVATE or PUBLIC law.

8. Branches of law
Read the text once again and do ex. IV and V.

9. CIVIL LAW vs. CRIMINAL LAW
What is the basic difference between civil and criminal law?
How do we call the people involved in civil procedure and those in criminal procedure?
Read the text on civil and criminal law and do ex. VI.
Do ex. VII and VIII.

10. NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL
Vocabulary practice Classify the terms in ex. VII under the following headings:
PUBLIC PRIVATE
NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL

11. Course descriptions
I Find a law course on the web page of a top American or British law school that you like and summarize its contents in your notebook.
Compare it with a course description of your colleagues.
Best American Law Schools ranked in 2017:
Yale University --- Stanford University --- Harvard University --- University of Chicago --- Columbia University --- New York University
Top 5 UK universities for law in 2018:
Cambridge University --- Oxford University --- London School of Economics --- University College London --- Glasgow University
II Find a course description on the web page of your university and summarize its contensts in English.