POLI 3130 QUIZ 3

________ was a prominent English Legal Scholar who hugely impacted American law through his Commentaries on Laws of England

William Blackstone

Civil jury trials are common in Australia, Ireland, and the US - T/F

False - (Common in the US, but less common in Australia and Ireland)

Name the three key legal documents that established legal rights of English Citizens.

Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Act of Settlement

William the Conqueror won in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in ________

England

Australia, Ireland and the US are all "Loser Pay" Systems - T/F

False - (Australia and Ireland are loser pays, US is not)

Great Britain contains all countries of the United Kingdom except _______

Northern Ireland

Ireland is a member of the European Union - T/F

True

Australia and the US both have Federal and State Court Systems - T/F

True

English Common Law has been distributed to every continent on the globe - T/F

True

Unlike the US, Australia and Ireland have two different types of lawyers: Barristers and Solicitors - T/F

True

Ireland is the only common law legal system in the European Union - T/F

True (the rest are Civil law systems)