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Lesson One Bases of the Legal System I. Discuss the following questions: 1. In the United Kingdom, how can the judge decide whether an action is in conformity with the law? 2. What is the relationship between common law and case law? 3. What are the two main branches of the law? How do they overlap? 4. Why does an aggrieved person start criminal proceedings in the name of “private prosecutions”? 5. What is civil law mainly concerned about? II. Read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false: The bases of the English legal system are common law, case law, past decision