European courts, institutions, etc CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR LAW

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European courts, institutions, etc

Each of the sections on Europe below contain either spelling mistakes, wrong words, or wrong word forms. Identify and correct these words in each case. The European Union (EU) (This section contains 6 mistakes) This is a group of European notions that form a single economical community and have agreed on socialist and political cooperation. There are currently 25 member states. The Union has a Parliment and a main execution body called the European Commission (which is made up of members nomminated by each member state). The Council of Europe (This section contains 5 mistakes) This is one of the four bodies which form the basis of the European Union. The Council does not have fixed members, but the member states are each represented by the relevant government minister. The Council is headed by a President, and the Presidencey rotates among the member states in alphabetical order, each serving a six-month period. This means that in effect each member can control the aggenda of the Council, and therefore that of the European Union during their six-month period, and can try to get as many of its proposings put into legislative as it can. The European Convention on Human Rights (This section contains 8 mistakes) This is a convention signed by all members of the Council of Europe covering the rights and fundamentally freedoms of all its citizens, and aims to prevent violents and beaches of human rights. The convention recognises property rights, the right of citizens to privately, the due progress of law and the principal of legal review or appal. The key provisions are now incorporated by the Human Rights Act of 1998, which came into farce in the United Kingdom in October 2000. The European Court of Human Rights (This section contains 9 mistakes) This is a court that considers the rights of citizens of states which are parts to the European Convention for the protecting of human rights, and has jurisprudence over cases that cannot be setled by the European Commission of Human Rights (see below). It protects many base rights, including the right to life, freedom from fear, freedom from torture, freedom of speaking, freedom of religion worship, freedom of assemblage and asociation, etc (in fact, most of the articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on which the European Convention is based: see the section on Human Rights on pages 44 – 48). Its formal name is the European Court for the Protection of Human Rights. The European Commission of Human Rights (This section contains 5 mistakes) This is a body which invettigates any breaches and abusings of the European Convention on Human Rights. It attempts to end griefances, especially if they contraveen the articles detailed in the European Convention, and to help agrievved parties reach a settlement without recourse to the European Court of Human Rights (see above). The European Court of Justice (the ECJ) (This section contains 10 mistakes) This is a court set up to see that the principles of law as laid out in the Treaty of Rome are observed and applicated correctly in the European Union, and has juristic over issues of European Law. Its full name is the Court of Justice of the European Communities. The Court is responsible for settling dispites relating to European Union law, and also acting as a last Court of Appeal against judgementals in individual member states. Court judges in the ECJ are apointed by the governments of the member states for a period of six years. These judges come from all the member states, and bring with them the legality traditions of each state. The court can either meet as a full court, or in chombers where only two or three judges are present. The court normally conducts its business in French, although if an acting is brought before the court by or against a member state, the member state can choose the language in which the case will be heard. The court can hear actions against institutionals, or actions brought either by the Commission or by a member state against another member state. The court also acts as Court of Appeal for appeals from the Court of First Instance (CFI). The court also interprets legislation and as such acts in a semi-legislationary capacity. Note: most of the mistakes in this exercise are typical of mistakes made through carelessness. Always check your written work for similar mistakes. Remember that in law, careful and specific use of words (and their forms and spellings) is very important. A wrong word or a wrong spelling could change everything!

 

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