II. COMPREHENSION

1. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:

1. What does the term Roman law refer to?

2. What law in Rome was the first to set equal rights for plebs and patricians?

3. What legislation was used to draft the law of the twelve tables?

4. Why did the distinction between the jus gentium and the jus civile become obsolete?

5. What is Justinian I famous for?

6. When and where did Europeans begin a thorough study of Roman law?

7. What is Rome’s most important contribution to European legal culture?

2. Find in the text words and expressions which mean:

1. someone who legally belongs to a particular country and has rights and responsibilities there, whether they are living there or not;

2. not longer useful because something newer and better has been invented;

3. decided or arranged without any reason, often unfairly;

4. to include something as part of a group, system, plan etc;

5. to become known about or used by more and more people:;

6. the ability or right to control people or events;

7. an ordinary person who had no special rank in ancient Rome;

8. to persuade someone to do something;

9. someone who has a very detailed knowledge of law;

10. to write a plan, letter, report etc that will need to be changed before it is in its finished form.