Глоссарий Юридической терминологии (русско-английский) - стр. 4
The glossary discusses terms in the following sections of the legal system:
1. Judicial systems and jurisdiction
2. The procedure of criminal proceedings
3. Civil litigation.
4. Stages of the trial
5. Preliminary hearing and jury trial
6. Legal ethics
7. Constitutional law
8. Crimes against the person, property, and human habitation
9. Offenses and causing harm. Intentional offenses. Murder,
10. Crimes against morality and drug abuse
11. Negligence and liability
12. Conclusion of contracts. Contract requirements. Third parties and contract execution
13. Unified Commercial Code and contracts for the sale of goods
14. Personal property and liens. Intellectual property
15. Wills. The main provisions of the will and essential reservations and instructions.
16. Disinheritance. Revocation of the will, expiration, and exceptions.
17. Absence of a will. A personal representative of the property. Agency law
18. Settlement of property status. Acquisition of ownership of the real estate. Multiple ownership of the real estate
19. Mortgage loans. Landlord and tenant
20. The procedure of marriage and divorce
21. Commercial organizations. Bankruptcy Law
22. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
The difficulty of translating terms lies in different legal systems in English-speaking countries and the Russian Federation. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to find similar legal terms in these legal systems, and some terms were described by direct translation from one language to another.
The leading legal systems in named countries are the Anglo-Saxon and Romano-Germanic legal systems. The most critical differences in the Anglo-Saxon and Romano-Germanic law systems are that the Anglo-Saxon system of law is based on judicial precedents. In contrast, the Romano-Germanic system is based on normative legal acts. Anglo-Saxon law is not divided into public and private (Anglo-Saxon law does not have a structure of clarity and systematicity, unlike the Romano-Germanic legal system).
English law is the legal system of England and most of the states of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. English law can be divided into two inextricably linked branches: general (or case law) and the law of statutes – acts of Parliament.
The essence of English common law is that the courts create it. Thus, in the course of hearings, based on the principle of stare decisis ("strictly adhering to what was decided earlier"), apply legal precedents to the facts and circumstances of each particular trial. The degree of legal force of judicial decisions depends on the court's position in the hierarchy of the judicial system. The hierarchy's highest court of appeal decisions is a binding legal precedent for application by lower courts.