3 Read the text and choose the appropriate word or word combination from the box to fill in the gaps.

(( unfairly treated, a supreme judicial body, decisions, jurisdictions, specialize in, a variety of courts, youth, appeal to, are binding upon, appeals courts, time-consuming ))

All 1) _____ tend to have lower courts, 2) _____ and high/supreme courts. The role of each and its 3) _____ is strictly defined in relation to other courts. There are two main reasons for having 4) _____. One reason is that a particular court can 5) _____ particular types of legal actions, for example, family courts and 6) _____ courts. The other reason is that if a person considers that his case was 7) _____ in a lower court he can 8) _____ a higher court which can reverse or uphold the decision of a lower court. The decisions of a higher court 9) _____ lower courts. At the top of this hierarchy is 10) _____, but the process of taking an action from a lower court to the highest court may be very costly and 11) _____.

All 1) _ decisions___ tend to have lower courts, 2) ___ appeals courts __ and high/supreme courts. The role of each and its 3) _ jurisdictions _ is strictly defined in relation to other courts. There are two main reasons for having 4) ___ a variety of courts __. One reason is that a particular court can 5) ____ specialize in _ particular types of legal actions, for example, family courts and 6) ___ youth __ courts. The other reason is that if a person considers that his case was 7) ___ unfairly treated __ in a lower court he can 8) __ appeal to ___ a higher court which can reverse or uphold the decision of a lower court. The decisions of a higher court 9) __ are binding upon ___ lower courts. At the top of this hierarchy is 10) __, a supreme judicial body ___, but the process of taking an action from a lower court to the highest court may be very costly and 11) ___ time-consuming ))__.