The role of the judge in the common-law tradition differs from the role of the judge in the civil-law tradition in that ______.

a. judges in the common-law tradition have much more discretion to interpret the law
b. judges in the common-law tradition are charged with finding the truth
c. judges in the common-law tradition play a much more active role in trials
d. judges in the common-law tradition do not rely on precedent as much as judges in the civil-law tradition
e. judges in the civil-law tradition act more as neutral umpires than do judges in the common-law tradition


a. judges in the common-law tradition have much more discretion to interpret the law

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