14.5 Factors that Affect the Ability of the Courts to make Law - Cost and Time

Question 1

What is the cost factors that limit the court?

Answer 1

• legal representation
• court fees

Question 2

what are the time factos that limit the court?

Answer 2

lengthy court delays can extend any vulnerabilities of the parties and detract from being able to achieve justice

Question 3

What are ways that cost assists courts to make law?

Answer 3

high cost may mean that only meritorious and legitimate claims are prused all the way to appeal courts

Question 4

How do courts limit the ability of courts to make law?

Answer 4

• high costs can deter liticants who cannot afford these costs from pursing their rights in court
• high costs can deter parties from the appeals process

Question 5

How can time affect the abilty for courts to make law?

Answer 5

• courts can make law reletively quicker once a dispute has been brough before them
• courts are not required to follow lengthy processes like those invovled in making a bill

Question 6

What are ways that time limits courts abilty to make law?

Answer 6

• some courts can take months to hear and determine complex cases
• parties can be delayed in getting a case ready for trial