Ac 1.1

Question 1

What are the stages that occur for a billing in order

Answer 1

1) First reading
2) Second reading
3) Committee stage
4) Report stage
5) Third reading
6) The Lords
7) Royal assent

Question 2

Goverment parliamentary processes of law - How many parts are made up

Answer 2

• The monarch
• The houses of lords
  -The houses of commons

Question 3

What is Judicial precedent

Answer 3

• The source of law making in which they base around past decisons of court cases which which they can base their principle on.

Question 4

What are the exceptions to precedent

Answer 4

Distinguishing: A precedent may be overruled if the evidence in the case is strong enough to disregard ones from previous cases.

Overruling: Where a court higher up in the hierachy will determine if the case is wrong

Question 5

What is Statutory interpretation

Answer 5

Judges can make law by the way they interpret statues or acts of parliment. Statues are a written law and will help judges to judge their cases

Question 6

The 3 types of statutory interpretation

Answer 6

• The literal rule: Where courts simply look at the statue and apply them
• The golden rule: Is a modification of the literal rule. If the literal rule produces absurdity court can look for other ways to avoid it
• The mischief rule: Requires the court to look at the law before a legislation was passed to discover any gaps or mischief