AC1.1

Question 1

Parliament: Made up of who

Answer 1

• House of Commons
• House of Lords
• The Monarch

Question 2

Government processes

Answer 2

Public consultation in the form of the green paper, proceeds onto the white paper which allows a draft act called a Bill which is presented to parliament

Question 3

Legislative process

Answer 3

• First reading
• Second reading
• Committee stage
• Report stage
• Third reading
  (Repeated in both houses)
• Royal assent

Question 4

Judicial processes

Answer 4

When judges make law in court
(Donoghue v Stevenson)
Judges need to apply the law consistently and use the same principles in similar cases.

Question 5

Statutory interpretation

Answer 5

Judges are sometimes called upon to interpret words and phrases in existing precedent and have the ability to interpret it in the way they see fit
(Whiteley v Chappell)