Criminoloy Unit 4 AC1.1

Question 1

What is the Parliament made up of?

Answer 1

House of Commons, House of Lords, and Monarch

Question 2

Who’s the House of Commons?

Answer 2

Elected members of the Parliament

Question 3

Who’s the House of Lords?

Answer 3

Appointed by the King. Question government

Question 4

Who’s the Monarch?

Answer 4

The King sings the bill

Question 5

What’s the Green Paper?

Answer 5

Public consultation document

Question 6

What’s the White Paper?

Answer 6

Formal proposals for reform

Question 7

What’s a bill?

Answer 7

A draft act presented to Parliament

Question 8

What’s the First Reading?

Answer 8

Name of bill and aims are read out, formal vote is taken

Question 9

What’s the Second Reading?

Answer 9

Main debate takes place and another vote

Question 10

What’s the Committee stage?

Answer 10

A group of representatives look at bill, and suggest appropriate amendments

Question 11

What’s the Report Stage?

Answer 11

Vote is taken on the proposed amendments

Question 12

What’s the Third Reading?

Answer 12

The final vote on bill

Question 13

What happens after Third Reading?

Answer 13

Stages are repeated in other house

Question 14

What happens at the Royal Assent?

Answer 14

Monarch signs the bill

Question 15

What happens after the Royal Assent?

Answer 15

The Bill becomes an act of Parliament

Question 16

What’s Judicial Precedent?

Answer 16

Laws made by judges in courts

Question 17

What’s Statutory Interpretation?

Answer 17

Alternative ways a judge can make law. Interpret words and phrases in a statue

Question 18

What’s the Literal Rule?

Answer 18

Word for word

Question 19

What’s the Golden Rule?

Answer 19

The Judge can substitute a reasonable meaning in the light of the statute as a whole

Question 20

What’s the Mischief Rule?

Answer 20

Enforce what the law needs to achieve

Question 21

What are the Unit 1 synoptic links?

Answer 21

Campaigns, changes in policy, and Clares Law

Question 22

What are the Unit 3 synoptic links?

Answer 22

R v R Maritial rape, Judicial Processes, and Magistrates/Judges