ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM

Question 1

Scotland and Northern Island have their own…

Answer 1

Legal system.

Question 2

What is a legal duty?

Answer 2

It governs the relations between people and requires them to do or refrain from doing certain things.

Question 3

Define contract law

Answer 3

Agreements between individuals.

Question 4

Define criminal law

Answer 4

The right of the state to punish individuals.

Question 5

Define equity

Answer 5

Based on duties owed to other individuals on the basis of a legal concept of “conscience”.

Question 6

Define private law

Answer 6

It is concerned with the private relationships between individuals (including companies).

Question 7

Define public law

Answer 7

It is concerned with both relationships between individuals and the State, and with the State enforcing certain standards of behaviour.

Question 8

Is equity law private or public?

Answer 8

Private.

Question 9

Is constitutional & administrative law private or public?

Answer 9

Public.

Question 10

Is contract law private or public?

Answer 10

Private.

Question 11

Is tort law private or public?

Answer 11

Private.

Question 12

What is Tort?

Answer 12

An act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another and amounts to a civil wrong for which courts impose liability.

Question 13

Is criminal law private or public?

Answer 13

Public.

Question 14

Is land law private or public?

Answer 14

Private.

Question 15

Is company law private or public?

Answer 15

Private.

Question 16

Is EU law private or public?

Answer 16

Both.

Question 17

What are the two principal institutions which can be said to make law in the English Legal system?

Answer 17

Parliament and the courts.

Question 18

What does parliament consist of?

Answer 18

Parliament consists of the Queen, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

Question 19

What do the courts consist of?

Answer 19

The courts consist of independent, non-elected judges.

Question 20

What does the government do?

Answer 20

The Government makes and implements policy.

Question 21

What does parliament do?

Answer 21

Passes legislation.

Question 22

What is the Queen?

Answer 22

Head of State.

Question 23

What is a custodial sentence?

Answer 23

A judicial sentence, i.e prison.

Question 24

What is a magistrates court?

Answer 24

Court of first instance.

Question 25

What is a high court?

Answer 25

Court of first instance, and appeals court.

Question 26

What is a crown court?

Answer 26

Court of first instance.

Question 27

What is a supreme court?

Answer 27

Appeals court.

Question 28

What type of law does the supreme court deal with?

Answer 28

Criminal and civil.

Question 29

What type of law does the court of appeal deal with?

Answer 29

Criminal and civil.

Question 30

What type of law does the county court deal with?

Answer 30

Civil law.

Question 31

What type of law does the high court deal with?

Answer 31

Criminal and civil.

Question 32

What type of law does the magistrates' court deal with?

Answer 32

Criminal law.

Question 33

What type of law does the crown court deal with?

Answer 33

Criminal law.

Question 34

What does criminal law concern?

Answer 34

The relationship between an individual and the rest of the community.

Question 35

What does civil law concern?

Answer 35

The relationship between individuals in that community and do not involve or concern the community as a whole.

Question 36

What is a synonym for legislation?

Answer 36

Statute.

Question 37

What is a green paper?

Answer 37

A consultation document on possible new law.

Question 38

What is a white paper?

Answer 38

It incorporates the government's firm proposals for the new law.

Question 39

What comes after the green, then white paper?

Answer 39

An Act will then begin its life as a document known as a Bill.

Question 40

What comes after a 'Bill'?

Answer 40

It will it eventually become an Act of Parliament, aka a statute.

Question 41

What is The Doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty also known as?

Answer 41

Doctrine of Parliamentary Supremacy

Question 42

What is The Doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty?

Answer 42

The doctrine that only Parliament can make or unmake a law meaning that; Parliament has the freedom to make laws of any kind, and Statute cannot be overridden by any body outside Parliament.

Question 43

What is consolidation?

Answer 43

Where one statute re-enacts law which was previously contained in several different statutes- it 'tidies up' the law.

Question 44

What is codification?

Answer 44

Where all the law on some topic, which may previously have been covered by common law, custom and even statute(s), is brought together in one new statute.

Question 45

What is case law?

Answer 45

Case law is law that has been established by following decisions made by judges in earlier cases.

Question 46

What are Bye-Laws?

Answer 46

Laws that can be made by local authorities to deal with local issues within their own area.

Question 47

What are the EU instituitions?

Answer 47

1. The council of the european union 2. The european commission 3. The parliament 4. the court of justice of the european union

Question 48

What can the EU legislation be split between?

Answer 48

Primary and secondary legislation.

Question 49

What is EU primary legislation?

Answer 49

Its founding treaties.

Question 50

What is the EU secondary legislation?

Answer 50

Regulations, Directives and Decisions.