(exam) topic1- Process Of Law Making✅

Question 1

What are the 11 steps to making a law?

Answer 1

1. Green paper
2. white paper
3. bill
4. 1st reading
5. 2nd reading
6. Committee
7. Report
8. 3rd reading
9. act
10. royal assent
11. Law

Question 2

1) What is a democracy?
2) what is the green paper?
3) what is the white paper?
4) what’s a repeal?
5) what’s an bill?
6) what’s a act?

Answer 2

1) practising principles of social equality
2) report of gov. Proposals & suggestions on a peice of legislation
3) more structured set of ideas followed after the green paper
4) annulling a law or act of parliament
5) bill= draft version of a proposed law
6) act= another word for a law

Question 3

What are the two things you have to be before becoming a judge?

Answer 3

Solicitor ——> barristor then judge

Question 4

What is the role of the select committee?

Answer 4

They gather ppl to discuss whether a peice of legislation is the right decision or not

Question 5

What are the 4 main roles of a judge?

Answer 5

1) actively interpret and analyse law
2) overview someone’s punishment using correct legislation
3) act in an advisory role for select committees/ legal expertise
4) have to ensure punishments are fair and human right compliant

Question 6

Judicial process:

1) what is judicial precedent?
2) what is statutory interpretation?

Answer 6

1) judge interprets the law in a certain way for the first time and sets a precedent for future reference
2) higher judges are Called upon to interpret the meaning of a law in court for fairness