Law Reform Flashcards
What are six influences on Law making
1) Major events
2) Government manifesto (budget)
3) European Union law
4) Law reform agencies
5) Media/public opinion
6) Pressure groups
Why is media a large impact on Law reforms
- leads about public awareness and concern, change can be made
Winterbourne View
What are the two categories of Pressure groups
- Sectional/cause
- Insider/outsider
What is a sectional, and what is a cause pressure group
- Sectional, only accommodate in their area of society
- Cause, promote ideal belief all around
What is an insider, and what is an outsider pressure group
- Insider, have direct contact with the gov
- Outsider, no direct contact with gov
What is the law commissions job
Reforming law
What act created the Law commission
Law Commission Act 1965
How is the law commission structured when it comes to the people
- 5 law commissioners, work for 5 years and then changed
- Chairman, that is changed every 3years
What are the 4 roles of the law commission
- Repeal (use statue act as a dustbin)
- Codify (statutes are simplified e.g Theft Act 1968)
- Consolidate (tell parliament to bring all similar law together)
- Reform (however, Parliament is reluctant to do so)
What act intended to make the law commission more influential
Law Commission Act 2009
What 2 new thing did the LCA 2009 establish
1) Chairman is now a high court judge instead of CoA
2) Parliament (Lord Chancellor) must give reason as to why they reject a reform suggestion
