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Criminal Law W111: B01 Unit 3 English Legal System

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Law Reports Abbreviations
Ac,
All er,
Bcc
22  cards
Law Journals Abbreviations
Cl,
Cli,
Clj
26  cards
Government/Judicial Abbreviations
Ca,
Ce,
Eat
11  cards
Establishment and Key Concepts 1
Date of magna carta,
What were the four main courts fo...,
What ensured equity law stands ab...
13  cards
Establishment and Key Concepts 2
What stated the supremacy of the ...,
What reduced the house of lord s ...,
What classified the royal assent ...
9  cards
Evolution and Roles
Who is the lc and what is their role,
What roles are there in the supre...,
What authority means the sc isn t...
23  cards
Statutory Interpretation
Give an example of the use of the...,
When was the golden rule set out,
Gve an example of the use of the ...
11  cards
Parliament
What does parliament consist of,
Who must approve a bill to become...,
Under what act states that there ...
30  cards
Pre-Legislative Process: Introducing an Act of Parliament
On major matters who may issue a ...,
What is a green paper,
Who is allowed to review the gree...
27  cards
The Process In Parliament
Where will a bill start,
What bills must begin in the hoc,
What is the diagram for passing a...
29  cards
Criticism of the legislative process
What committee said there were 4 ...,
What were the 4 main categories o...,
How many recommendations did the ...
11  cards
Parliamentary Sovereignty
What does it mean by parliamentar...,
What is parliamentary sovereignty...,
What is the concept of the sovere...
24  cards
Doctrine of Precedent
What is the english system of pre...,
What does stare decisis mean,
What is entailed in the judgement...
15  cards
Doctrine of Precedent: Original, Binding, Persuasive
When is an original precedent cre...,
When creating original precedent ...,
When a judge uses similar cases t...
20  cards
Law Reporting
For how long have written records...,
What is a problem with old writte...,
The earliest reports from about 1...
7  cards
Precedent & Acts of Parliament
What 3 powers are precedent subor...,
What does it mean by precedent is...,
In what situation did an act of p...
25  cards
Hierarchy of the Courts
In england and wales what are the...,
What are appellate courts,
What is the order of the court hi...
17  cards
THE COURT OF APPEAL- Its own decisions (civil) & Criminal division
What is the first rule of the coa...,
What rule comes from the case of ...,
Briefly what are the 3 exceptions...
22  cards
THE COURT OF APPEAL-Decisions of courts above it
What are the two divisions of the...,
What courts is the court of appea...,
What judge has controversially di...
19  cards
Distinguishing, Overruling & Reversing
What is distinguishing,
How can a judge distinguish a case,
What are the 2 cases which demons...
12  cards
Judicial Law-making
What is the school of thought reg...,
How do judges now actually go fur...,
Where do nearly all the main rule...
18  cards
THE SUPREME COURT/HOL- Practise Statement General knowledge
In what year did the lord chancel...,
What case initiated the creation ...,
What was the rule made in 1898 wh...
15  cards
THE SUPREME COURT/HOL-Practise Statement Cases
What when was the first case use ...,
Describe the case of corway v rim...,
Which case did corway v rimmer 19...
27  cards

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