Legal And Academic Writing

Question 1

Types of authority

Answer 1

Legislation
Cases
Books
Newspapers
Web sources
Journals

Question 2

What is legislation ?

Answer 2

These are laws and rules made by parliament

Question 3

What are enacted laws called?

Answer 3

Acts of parliament or statutes

Question 4

What are acts of parliament known as

Answer 4

Primary legislation

Question 5

What is delegated legislation?

Answer 5

This is where parliament delegates it’s powers to ministers or local authorities

Question 6

What powers does the local government have

Answer 6

Making by-laws

Question 7

What’s the function of the legislative

Answer 7

To make laws

Question 8

What do you call a proposed law that is passed by parliament

Answer 8

Bill

Question 9

Name the 3 types of bills

Answer 9

Government bills
Private members bills
Private bills

Question 10

Private bills and government bills are also called

Answer 10

Public bills

Question 11

Who presents the government bill

Answer 11

Government minister

Question 12

Who presents a private members bill

Answer 12

Member of Parliament

Question 13

Who presents the private bill

Answer 13

National Assembly

Question 14

How many readings does the legislative process have

Answer 14

3 processes

Question 15

The first reading of the legislative process

Answer 15

This when the minister or member presenting the bill introduces it in parliament
It is read by the presenter
There is no debate of the bill

Question 16

The second reading of the legislative process

Answer 16

The bill is debated
The presenter of the bill gives details of what the bill is all about and what it tends to do

Question 17

In the committee stage, the bill is considered by

Answer 17

Committee of the whole house

Question 18

What happens to the bill during the committee stage

Answer 18

It is examined, Clause by clause

Question 19

What’s the purpose of the committee stage

Answer 19

To make sure the bill is perfect in terms of content, purpose, language and punctuation

Question 20

In the report stage members are free to

Answer 20

Make further amendments

Question 21

What happens in the third reading of the legislative process

Answer 21

The bill is read to the whole house

Question 22

What happens during the presidential assent

Answer 22

The bill has to be presented to the president for signing
Once the bill is signed, it immediately becomes law

Question 23

The statutory laws of Zambia are contained in a set of loose leaf volumes known as

Answer 23

The laws of Zambia

Question 24

Who is empowered to revise the laws of Zambia

Answer 24

Attorney General

Question 25

When were the laws of Zambia last revised

Answer 25

In 1997

Question 26

What’s mainly found in the ratio decindendi

Answer 26

The reasoning that is essential to the resolution of the case
The reason of the decision

Question 27

How to find the ratio decidendi

Answer 27

Isolate the material facts of a case
These are the facts that are legally relevant

Question 28

What’s mainly found in the facts

Answer 28

Facts are the “who, where, when, what and why” of the case

Question 29

The facts should have

Answer 29

History of the dispute
Events that led to the lawsuit
Legal claims
Defenses of each party
What happened in the trial court

Question 30

What’s mainly found in the issue

Answer 30

Questions of the law that the court must answer