Paper Two: Section A (Law Making)

Question 1

Parliamentary law making: The legislative process

Question 2

Parliamentary law making: Greeen and white papers

Question 3

Parliamentary law making: Different types of bill

Question 4

Parliamentary law making: Legislative staged in the House of Commons and the House of Lords

Question 5

Parliamentary law making: advantages and disadvantages of the legislative process

Question 6

Parliamentary law making: disadvantages of the legislative process

Question 7

Summary of parliamentary law making

Question 8

What is delegated legislation?

Question 9

Delegated legislation: Orders in Council

Question 10

Delegated legislation: Statutory Instruments

Question 11

Delegated legislation: By-laws

Question 12

Delegated legislation: Control by Parliament

Question 13

Delegated legislation: Control by the Courts

Question 14

Delegated legislation: reasons for the use of delegated legislation and the effectiveness of the controls of Delegated legislation

Question 15

Advantages of delegated legislation

Question 16

Disadvantages of delegated legislation

Question 17

Summary of delegated legislation

Question 18

Rules of Statutory interpretation

Question 19

Literal rule

Question 20

Golden rule

Question 21

Mischief rule

Question 22

Judicial precedent: Doctrine of Precedent including stare decisis, ratio decideni, Obiter dicta

Question 23

The hierarchical of the courts: Binding, persuasive and original precedent, overruling, reversing and distinguishing precedent

Question 24

Law reform: influences on parliament; political, public opinion, media, pressure groups, lobbyists including the law commission

Question 25

Law reform by the law commission

Question 26

Advantages and disadvantages of the different influences on law making ; including the work of the Law Commission