There are four main sources of law in England, legislation or Statute Law, common law, European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) consists of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some law applies throughout the whole of the UK this essay will discuss the operation of Precedent, the role played by the Court hierarchical and law reporting
Question 1 the different sources of law in England
There are four main sources of law in England, legislation or Statute Law, common law, European Union
Law and the European Convention on Human Rights the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) consists of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some law applies throughout the whole of the UK; some applies in only one, two or three countries There is no single series of documents that contains the whole of the law of the UK.
Legislation or statute Law is created through the House of Commons, or the House of Lords. And consists of 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) formally appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The other members of the House of Lords are people who have inherited aristocratic titles such as “Lord” or “Lady”, Each MP represents a constituency, electors vote using a “first-past-the-post” system. Each elector has one vote, and the candidate with the highest number of votes is elected as MP for that constituency. Laws are created through Parliament known as Acts of Parliament and formed through Law Commissions, Private Members Bills, Party manifestos, Royal Commissions, or through National emergency, crisis or new developments.
Common Law, also known as precedent, Law that is created by Judges and Courts and is also known as (Case-Law). The system was originally developed some time after the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is a common system of law that is
Bibliography: 1991 House of Lords decision known simply as R v R (1991 All ER 481) Jacqueline Connelly and Patrick Forsyth essay writing skills Open University block 1book by Redwood Books, Trowbridge and Wiltshire. Word count Pages 5, paragraphs 27, lines 124, words 1436