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| Question | Answer |
| What is legislation? | Laws, considered collectively, or the process of making and enacting laws |
| Name 3 sources of UK law | Legislation, Common Law, European Law |
| How many parliaments are there in the UK? Which is the only one that has the power to pass laws which affect all 4 countries? Where is it located? | One for each country, each with some devolution. The London one. |
| Name different categories of primary legislation. | Public general acts, Local and personal Acts, Hybrid Bills, Private Members' bills, Financial bills |
| What laws fit in the public general acts? | All the laws that apply to everyone in the UK |
| What laws fit the personal or private Acts? | Laws that apply to specifically named legal entities (firms), localities, and so on. They do not concern the broader public. |
| What laws fit private members' bills and financial bills? | Those proposed by non-members of the government, and those concerning regulations of revenue of the Annual budget proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| What is common law? Where is it applied and why? What expression encompasses the idea which backs this law? | A legal system where precedent is given great importance. The idea, stare decisis, that if a court has taken a decision in the past based on the same knowledge, then any future courts would follow the same reasoning and come to the same conclusion. |
| What is the magistrates' court? How many cases are tried in these courts? | The magistrates' courts are the courts which deal with the majority of criminal offenses: 90% of criminal cases. |
| How many different categories of offenses are there in the court? Name them and explain which fall into which category and comment | There are three. Summary, either-way, indictable offenses. The first concern offenses of lesser importance and are dealt with without a trial by jury. Either-way offenses can be dealt either with or without a trial by jury. A defendant can ask for a trial by jury, risking to get a tougher sentence |
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