Stats: Law Making - Alevel Law

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	Answer	% Correct
The name for a draft law going through parliament	Bill	86%
Last stage, Monarch's approval of the bill	Royal Assent	79%
Stage when the bill is introduced for the first time, no discussion or voting	First Reading	71%
Stage with the main debate on the broad principles, vote takes places afterwards	Second Reading	71%
A firm proposal for new law	White Paper	71%
Type of DL made by Local Authorities or Public Corporations	Bylaws	64%
Stage where the bill is examined in detail by a standing group of 16-50 Mps	Committee Stage	64%
A consultation document for a new law	Green Paper	64%
Type of bill that becomes laws which only apply to particular individuals or organisations	Private	64%
Bills introduced by MPs	Private Member's	64%
Type of bill that becomes laws which apply to the whole country	Public	64%
Stage where the final vote on the bill takes place	Third Reading	57%
Type of DL made by Ministers and Government departments	Statutory Instruments	50%
Type of DL made by Monarch and Privy Council	Orders in Council	43%
Following stage where the amendments are reported back to the house	Report Stage	43%
Law made by a person or body other than Parliament but with the authority of it	Delegated Legislation	36%
Original Control of DL by Parliament is within the ...	Enabling Act	36%
Act that allows Parliament to delegate law-making power	Enabling Act/Parent Act	36%
Softened version of the Literal rule if the meaning would lead to and unfair/absurd result	Golden rule	36%
When a judge gives the words of an act their dictionary meaning whilst interpreting	Literal Rule	36%
Rule where judges consider 4 questions to discover what Parliament meant	Mischief rule	36%
System of precedent is based on the principle ___ which means 'stand by what had been decided'	Stare decisis	36%
Term: A precedent which must be followed	Binding	29%
Aids that can be found outside the act itself	Extrinsic	29%
Aids that can be found inside the statute itself	Intrinsic	29%
Term: The remainder of the judgement which judges are not bound to follow	Obiter dicta	29%
When the bill gets passed between both houses until they agree	Ping Pong Stage	29%
Term: Way to avoid binding precedent by showing a difference in the facts	Distinguishing	21%
Case Example, Criminal case, hair cut off claiming it was ABH , courts title it as assault due to psychological distress	DPP v Smith	21%
Term: Way to avoid binding precedent by a higher court disagreeing with a lower court's decision	Overruling	21%
Where a delegated body has failed to follow a procedure	Procedural Ultra Vires	21%
More open, modern approach, decides what Parliament's general purpose was	Purposive Approach	21%
Term: type of reform which officially ends the law so it's no longer valid	Repeal	21%
The main committee that scrutinise S.I's	Scrutiny Committee	21%
Example of a bill introduced by MPs (Act with year)	Abortion Act 1967	14%
Term: bringing together all the law both statutory and judicial precedent into one single law	Codification	14%
When the bill officially becomes law	Commencement	14%
Term: to draw together all the existing provisions in one Act	Consolidation	14%
Case: Duty of care and general liability in negligence established	Donoghue v Stevenson	14%
A method where judges follow previously decided cases where the facts are similar	Judicial Precedent	14%
Court control of D.L is done through...	Judicial Review	14%
The full time law reform body set up by the Law Commission Act 1965	Law Commission	14%
Case Example: Railway worker killed, widow failed to get compensation due to 'maintaining' not 'relaying or repairing'	LNER v Berriman	14%
Term: trying to persuade government ministers or individual MPs to support a cause	Lobbying	14%
Cases: Balfour v Balfour would be compared against...	Merritt v Merritt	14%
Term: A precedent which involves a point of law that has not been discussed before	Original	14%
Acts that allow the Commons to pass a bill without consent of the Lords: '____Acts 0000 and 0000'	Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949	14%
Term: A precedent which is not binding, judge can be convinced to follow	Persuasive	14%
Term: Way to avoid binding precedent through appealing to a higher court and a different decision is reached	Reversing	14%
Case Example of This: D charged with bigamy, the word 'marry' changed to be seen as 'to go through ceremony'	R v Allen	14%
Case Example: D tortured men, the ratio was that duress by threats is not a defence for murder, obiter is 'take an innocent life rather than sacrifice own'	R v Howe	14%
This precedent from the COA was followed by the Supreme court and decided that marital rape was a crime	R V R 1991	14%
Cases: Here R v Brown would be compared against...	R v Wilson	14%
Where an administrative body has done something no other would do in the same situation	Unreasonableness	14%
Case Example: D charged with impersonating a voter, court held no guilty as dead people aren't literally 'entitled to vote'	Whiteley V Chappell	14%
The Supreme Court can do this with their own past decisions by using the...	1966 Practice Statement	7%
An example of this is Shivpuri overruling...	Anderton v Ryan	7%
Who sits here? A high court judge, four other law commissioners and a...	Chairperson	7%
Bill introduced by the government to carry out manifesto promises	Government	7%
Case Example: Civil case, loss of tv reception, reasoned by analogy with Aldred's Case 1611 - court argued nobody had a right to a particular view	Hunter v Canary Wharf	7%
Used if there's two possible meaning, Judge chooses which one is most reasonable. (____ Version)	Narrow Version	7%
Law Commission law which only allows an injured trespasser to claim for death or personal injury	Occupiers Liability Act 1984	7%
Term: people who campaign with a particular interest influencing law making	Pressure Groups	7%
Case Example of This: Son murdered mother, court did not want him to inherit estate as set out in the Administration of Justice Act 1925	Re Sigsworth	7%
Case in which the obiter statement in the above case was followed by the COA	R v Gotts	7%
Case Example: Six women convicted under the Street Offences Act, were not 'in a street or public place' the judge focused on the mischief parliament wanted to solve	Smith V Hughes	7%
Where a delegated body has used powers given to them for unauthorised reasons	Substantive Ultra Vires	7%
Where is this usually found in? (latin term)	the ratio decidendi	7%
Supreme court did this to the decision of the COA in this case, deciding the occupier was liable for injuries to a trespasser	Tomlinson v Congleton	7%
Used if there's only one meaning and it would lead to an unfair result (___ Version)	Wide Version	7%
The case which stated the COA is bound by its own past decisions but with 3 limited exceptions	Young v Bristol Aeroplane	7%
Where an S.I must be specifically approved by Parliament to become law	Affirmative Resolution Procedure	0%
Case example of this	Aylesbury Mushrooms	0%
Example of this as an Act	Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act	0%
Where an S.I will become law within 40 days unless rejected by Parliament	Negative Resolution Procedure	0%
Case example of this	R v Home Secretary ex parte Fire Brigades Union	0%
Case Example: Court had to consider Adoption Act, Applicant had been convicted of murder and was detained due to a psychotic illness, thought he would be hostile towards his birth mother	R v Registrar General	0%
Example of this as an Act	Sentencing Act	0%
Case example of this	Strickland v Hayes/ R v Swindon NHS Trust	0%
Case with use of the per incuriam (in error) exception, COA refused to follow previous decisions of their own	Williams v Fawcett	0%

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