Final Evaluation. English Common Law (Week 1) Flashcards

A law that has been approved by both Houses of Parliament and has been given Royal Assent by the Monarch. Also known as a statute.

• Common Law

• Act Of Parliament

• Civil Law

• Delegated legislation

A legal document, drafted in 1950, aimed at protecting human rights in states that are members of the Council of Europe.

• European Convention on Human Rights

• European Union law

• English common law

Law created by government ministers under powers given to them by an Act of Parliament. Also known as secondary legislation.

• Common Law

• Act Of Parliament

• Civil Law

• Delegated legislation

Crown Prerogative implies special rights and powers to which the Crown alone is entitled under common law. In modern times most of these powers are exercised by the government.

• True

• False

A body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts.

• Civil Law

• Common Law

Civil law

• A body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts. It influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where the outcome cannot be determined based on existing statutes or written rules of law.

• The type of law which covers disputes between individuals and organizations, and provides remedies such as monetary compensation.

• The body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of the English legal system.

English common law

• A body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts. It influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where the outcome cannot be determined based on existing statutes or written rules of law.

• The type of law which covers disputes between individuals and organizations, and provides remedies such as monetary compensation.

• The body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of the English legal system.

Private Law

• the state prosecuting an individual for behaviour that the state wishes to control and which is deemed to be morally wrong

• deals with relations between individuals where the state is not directly involved

• deals with the relationship between individual citizens and the state

European Union law is collection of treaties, law and court judgments which bind the Member States of the European Union.

• True

• False

Constitution is law created by government ministers under powers given to them by an Act of Parliament, also known as secondary legislation.

• True

• False