10 Legal Checking your knowledge Week 4

Select the MOST CORRECT RESPONSE.

• Rules apply equally to all

• Laws are rules accepted by society to regulate the behaviour of all citizens. They apply equally to all.

• The law resolves disputes

The three features which distinguish a rule from a law are

• Authority, Consequence and Regulation

• Equality, Enforcement and Consequence

• Authority, Enforcement and Regulation

Who has the authority to create and validate the law?

• Courts

• Parliament

• Courts and Parliament

Consequences can be described as...

• Legally enforceable outcomes from breaching the law

• Going to jail

• Doing community service

Who does the law regulate?

• Citizens of society

• Police

• Courts

The three main reasons we have laws are...

• Protection

• Freedom

• Resolves Disputes

• All of these

Do not ambulate on the organic green material - which of the features of effective law is NOT being applied here.

• Known and Understood

• Applies Equally to All

• Enforceable

Being flexible is a feature of a good law.

• True

• False

Why should a law be 'prospective'?

• So that citizens know about them in advance.

• So that citizens can prepare for a new law.

• So that citizens are not taken by surprise when a new law is introduced.

• All of these

Why is it important that a law is enforceable?

• So people will obey it.

• So that it will be effective

• So that police can implement it properly

• All of these