English Legal System – Revision
Questions
Sources of Law
1. What is the difference between primary and secondary legislation?
2. How does case law develop under the common law system?
3. What is the significance of the Human Rights Act 1998 in applying ECHR rights?
4. How did Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) influence the development of negligence
law?
Court Structure
5. Outline the appeal route in a criminal case starting from the Magistrates' Court.
6. What types of cases are handled by the High Court and its divisions?
7. What is the role of the Supreme Court in the UK legal system?
Judiciary
8. What are the different levels of judges in the UK legal system?
9. How is judicial independence maintained?
10. Why was the decision in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017)
significant?
Precedent and Statutory Interpretation
11. What is the principle of stare decisis?
12. Describe the three main rules of statutory interpretation and give an example of
each.
13. What precedent was set by R v R (1991) regarding marital rape?
Questions
Sources of Law
1. What is the difference between primary and secondary legislation?
2. How does case law develop under the common law system?
3. What is the significance of the Human Rights Act 1998 in applying ECHR rights?
4. How did Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) influence the development of negligence
law?
Court Structure
5. Outline the appeal route in a criminal case starting from the Magistrates' Court.
6. What types of cases are handled by the High Court and its divisions?
7. What is the role of the Supreme Court in the UK legal system?
Judiciary
8. What are the different levels of judges in the UK legal system?
9. How is judicial independence maintained?
10. Why was the decision in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017)
significant?
Precedent and Statutory Interpretation
11. What is the principle of stare decisis?
12. Describe the three main rules of statutory interpretation and give an example of
each.
13. What precedent was set by R v R (1991) regarding marital rape?
