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Law
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Contents
37 topics, 169 subtopics
  1. The Nature of Law243
  2. The European Union and English Law50
  3. Legal Personnel and the Judiciary82
  4. Access to Justice and Funding39
  5. Parliamentary Law Making36
  6. Delegated Legislation43
  7. Statutory Interpretation67
  8. Judicial Precedent35
  9. Law Reform42
  10. The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution39
  11. The Criminal Courts and Sentencing45
  12. Lay People: Magistrates and Juries57
  13. and 25 more
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The European Union and English LawQuestions
The European Union and English Law
The Institutions of the European Union
  1. What is the composition of the Council of the European Union?
  2. What is the primary legislative function of the Council of the European Union?
  3. What role does the European Commission play in initiating EU legislation?
  4. How does the European Commission ensure member states comply with EU law?
  5. What is the European Commission's role regarding the day-to-day running of the EU?
  6. How are members of the European Parliament selected?
  7. What are the two main functions of the European Parliament?
  8. What is the primary function of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding EU law?
  9. Why is the Court of Justice of the European Union important for consistency across the EU?
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The Institutions of the European Union
  1. Government ministers from each member state.
  2. It is the main decision-making body that adopts EU legislation, often jointly with the European Parliament.
  3. The European Commission proposes new EU legislation.
  4. It enforces EU law against member states.
  5. It manages the day-to-day business of implementing EU policies.
  6. They are directly elected by EU citizens.
  7. It debates and passes EU laws jointly with the Council, and scrutinises other EU institutions.
  8. It interprets EU law.
  9. It ensures uniform application of EU law across all member states.
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Fatal Offences Against the PersonQuestions
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Loss of Control
  1. What is the legal effect of successfully pleading loss of control as a defence to murder?
  2. Under which statute is the partial defence of loss of control found?
  3. What must have caused the defendant's loss of self-control for the defence to apply?
  4. Name the two qualifying triggers for loss of control.
  5. Explain the 'fear trigger' for loss of control.
  6. What must the defendant show to rely on the 'anger trigger' for loss of control?
  7. Can sexual infidelity on its own amount to a qualifying trigger for loss of control?
  8. What objective test must be satisfied for the loss of control defence?
  9. Under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, must the loss of self-control be sudden?
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Loss of Control
  1. Liability is reduced from murder to voluntary manslaughter.
  2. Section 54 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
  3. A qualifying trigger.
  4. (1) Fear of serious violence from the victim, and (2) circumstances of an extremely grave character causing the defendant to have a justifiable sense of being seriously wronged.
  5. The defendant lost self-control due to a fear of serious violence from the victim against the defendant or another identified person.
  6. That circumstances of an extremely grave character caused them to have a justifiable sense of being seriously wronged.
  7. No, sexual infidelity alone cannot constitute a qualifying trigger.
  8. A person of the defendant's sex and age, with a normal degree of tolerance and self-restraint, might have reacted in the same or similar way.
  9. No, the loss of self-control need not be sudden.
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Contract TermsQuestions
Contract Terms
Express and Implied Terms
  1. What are express terms in a contract?
  2. How can express terms be communicated between contracting parties?
  3. What are implied terms in a contract?
  4. Name the three sources from which implied terms may be incorporated into a contract.
  5. Give two examples of statutes that may imply terms into contracts.
  6. When may terms be implied into a contract by custom or trade usage?
  7. Why might a court imply a term to give business efficacy to a contract?
  8. What is the business efficacy test for implying terms?
  9. Explain the officious bystander test.
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Express and Implied Terms
  1. Express terms are terms that have been explicitly agreed upon by the parties to a contract, whether orally or in writing.
  2. Express terms can be communicated either orally or in writing.
  3. Implied terms are terms that have not been expressly stated by the parties but are incorporated into the contract by statute, custom, or the courts.
  4. Statute, custom, and the courts.
  5. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
  6. Where there is a well-established practice in a particular trade or locality.
  7. To make the contract work as the parties must have intended, where the term is necessary for this purpose.
  8. Courts may imply terms where the term is necessary to make the contract work as the parties must have intended.
  9. It asks whether the term is so obvious that if an officious bystander suggested it, both parties would immediately agree.
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