WorksheetsAC1:1 Judicial Processes
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In England and Wales, laws are made by:
Parliament and the Monarch
The Monarch and the Judiciary
Parliament and the Judiciary
Parliament
In terms of law making, the role of the judge is to:
Change the law where it is in the public interest to do so.
Another word for judge- made law is:
common law
Higher Courts such as the Supreme Court can overrule precedents set in lower courts:
False
True
An example of judicial precedent:
Donoghue v Stevenson
R v Maginnis
Corkery v Carpenter
Donoghue v Stevenson is the basis for the law of
Necessity
Trespass
Negligence
The Mischief Rule
Statutory Interpretation is:
A decision made in the Magistrates' Court
Where a judge explains of clarifies the meaning of a law
A judicial decision based on past judicial decisions.
All of the above
The three rules of statutory interpretation are the Literal Rule, the Golden Rule and the
Rule of law
Rule of thumb
Mischief rule
Rule for life
An example of statutory interpretation is found in:
All of the following
Alder vs George
Corkery and Carpenter
R v Maginnis
What is the literal rule?
The literal rule requires words in statutes should be given their ordinary meaning.
In Corkery v Carpenter, the defendant was drunk in charge of a
Carriage
Boat
Horse
Bicycle
In judicial law making, the golden rule is defined as
The judgement in R v R was:
That judicial precedent should be followed at all times
