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Influences on law reform. There are many influences on the way our law is formed and it can come from a number of sources. Some of these influences may have more effects than others. It is also possible that in some situations there maybe conflicting interests about the way that the law should be reformed. There are official bodies whose work is to recommended changes in the law to the government. These are the Law Commissions and occasionally Royal Commissions. There are also pressure groups, which may provide the movement for law reform. Where a subject has a particularly high profile, Parliament may lean down to public opinion and alter the law. We saw this in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Law Commission in its consultation process will also obtain the views of pressure groups with a particular interest in the area of law under review. Events in the...

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