Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

"It is a myth that judges in the United Kingdom do not make law." Discuss. Within the United Kingdom, Judges are the cornerstones of the legal system. As arbiters of the law they play a vital role in ensuring a number of key functions are adhered to. Namely, supervision of proceedings and interpreting matters of the law. Historically, the legal systems within the United Kingdom were based largely on judge-made law (law developed through decisions by judges necessary to decide cases brought before them - called "common law" or case-law) until around the seventeenth century. Each jurisdiction developed its own forms of common law, with Scotland being especially distinct from the rest. The doctrine of Parliamentary supremacy ensures that Parliament is invested with the sole power to make law in the form of statutes. The role of the judges was traditionally one of interpretation and dispute resolution but increasingly members of...

To see the full version of this document, and 145,320 others