English Law is derived from three main sources.
· Judge-made Law. (Case Law).
Parliament is the Sovereign Law making source in the United Kingdom.
The Government of the day introduces new legislation for debate, modelling and subsequently voting on via The House of Commons and The House of Lords. Successful legislation is passed to The Monarch to receive The Royal Assent, thus becoming National Law.
Such Law takes precedence over law from any other source, though since The United Kingdom's membership of the European Union in 1972 this principle has been compromised, as explained later.
This Statute Law begins life as a Bill, a proposal for future legislation based upon electoral promises in a Party Political Manifesto, current political aspirations of The Government, when an urgent response is needed to events which influence Public welfare or Security or in complying with European Legislation. The Bill may be proposed by The Cabinet (Public Bill),for example: the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, or Individual backbench MP's. (Private Members Bills). For example: the Abortion Act 1967 proposed by David Steel. A third type of Bill, a 'Private Bill', for example: the University College London Act 1996, allows proposals by Public Authorities
Companies to be brought before Parliament to enact legislation concerning usually, more narrow objectives of the sponsor via a Member of Parliament. Acts giving power in the form of Delegated legislation to another body or person to create law, having the same force and effect as the Act of Parliament now outnumber the Acts themselves. For example: The Guard Dogs Act 1975 (Commencement No.1) Order 1975.
For many centuries however, our main form and source of law was Judge-made or Case Law.
It developed over the last Millennium originally as a unification
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