1/2 EXAM

• social cohesion - ability of a community to live together in peace, order and harmony by recognising that all people have rights and repsonsiiblities to contirbute to society
• fairness - all people can participate in the justice system and its processes should be open and impartial
• equality - all people should be treated in the same way but if the same treatment causes disparity, measures should be implemeneted to allow all to engage
• access - all people should be able to engage with the justice system and its processes on an informed basis
• effective law

  • clear
  • a relfaction of societal values
  • known
  • enforceable
  • stable
• common law - law made by judges in courts
• statute law - laws made in parliament by reps
• parliamentary soverignty - parliament passes laws to set up the courts