Eval - parliamentary law making

• Advantage - wide range

  • Wide ranging can reform areas of law in ine act
  • Easier to find law
  • E.g theft act 1968 reformed all the law om theft.
  • Changing the law by precedent can only make small changes. They can onlynrule on the point of law they are deciding
• Advantage - broad policy

  • set broad policy
  • gives power to others to make detailed rules
  • general structure laid down by parliament
  • allows greater detail
• Advantage - consultation

  • Before a bill is introduced there is consultation on the proposed changes of law
  • Gov can consider support or objections to it
  • Green + white papers make sure the proposed law receives consultation
• Advantage - democratic:

  • parliamentary law is made by democratically elected representatives
  • Parliament is answerable to electorate
  • There has to be a general election
  • Gov can be voted out by the electorate if it doesn’t meet expectations
• Disadvantage - lack of time

  • Parliament doesn’t have time to deal with all reforms suggested
  • Especially in technical areas of law
  • Law commission proposed changes on non fatal offences act as it was outdated
  • A draft bill was published still not been reformed
• Disadvantage - long process

  • Has many stages
  • Takes several months
  • Bill can be altered several times
  • Final act won‘t be as clear and comorehensive
• Disadvantage - gov controls:

  • little time given to private member bills
  • private bill can be easily voted out
  • Not many private bills become law even if they are important
• Disadvantage - complexity:

  • Very long and complex
  • Difficult to understand
  • Many appeals are about interpretation of acts
  • Detailed rules are needed not always possible to include them
  • Necessary to give power to people to make them detailed