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What is the topic of unit four in the second year of the "I think therefore I teach" blog?
Crime and punishment
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What is the focus of unit 4, section 1.1?
Describe processes used for
law making
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Why is memorization paramount for the unit 4 exam?
It is an exam without
notes
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What does it mean for unit 4 to be "synoptic"?
Links are made to
previous
topics
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What is a key component of the topic?
Understanding the
criminal justice system
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What does the topic enable you to describe?
Processes
used for
law making
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What are two key roles related to the legislative process that you should have knowledge of?
The roles of the
judges
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What did students do to understand impact on law?
They thought of
cases
/
campaigns
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What case involved Dunlop confessing in prison?
The
Julie Hogg
case
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What did the McPherson report come out for?
The
Stephen Lawrence
case
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What case saw about done by Sarah Payne?
Sarah's law
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What case is associated with Claire's Law?
Potentially
abusive
partners
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What suspects treatment led to PACE?
Maxwell Confait
case
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Why was PACE brought in?
To
protect
suspects
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How do laws happen according to number one?
Through
parliament
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Why are laws made by parliament important?
It's important part of
democracy
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What are laws made by parliament called?
Statutes
or
legislation
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About how many members of parliament are there?
Roughly
around 650
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Who do MPs represent?
Their
constitution
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Where do MPs go to discuss things?
The
house of commons
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Where do new law proposals usually come from?
The
government
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Approximately how many lords are in the House of Lords?
Approximately 800
lords
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About how many lords are hereditary peers?
Roughly
92
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Who approves any bill at the end of the process?
The
monarch
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What is the monarch's approval of a bill considered?
A process of politeness
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What is the first stage of a new law being proposed?
A
green paper
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What happens during the green paper stage?
New law is
proposed
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What is done with the green paper?
Open
for
public
debate
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What happens if the public supports the proposal?
It becomes a
white paper
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What happens if the public doesn't support proposal?
It's
dismissed
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What does the white paper become if it is supported?
A
bill
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Where is the bill presented?
In
parliament
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What is the first stage of a bill in parliament?
First reading
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Which bills must start in the House of Commons?
Finance bills
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What happens during the first reading?
It's
announced
and
voted
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What happens during second reading?
Open to debate, then
vote
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What happens during the committee stage?
Detailed study, suggest
amendments
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What happens during the report stage?
Report findings, vote on
amendments
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What happens during the third reading?
Final vote
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Where are these stages repeated?
Through the
house of lords
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