influences

• pressure groups - organisations seek to influence law + policies - based on opinions and views of members

  cant make laws only heavily influence

  cause government to reconsider law - Hunting Act 2004
• 2 types PG's - Cause & sectional
• Cause - share attitudes and values

  • seek to advance various causes e.g charities human rights
  • e.g. Greenpeace, Fathers4Justice
  • membership open to all
  • motivated by moral issues
• media -

  • public made aware of relevant issues = voting public
  • important for gov to respond to public needs - elections
• 2 types media coverage

  1. social
  2. traditional
• social media

  • platforms - snapchat twitter

  Example SM influencing law - Grenfell tower fire

  • carry out investigations - Parliament made cladding illegal + banned it sales
• traditional media:

  • newspaper, tv, radio

  example of traditional media influencing law = Jamie Oliver introducing healthier school meals :

  • t.v. programme
  • led to Education Regulation Act 2006
• political - by parliament

  • express ideas for new laws in manifest and voting public = vote party reflects views/opinions
  • 97% gov make public bills
  • 4 ways - repeal, creation, consolidation and codification (PACE 1984)

  example - creation of Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2007 after 9/11 attacks

  • lobbying - letter, email, get attention
• judicial influence -

  • develop law slowly - doctrine of precedent
  • major developments - tort Donoghue v Stevenson
  • case law if not already made - influence to expand topic

  example, R v R 1991 - sexual offences act 2003

  + can fill gaps in law

  + can see patterns

  + 1st hand knowledge of issues in society

  • retrospective effect - address something already happened
  • only make precedent law
  • unelected