Role of Judges
- Created by: Francesca
- Created on: 11-04-14 11:54
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- Role of Judges
- Preside over court preceedings
- Ensure that justice is done and the law is properly applied
- Decide sentencing in criminal cases
- 'Make Law'
- Interpreting and applying statue law
- Laws derived from Acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation
- Developing case law
- The law as established by the outcome of former cases
- Declaring common law
- Court of Appeal and above - concerned with clarifying the meaning of the law rather than simply applying it
- These courts can establish legal precedent (i.e. common law)
- Laws derived from decision in court cases and from general customs
- Court of Appeal and above - concerned with clarifying the meaning of the law rather than simply applying it
- Judicial Review
- Interpreting and applying statue law
- Chair public enquiries and commissions
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