Unit 4 Quiz

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1. What is Judicial Precedent?

  • When there are no previous cases like the current one the law must be interpreted by the judge to decide the punishment for the case. This will then be used as a ground work for future cases that are similar.
  • How the judge interprets new laws made by parliament. When new laws are introduced the Judge will have to learn the law in depth in order to apply it to cases.
  • How a judge decides to punish someone for their crime based off of previous sentencing for cases.
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2. What is Statutory Interpretation?

  • How the judge interprets new laws made by parliament. When new laws are introduced the Judge will have to learn the law in depth in order to apply it to cases.
  • How a judge decides to punish someone for their crime based off of previous sentencing for cases.
  • When there are no previous cases like the current one the law must be interpreted by the judge to decide the punishment for the case. This will then be used as a ground work for future cases that are similar.

3. What is a scenario that would not happen if people disagreed with a law.

  • The government being overthrown.
  • There are campaigns for change.
  • The government would shut down.
  • Rioting for change.

4. Why was Sarah's Law created?

  • There wasn't social upheaval from the event which lead to there being a campaign for a sex offenders register.
  • There was social upheaval from the event which lead to there being a campaign for a sex offenders register.
  • The Prime Minister Agreed with the aims of the campaign and began to work on making it a law.
  • The Queen Agreed with the aims of the campaign and began to work on making it a law.

5. What are the criminal justice models?

  • The Due Process Model and The Prison Control Model.
  • The Duel Control Model and The Crime Control Model.
  • The Due Process Model and The Crime Control Model.
  • The Law Making Model and The Crime Control Model.

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