Starter quiz
- The legislature is another name for?
- parliament ✓
- the justice system
- the monarchy
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- How many MPs are elected to the House of Commons in a General Election?
- '650' ✓
- Which statement is correct?
- The police do not make the law, they enforce it. ✓
- The police make the law and decide how it should be applied.
- The police create new laws and change existing ones.
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- Match the terms to their definitions.
- The age of criminal responsibility is⇔the age you are held legally responsible for your actions. ✓
- Legal age is⇔the age you can do something as defined by the law. ✓
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Laws should apply only to people who follow them.
- Laws need to be fair and equally applied to everyone. ✓
- Laws apply differently based on people's work status.
- Laws should change depending on a person’s background.
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- Order these countries by their age of criminal responsibility, starting with the youngest.
- 1⇔Scotland
- 2⇔England
- 3⇔Grenada
- 4⇔Cuba
Exit quiz
- Most laws in England are made in ...
- 'Parliament' ✓
- What does criminal law deal with?
- deals with individuals who break the law ✓
- deals with disputes between individuals
- deals with family disagreements
- deals with property rights
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- Match the word to its definition.
- laws⇔rules that are used to order the way society behaves ✓
- legal age⇔the age at which you can do something as defined by the law ✓
- legislation⇔a law or a set of laws that have been passed by Parliament ✓
- What age must you be to vote in a general election?
- '18' ✓
- What is the age of criminal responsibility in England?
- 10 ✓
- 12
- 14
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- Which of these are examples are criminal law offences
- murder ✓
- assault ✓
- noisy neighbours
- divorce
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Key learning points
- Most laws in England are made by Parliament. Parliament is also known as the legislature.
- A proposal for a new law is called a Bill. A Bill must pass through many stages before it can become a law.
- There are two main categories of law in England: criminal and civil.
Common misconception
Criminal law is only for very serious crimes, like murder or robbery.
Whilst criminal law deals with serious crimes like murder and robbery, it also covers a wide range of other offenses, such as theft and vandalism. Criminal law is used when someone's actions harm society, no matter how big or small the crime is.
Keywords
Law - rules, usually made by Parliament, that are used to order the way in which a society behaves
Parliament - the body that makes laws in the UK; it is made up of the House of Commons, House of Lords and the monarch (queen or king)
Civil law - law that deals with disputes between individuals or groups
Criminal law - law that deals with individuals who break the law and seeks to punish an offence (because the offender has broken laws that Parliament has stated we must obey)