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The essay "Statutory Interpretation in Doctrine of Judicial Precedent" focuses on the critical analysis of the level of engagement of the doctrine of judicial precedent with statutory interpretation.... Statutory interpretation and judicial precedent are the two important sources of law.... ... ... ...
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Essay
In several cases, it is clear that an authority which is deemed to be wholly private, even if exercising quite wide-ranging powers affecting many people, is not susceptible to the judicial review jurisdiction.... In the case of the Jockey Club1, the Football Association2, the imam of a mosque3, Lloyd's of London4, the RSPCA5 and the British Council6, it was held that since these bodies were exercising powers which were not akin to the essentially governmental nature of truly public activity, despite the possible effect that their decisions might have on members of the public.
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Case Study
the house did not abolish it but called upon the Parliament to review it.... The basic rule of statutory construction is when the law is clear and unambiguous, the courts are duty bound to apply the law.... In cases where the law is ambiguous and does not fall squarely on a particular case, the court has to apply the so-called judicial law-making....
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The UK is a Constitutional monarchy with a bicameral Parliament, comprised of the Houses of Commons and lords.... However, existing provisions permit the lords of the Appellate Committee to also participate in the legislative business of the Upper House8, thereby raising the question of validity of judicial independence....
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The paper "Equity and Trusts, Elements of Proprietary Estoppel" states that the legal system would therefore be quite unsympathetic if the commercial cases are based on estoppel, implying that proprietary estoppel would have little or no role to play in such cases.... ... ... ... The idea of equity developed in the Middle Ages (a period of European history between the 5th and the 15th century....
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Those general principles ensure that decision-making powers are exercised fairly and reasonably.... This study "O'Reilly v Mackman" describes the case of O'Reilly v Mackman (1983) that has been the subject of much debate.... The writer of the study thinks that despite the mixed reactions to O'Reilly v Mackman, the ruling, in that case, has served a useful purpose....
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Case Study
The cause of this initiation of reforms was the then government's incapacity to enact major proposals for lack of majority in the house of lords.... The three major issues of the Parliament Act of 1949 were that the house of lords should be complementary to House of Commons, having no permanent majority for a political party, heredity, not a basic qualification to sit in the reformed second chamber and women being given the rights to become Lords of Parliament....
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"The UK' A Houses of Lords and Commons" paper confers the functions of the house of lords that include making laws, public policy contemplation, and holding the government accountable.... The exclusion of the vastness of hereditaries has thereafter accorded the chamber a greater sense of confidence, and the conviction is shared by the both public and Members of the house of lords (Russell).... s the upper house of the UK parliament, the house of lords is composed of a group of non-elective elites from different sectors whose work includes but not limited to complementing the house of Common's work and scrutiny of the UK government policies....
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