Types of Law
Settles non-criminal disputes between citizens
What is Civil Law
What is the highest-ranked source of law?
What is an Act of the UK Parliament?
Used for the control and suppression of crime
What is Criminal Law
Scotland joined this in 1973
What is the EU
This type of legislation is made by other people given power by parliament
What is delegated legislation
Split into the Law of Things, Law of Persons and Law of Actions
What is Private Law?
What happened in 1707?
What are the Acts of Union
What areas can the Scottish Parliament not create law in?
What are reserved areas?
Deals with the relationships between citizens and the government
What is Public Law?
What happened to Scotland in 1999?
What is Devolution?
Most law in the UK has to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights because of this law
What is the Human Rights Act 1998
Sometimes solves cases with 'damages'
What is Civil Law?
What did the UK vote to leave in 2018?
What is the EU?
Housing, Fishing and Education are all examples of this type of area of law
What is a devolved area?