Articles tagged as UK Law
UK law covers the laws and legislation of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Essays, case summaries, problem questions and dissertations here are relevant to law students from the United Kingdom and Great Britain, as well as students wishing to learn more about the UK legal system from overseas.

Latest Law Papers tagged as UK Law
Including law essays, dissertations, problem questions, case summaries, and law lectures, suitable for law students working towards their LLB / LLM qualifications or those studying for the new SQE.
English Law and Doctrine Called Binding Precedent
Constitutional Law
A precedent is a judicial decision which contains in itself a principle. English Law is based on a doctrine called binding precedent. The ......
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Comparative Criminal Justice Compare and Contrast
Constitutional Law
In this assignment I will be analysing two different criminal justice systems. A criminal justice system is made up of three main components...
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The Company Is an Artificial Legal Person
Company Law
The company is an artificial legal person with its own property and have legal rights and liabilities as well as it can sue and be sued in its own name....
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The Diversity of the Judiciary
Constitutional Law
A judge or arbitrary of justice is a lead who presides over a court of law. Judge has the role of adjudicate upon disputes. In different ......
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Discuss the Doctrine of Separation of Powers
Constitutional Law
The executives role is one of administration and enforcement, In the UK the executive consists of the Monarch, the Prime ......
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The Division of Powers Between the Shareholders and the Board of Directors
Company Law
The articles of a company may regulate, inter alia, the division of powers between the shareholders and the board of directors, and the composition......
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Defence of Provocation Can Be Used to Reduce the Sentence
Common Law
My lord, the defence of provocation can be used to reduce the sentence of murder to the still serious offence of manslaughter......
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Aspects of Contract And Business Law
Contract Law
The Sale of Goods Act 1979 deals only with contractual rights and duties....
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Sentence of Defendants Criminal Record
Criminal Law
Discuss the relevance to sentence of a defendant’s criminal record. Draft a new sentencing provision (to replace section 143(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) to assist judges and magistrates....
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Equity is a Body of Rules
Equity Law
As discussed above it is clear that equity is a body of rules which was developed to supplement the shortcomings of the common law, some of which......
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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act
Criminal Law
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 was brought in following recommendations set out by the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure. ...
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Racial Profiling in Policing
Criminal Law
Does Racial Profiling occur in the British Police? A controversial issue in policing today is the alleged use of racial profiling by police to stop/search citizens.......
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Power of the Prime Minister and President
Constitutional Law
In what concerns the power, an important point would be to outline the relationship between the external factors, internal factors and a persons ......
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Kind of Breach of Contract Entitles
Contract Law
What Kind Of Breach Of Contract Entitles The Innocent Party To Repudiate The Contract? Are The Rules Sufficiently Clear To Produce The Certainty Required In Commercial Transactions?...
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Anti Terrorism Legislation May Infringe Human Rights
Constitutional Law
UK Anti- terrorism legislation of the past decade has been a passionately debated topic both within the media and the legislature itself. On one ......
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A Bill of Exchange Is an Unconditional Order in Writing
Contract Law
“A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future......
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Elective Dictatorship and Judicial Review
Constitutional Law
Topic arising from the title of this essay is present, especially in these days. However, its background can be found in the history of every ......
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Whatever Merits Precedent May Possess
Constitutional Law
The focus of this essay is to discuss the certainty in precedent. The standpoint of this essay will be in concurrence with the view of Carleton ......
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Constitutional Law of the European Union
Constitutional Law
The Residents Generally And (Ii) The Gardeners Specifically, Rely On On The Directive Either Against Fattenam Or The UK Government?...
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UK Constitution: The Advantages
Constitutional Law
Name: Institution: Tutor: Category: Date: Sovereign states all over the world are governed by a constitution, which underpins the laws of the......
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Contract Law and Principles
Contract Law
Contract Law and Principles. This statement was made by Lord Mansfield in 1766 and was an (unsuccessful) attempt to raise good faith to the level of a general principle, the common law as it subsequently developed rejected his initiative......
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Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Constitutional Law
United Kingdom despite the fact that it lacks a Bill of Rights or any other formal document that guarantee the fundamental rights of an ......
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Does Commercial Law Exist?
Company Law
Does Commercial Law Exist? Commercial law in England and Wales is not susceptible to succinct categorisation as a unified body of law such as, for example, criminal law or the law of torts. Goode has commented:...
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Doctrine of Consideration
Contract Law
Contract Law is a western idea basically born out of the mutual mistrust of the business people...
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Law of Defamation and Human Rights
Constitutional Law
The need to protect someone’s reputation is so important that under the English legal system there is a law of defamation. It is in place ......
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019