Report on English Legal System of UK
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BUSINESS LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Different sources of law ...................................................................................................1P2 Role of government in making law and application of statutory and common law..........2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4P3 Potential impact of law of employment and contract on business....................................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5P4 Solutions for the different business issues........................................................................5P5 Justification for use appropriate legal solutions................................................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7P6 Solutions based on country's legal system........................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9Illustration IndexIllustration 1: Structure of English legal system..............................................................................1
INTRODUCTIONBusiness laws are considered as legislations that relates to the establishment andregulation of business operations by organisation in particular nations or its region. It involvesstatutory, common and civil laws that every business enterprise needs to be complied. In presentcontext, as program developers for European School of business management (ESBM) foropening of their business school in London, analysis of English legal system and its structure hasbeen accomplished. Different sources of laws that exist in UK have also been discussed in thisreport. Further, role of government and parliament in formulation of laws are explained alongwith various alternative sources of legal advice for students.TASK 1P1 Different sources of law English law is mainly recognised as statutory system of legality that is governing inEngland and Wales and comprises mainly two types of laws like Criminal and Civil law(Freudenberg and Boccabella, 2014). The country United Kingdom does not have a separatelegal system as it was formulated by the political union of previously designed independentcountries. Further, it regulates in a structure that consists of various authorities which are bind bylaws. In this context, ESBM also needs to comply these laws for establishment of their newbusiness school in London and other key business start-ups. 1Illustration 1: Structure of English legal system
There are mainly three sources of law in English legal system which are as follows:Statutes: It implies those laws and legislations which are formulated by the parliament ofUnited Kingdom and devolved parliaments. These statues or statutory laws are originatedfrom the parliament, for example: Employment Rights Act 1996 is considered asstatutory law. Formation of statutes usually starts from consultative paper. Then a draftproposal and a bill has been presented before parliament and ultimately after royal assentbecomes an act. Delegated legislation: There is an act in English legal system that allows a minister orsome other authority like judges of court to make legal provisions but the principlesvehicles of those provisions will be statutory instruments. ESBM also needs to analysethese laws which are associated with introduction new business School.Common laws: It is considered as ancient law of England that is based on the customs ofsociety, recognised and enforced by the judgements of courts (Mann and Roberts, 2011).Law from the EU: These are legislations which are commonly made by membercountries of European union which are associated with the regulation of businessoperations in European market or countries. There are various laws have been originatedfrom EU like Employment act, trade union act, Environmental sustainability laws andimport and export rules etc.P2 Role of government in making law and application of statutory and common law.As per the scenario, government also plays major role in formulation of business,criminal and civil laws in countries. In present context, ESBM also needs to analyse theprocedures that has been followed by government in making statutory business laws:There are mainly two boards of parliaments i.e. House of Commons and House of Lords.Government may propose legislation to deal with a particular event in the society, whichindicates a need for legal regulation or act as a statutory duty to maintain the law under reviewand recommend reform observation (Siedel and Haapio, 2010).Provisions have been made by government which are included in the statutory documentsknown as bill which is either in lords or common chambers. For example; any bills like taxationbegins in the house of commons.First reading: It is stage in which the bill is read for first time in the House of Commonsand its acts as initiation and proposal of bill. 2
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