UK Law: Classification, Sources, and Characteristics

This article discusses the classification of UK law into public and private law, sources of UK law such as legislation, common law, delegated legislation, and European Convention on Human Rights. It also highlights the characteristics of the UK constitution, common law, delegated legislation, and European Convention on Human Rights. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of multilingualism in international business. The article concludes with the significance of employment laws in the UK.

Business Law
Introduction
Answer 1.
Classification of UK law-

I. The definition of law is defined in UK as, the rule or the set of rules which is enforceable by
the court and regulate by the government, which maintains the relationship between the organs
of the government and also the subject of the state.
II. The law of United Kingdom is classified into two PARTS;
 Public law- it is a law, which governs the relationship between the individual and the
state. The law related to criminal, constitutional and the administrative law is covered
under the public laws.
 Private law- the law which governs the relationship between the individual’s or between
the individuals and the organization. In this type of laws, such acts are covered like
contract law, law of tort, law of property and the law related to family(Goet 2019).
III. The legal system of the UK is applied into the three countries i.e. England and Wales,
Northern Island and the Scotland. They have separate jurisdiction, and each jurisdiction has
its own court system and legal profession. After the labor government came into power it
starts the powers of devolution which means, shifting the few areas of government t to the
countries forming the United Kingdom.
Answer 2.
Sources of UK law;
The UK law has many sources from which the law of the United Kingdom was
constitute. The source of law that includes legislation, common law, European Union law,
the delegated legislation and the European Convention on Human rights(Massey, 2018).
 Legislation- it is the law which is created by the two house of the parliament i e theUK , . .
House of Common and the House of Lord t is the only body which has power to pass the. I
laws which are applied in all four countries;
n the ouse of common there are members of the parliament they got appointed byI H , 650 ,
the election through the vote given by the citizens of nited ingdom andU K ,
n the ouse of ords there are appro members among them are formallyI H L x 800 , 600
appointed by the ueen of on the recommendation of the rime Minister sQ UK P ’ .
 Common Law- the law of has been derived from the decision of the judges or the courtsUK .
he legal system of the is come under the common law it means the decision of theT UK ,
Supreme Court or any high court decisions will become the laws for the subordinate courts.
he decision of the higher court will bound all the subordinate court to follow that judgmentT
as a law but only in a similar matter.
 Delegated Legislation- such types of laws are made by the ministers it is an act of the,
parliament which gives the authority to the ministers to make legal provisions hey don t. T ’
have a right to make a law as legislation but they can add the legal provisions, (Sanseverino,
2021).

 European Convention on Human rights- according to the Human rights act of
1998, all the courts in the UK are enabled to protect the rights which are mentioned in
the European convention on Human Rights(ECHR).
II. he has the longest parliament in the term of the legislative the is a non federalT UK , UK
state which comprises of three different states ngland Scotland orthern sland Although(E , , N I ). ,
the constitution of the is not codified certain rules conventions and regulations are consideredUK , ,
as the constitutional documents in and these documents determine the working of theUK , UK.
As discussed above about the sources of law there are some characteristics of these sources, ,
of law:
Constitution:
 he basic feature of the constitution is that it isT UK Unwritten. ut in there areB UK
other related documents to the constitution which constitutes the rule of the here, UK. T
is no accurate document which can be referred as the ritish Constitution he reasonB . T ,
behind the unwritten constitution of is it is founded on the basis of the politicalUK ,
traditions and the customs which were not codified anywhere here are some other. T
historical documents such as the Magna Carta petition of rights and the1215, 1689
parliamentary acts of these laws in are written1911, UK (Haines, 2018).
 Another characteristic of the constitution is that it is a mi ed constitution t meansUK , x . I ,
the constitution contains the Monarchical aristocratic and the democratic values, .
Common Law-
 t represents the law of the courts in e pressed as the judicial decision heI x . T
judges of the subordinate court will found in precedents by the judgments
of the Supreme Court which are based on the statutes, .
 Another characteristic is the common law is trial by the ury and through the, J
doctrine of the supremacy of the law he supremacy is not only mean the. T
ing but it means the act of the governmental bodies to identify the ordinaryK ,
legal proceedings (Andelman, 2021).
Delegated legislation-
 hese laws are made by the bodies to whom the parliament allotted theT
power of making laws.
 t was made as per the act of the rincipal arliamentary under whichI P P ,
there is a provision for the subsidiary legislation.
 t has many administrative details to ensure about the provisions of theI
act will operate successfully.
 t can be control by the overnment bodies local council and throughI G ,
courts also(Gooberman, 2022).
European Conventions on the Human rights-
 t s the fi rst council of the urope s convention and the cornerstone of allI E ’
the activities.
 t oversees the implementation of the convention in the councilI 1947 .

III. he overall development in the international relations give rise to the concept of theT
multilingualism within the international organization t involves to produce the legal te t in. I , x
many languages he uropean nion is the classic multilingual institution where the ideas. T E U ,
were tested he uropean nion operates the genuine multilingual system of law ts. T E U . I
jurisprudence is produced by the Court of ustice of the uropean nion n everyJ E U . I
organization where various languages were used it becomes very difficult to perform the,
functions of the organization ecause wherever the organization situated it follows its. B , ,
own rules and its own language(Hauptmeier, 2022) ut when the employee s of the. B , ’
organization are from various countries it is obvious that they don t able to understand, ’
all the languages the international level of business organization have many legal issues. I ,
with the other organization at that ti me it is really difficult for that organization which is not,
following the guidelines up on the multilingual organization n one multilingualEU . I
organization there should be some places for the people like translators dictator, , ,
speaker etc his is the guidelines of the Chief ustice of the uropean nion to give the. T J E U
place to all these people who will prepare the legal documents and also make the
organization understandable about the legal issues.
hen the legal proceeding get start in the international business then there isW ,
crucial need of such kind of the employee s who known different languages ecause the’ . B ,
organization have to understand the subject matter and also give revert of the notice hen, . W
the organization is doing the business in the internationally level then it is impossible for,
the one employee to learn many languages in regarding to deal with the many
international organization here should be some ranslators who will translate the. T T ,
languages for the organization and also help the organization to understand the laws of the
other countries ecause it is not necessary that where the organization is situated. B , ,
that s the local country for them’ (Massó, 2022) Many organizations were established and.
doing business in the other countries for such type of organization where they have to,
deal the laws of that country the legal notice obligations to perform while doing the, ,
business all the legal functions were provide to the organization in the language of that
country where the organization is doing the business hen it s really crucial for every. T , I
organization which is in the international market for doing business to always give,
appointment for such employees who are aware about the language of the country
where the business is going on the legal practitioner have to be in the organization who, ,
will manage the legal formalities for the organization there should be translator who,
translate the language for the organization and helps in growth of the business.
Answer 3.
hile performing the operations of the business it is really important to keep the laws inW ,
the mind n each and every types of business or the organization it is mandatory to. I ,
follow the laws related to operations of the organization ike in the commercial. L ,
organization it is really necessary to give importance to the employment act n there. I UK
is an employment act which gives the guidelines to protect the interest of the1996,

employees and also for the employers o run the organization it is really important to. T ,
take care of the employees of the company hese days much e ploitation has been done. T x
on the employees to protect the employees the employment act came into force here, . T
are many rights given in the employment act for the employee s because the’ ,
employers in the organization used the employees for the benefit only they don t realize, ’
that the employees are the important assets of the company here are many laws and. T
act was passed for the protection of the employees rights ;
ealth and safety act equality act employment relations act national minimum wages actH , , ,
etc these are the acts for the protection of the employees ecause the great e ploitation. . B x
has been done of the employees by their employers in the workplace he employer has. T
to treat the employees in the well manner and also provides the perks and the benefits
which they deserve for their work here are many rights available for the protection of. T
the employees like the maternity leaves fair wages protection from the discrimination, , , ,
protection from the unfair dismissal and many more.
So the basic motive to do the business is to earn the profit but it is not the whole motive of, ,
the organization here should be some responsibilities and some rights of the organization. T
towards the employee s’ .
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Moran, L., 2021. Laws and Measures Preventing Terrorism in the UK: A Necessary Evil?. Available at
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