Law & Legal Systems: Criminal Justice System in the UK

Unit 7 - Law & Legal
Systems

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The Criminal justice System is considered as a very important tool which is available for
the society to control the behaviour which is anti-social. This criminal system in UK is
compilation of the solutions of law enforcements, the courts, probation provider and the crown
prosecution services. The legal system of the country helps it be ensured that there is fair justice
provided to the victims who are affected by the crime and it also decrease the chances to re-
offend criminals (Flanders, 2020). This is done by the authorities to educated them and to make
them understand about the skills of life. Under this system the police have the most important
statutory authority provided which gives them the power to spot the crime, identify it and then
document the same. Though the authorities in this system are provided with many powers but
still there are guidelines made under the law which is to be followed by them.
MAIN BODY
Law plays an important role in the society. These laws are very important to govern and
provide guidance to the individuals of the country. The laws in UK are of various types and these
laws have different purposes and consequences in case they are broken or not complied with by
the individuals.
A body of unwritten rules related to regulatory judicial precedent developed by the courts
is referred to as common law. In special cases where the result cannot be decided by current laws
or written codes of law, common law plays a role in the decision-making process. Whereas, a
legislation passed by the UK Parliament is known as an act or statute. Both Acts begin as bills in
the House of Commons or the House of Lords. When all Houses of Parliament vote on a bill and
the Monarch gives it his Royal Assent, it becomes an Act.
Civil laws are those laws that help in setting the disputes which pertains between
individuals and this also includes the disputes which occurs between companies and corporations
(Boppre, 2018). These are the type of cases in which when the case is decided, the parties have
to pay compensation to the innocent party or have to comply with some other remedy which the
court finds suitable, like: injunction, specific performance, etc. Criminal law mainly deals with
the creation of those laws that helps in protecting the society as whole and also impose
punishments on those individuals who breaks any of these laws. This law states the behaviour