Business Law: The Legislative Process in the United Kingdom

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Table of contents
Introduction
Define and Explain following
arms of government
Explain that legislatures is made
up of two houses
Conclusion

Introduction
The United Kingdom has three separate
legal systems: one each for England and
Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The
UK statue is law made by the parliament
and it is a primary legislation in the UK.
Common law is the precedents and the
landmarks decisions made by the court.
There are three main bodies legislature,
executive and judiciary. The two houses
of the parliament are House of Lords and
House of Commons.

Define and Explain following arms of government
Monarch
The monarch system is still prevailing in
England. The role of monarch is largely
ceremonial (Grant, 2016). The queen Elizabeth
II is the head of the state who obtained the
position by virtue of birth under the monarch
system. Government exercises Royal
Prerogative powers in the name of monarch.
These are absolute powers for which the
monarchy is responsible. Royal Prerogative
powers includes the defence, national security
and deployment of armed forces.

Define and Explain following
arms of government
Legislature
The legislature is comprises of the
Parliament democracy and
constitutional monarch. The
Parliament is the legislative
authority of the UK (Hannon and
Bolton, 2015). The main
responsibility is checking the work
of government examining, debating
and approving new laws.

Define and Explain following
arms of government
Executive
The executive part of government manages
the administration of the state with
responsibility and authority. The executive
orders, executive bureaucracies and
executive degrees are source of the
regulations. The hierarchy contains:
 Head of the state (Queen of UK)
 Head of the government (Prime minister)
 Home Secretary
 Foreign Minster, Defence Minister, Finance
Minister

Define and Explain following
arms of government
Judiciary
Supreme court is superior in the
judicial system of the UK. The
decisions of the SC is binding
upon the subordinate courts. The
judgment are pronounced on the
basis of existing precedents,
common law and the statue
made by the parliament.

Explain that legislatures is made up of two houses
The House of Commons is a
representative body and the members are
elected. Disqualification of the certain
individuals are from obtaining membership
by status, for instance, persons under the
age of 21 or by occupation or profession,
for instance, full-time judges or (Long et
al., 2018).
The Speaker is the Chairman of the
House of Commons. The Prime Minister is
a member of the House of Commons by
virtue of the convention.

Explain that legislatures is made
up of two houses
The House of Lords is not a
representative body and members are
not elected. House of Lords are life
peers members are appointed under
the Life Peerages Act 1958. These
peers are appointed by the monarch
on the advice of the Prime Minister,
which receives advice from a non-
political Appointments Commission
(Barnett and Carty, 2017).

Conclusion
The three main bodies are
legislature, executive and
judiciary is important for the law
making, regulating and
implementing. The government
make laws by passing the
statues, and protected by the
administrative bodies. The
violation of the laws are checked
by the judiciary.

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