Legal Method

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Mind Map on Legal Method, created by rosina.stoney on 04/17/2013.
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Legal Method
  1. Constitutions
    1. Parliament
      1. legislature: Prime Minister, HL, HC + Monarch
      2. Executive
        1. Government, Cabinet, Minister + Monarch
        2. Judiciary
          1. Courts
        3. Judiciary
          1. Court Fuctionaires
            1. Clerk of Court
              1. Time keeping and advices judge
              2. Court Recorder
                1. Publishes courts decision
                2. Bailiff
                  1. Manages people
                  2. Usher
                    1. Helps witness + seating
                  3. Superior judge
                    1. High court, court of Appeal and Supreme court
                    2. Inferior Judge
                      1. District judge- Magistrates and County court
                        1. Recorder- Crown and County
                          1. Circuit judge- Crown and County
                        2. Appeals system
                          1. Civil
                            1. Non judicial resolutions
                              1. Negotiations
                                1. Informal, cheap and quick
                                2. Arbitration
                                  1. More formal, expensive and binding
                                  2. Mediartion
                                    1. 3rd party hears cases separately
                                  3. Small claims
                                    1. less then £5000 in county court
                                    2. Fast Track
                                      1. £5000-£25000 in county court and dealt with in 30 weeks
                                      2. Multi track claims
                                        1. over £25000 in county or high court
                                      3. Criminal
                                        1. Magistartes
                                          1. 6 months sent
                                            1. Level 5 fine
                                              1. Defendant chooses trial by jury
                                              2. Crown Court
                                                1. preliminary hearing
                                                  1. With Jury
                                                  2. Court of Appeal
                                                    1. Defendant against conviction or sentence
                                                      1. Prosecution- error of law
                                                      2. Supreme Court
                                                        1. Point of law of general public importance
                                                    2. Citation
                                                      1. Neutral citation
                                                        1. parties, year of judgment, court and case number.
                                                        2. Old Citation
                                                          1. Year, Volume, Abbreviation of series 1st pg of report and court
                                                        3. Statutory Interpretation
                                                          1. Literal rule
                                                            1. Fisher v Bell
                                                            2. Golden rule
                                                              1. R v Allen
                                                              2. Mischief rule
                                                                1. Heydons
                                                                2. Purposive appraoch
                                                                  1. Pepper v Hart
                                                                    1. EU Statute
                                                                      1. Von Colson
                                                                    2. Edusdem generis rule
                                                                      1. Expressio unius est escusio alterius
                                                                        1. Noscitur a sociis
                                                                        2. Precedents
                                                                          1. Courts bound by decisions of superior courts
                                                                            1. Bound by previous decision of own court
                                                                              1. Persuasive precedents
                                                                                1. Obiter dicta from courts above, ratios from lower courts
                                                                                2. Practice statement
                                                                                  1. Conway v Rimmer
                                                                                  2. Distinguishing
                                                                                    1. Merrit v Merrit
                                                                                  3. EU Law
                                                                                    1. ECHR
                                                                                      1. S1- conventions rights
                                                                                        1. S2- interpreting conventions
                                                                                          1. S3- Interpreting legislation
                                                                                            1. Ghaidin
                                                                                            2. S4- Declaration of Incompatibity
                                                                                              1. Mendoza
                                                                                            3. Vertical Effect
                                                                                              1. Individual and state
                                                                                              2. Horizontal effect
                                                                                                1. Individual and Individual
                                                                                                2. primary - treaties
                                                                                                  1. Secondary-directives
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