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AC.1.1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the literal rule - judges should take the everyday meaning of the words in a state, problem is they can have different meanings
      - golden rule - literal rule can lead to absurd result, golden rule allows the court to modify the literal meaning to avoid this
      - the mischeif rule - allow court to enforce what the statue intended to achieve rather than what the words actually say
- - - - the committee stage- bill examined in detail , line by line, by a small committee will report back to the whole house and will often propose ammendmentsto the bill
        
        the report stage- gives MP's opportunity to consider committees report and to debate and vote on any amendments they might wish to make to the bill. for major bills they debates may be spread over several days
        
        third reading - report stage followed immediately by a third reading of the bill. this is the final chance for the commons to debate the bills contents. no amendments allowed at this stage- house votes to either pass the bill or reject it
        
        the lords - goes through same stages as commons, if lords amend the bill it must return to the house of commons so MP's can decide whether to accept to reject the lords amendments, house of commons has final say because it is made up of peoples elected representatives
        
        royal assent - goes to the monarch for signing, this is monarchs agreement to make the bill into a act of parliament or law and is a formality