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Unit 3: Law and Justice - Coggle Diagram
Unit 3: Law and Justice
Powers of the police
Rights on arrest
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you can only be in prison for 24 hours. ifIf it has been 24 hours and they have not charged you then they have to let you go on bail
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Civil law
What is it?
Civil law is the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military or religous affairs.
Examples
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personal injury cases, such as traffic accidents, trips and falls.
Family arguments, such as divorce.
Criminal courts
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In criminal courts, they use a jury. This is a group of 12 random people who sit and listen to the case at hand and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. The jury do have some rules themselves though. They cannot:
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post about it online or try to find information on the case online on websites such as facebook or twitter.
criminal law
What is it?
criminal law is a system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders. If cases are criminal they can be brought up to crown courts or even supreme court- the highest court in the UK.
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Why do we create laws?
We create laws so we can protect communities from dangerous citizens. This is why we have made the immigration point policy so we can check if anyone moving here if dangerous or a harm to society.
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