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Law Making Processes law - Coggle Diagram
Law Making Processes
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Judicial Processes
Judicial Precedent
Precent is a rule that has to be followed in future and is set by judges (common law)- lower courts must abide by decisions/rules made by higher courts)
Statutory Interpretation
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Rules
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Golden Rule (judge follows literal until decision would be absurd then they can make a common sense decision)
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Mischief Rule (judge has more flexibility to look for mischief/problem within society that the law is trying to deal with then can make a decision which addresses the problem rather than plainly following law)
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