eTMA Exploring the proposition that law reform is either a product of parliamentary or judicial activity. (Different ways in which the law can be changed.)

This paper explores the proposition that at one level, law reform is either a product of parliamentary or judicial activity -parliament tends, however to be concerned with particularities of law reform, and the judiciary are constitutionally and practically disbarred from performing the law in anything other than an opportunistic and piecemeal way (Slapper and Kelly, 2001).

To achieve this, the paper will outline sources of English law such as European Union law, common law and statutory law and examine the judicial law-making and parliamentary law-making processes. Equally important, the paper will consider law reform methods such as amendments, consolidation, codification and repealing as well as the use of case laws. In this regard, the paper will show that parliament tends to be concerned with particularities of law reform and that the constitutional restraints, inter alia, stan…(short extract)