Sources Of Law And European Convention On Human Rights Essay

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Starting with the fact that sources of law in Wales and England are similar, there are 4 sources of law, which are: Statute Law, Common Law, European Law and European Convention on Human Rights. First of all, Statute law is a written law passed by a legislature on the state of federal level. An example of it would be «Theft Act 1968». It is the first and primary source of law and it is created by proposing a Bill in Parliament. After three readings of the bill in House of Commons and House of Lords and afterwards in Royal Assent is received and approved, then it becomes a satute which must be enforced by courts. Secondly, there is a Common Law. Common Law is created by judiciary and it is also known as «case law». However, the Common Law could be amended or overridden by Statute Law, EU LAW and/or Human Rights Law. Third is European union law. It was created as a result of European Communities Act 1972. There are four principal institutions, which are: The council of the EU, European Commission, European Parliament and European Court of Justice. They make the decisions concerning laws. Finally, there is European Convention on Human Rights. It came into effect in October 2000. It takes care about main provisions of the European convention of Human Rights into the UK law.

Those sources of law divide in internal and external, Common and Statute are internal while European Union law and European convention on Human Rights are external laws. Internal laws refers to laws that
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