Its school work, dont even ask why we have to find this out, lets just say my teacher is evil!!!
2007-01-30 05:48:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Since new labour came to power, about 1,987 too many.
2007-01-30 05:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an evil question!!
Civil law? Criminal Law?
England & Wales only or Scotland? Both have very different legal systems.
If your teacher has any kind of answer for this at all then he/she must be lying, and if you gave an answer how on earth could it ever be proved wrong? This homework sounds almost impossible!!!
As an exampkle, here is a list of all the acts of parliament (all of which are "laws") that were passed in England & Wales in 2006 on a wide variety of subjects...
Animal Welfare Act 2006 c. 45
Appropriation Act 2006 c. 6
Appropriation (No 2) Act 2006 c. 24
Armed Forces Act 2006 c. 52
Charities Act 2006 c. 50
Childcare Act 2006 c. 21
Children and Adoption Act 2006 c. 20
Civil Aviation Act 2006 c. 34
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 c. 19
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 c. 30
Commons Act 2006 c. 26
Companies Act 2006 c. 46
Compensation Act 2006 c. 29
Consolidated Fund Act 2006 c. 54
Consumer Credit Act 2006 c. 14
Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 c. 9
Education and Inspections Act 2006 c. 40
Electoral Administration Act 2006 c.22
Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 c. 39
Equality Act 2006 c.3
European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 c.2
Finance Act 2006 c.25
Fraud Act 2006 c. 35
Government of Wales Act 2006 c. 32
Health Act 2006 c. 28
Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006 c. 27
Identity Cards Act 2006 c. 15
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 c. 13
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 c. 31
Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Act 2006 c. 55
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 c. 51
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 c. 12
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 c. 8
National Health Service Act 2006 c. 41
National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 c. 43
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 c. 42
National Insurance Contributions Act 2006 c. 10
National Lottery Act 2006 c. 23
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 c. 16
NHS Redress Act 2006 c. 44
Northern Ireland Act 2006 c. 17
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 c. 33
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 c. 53
Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 c. 37
Police and Justice Act 2006 c. 48
Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 c.1
Road Safety Act 2006 c.49
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 c.47
Terrorism Act 2006 c. 11
Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 c.4
Transport (Wales) Act 2006 c.5
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 c. 38
Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 c. 36
Work and Families Act 2006 c. 18
And that is just the tip of the iceberg!! The true answer of active UK laws and acts of parliament must run into tens of thousands, maybe even six figures or seven!!
2007-01-30 14:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We have thousands of laws in the United Kingdom. This can be split into the Law in England and Wales, Scots Law and in some cases, laws in Northern Ireland. There are also separate laws for the Isles of Man, Wight, Guernsey, Jersey etc since they all have their own legislative branch of government, independent to that of the central Parliament for the United Kingdom in Westminster.
Anything on the statute books is considered law and that means hundreds of thousands of offences and section and statutes that is law in this country.
Then there is Common Law, judicial precedent handed down by the courts in their legal decisions, which are absolutely millions since they have decided so many cases in so many courts since the time of King Norman. Although these are only major cases and recently cases from the Queens Bench Division/Divisional Court, Courts of Appeal and the House of Lords.
Then there are regulations which is also considered law and these number by their thousands if not more. Then convention and rules are also sometimes considered be law in the UK and these are not as significant or widespread as statute or common law, but still contribute to the law as a whole.
2007-01-31 17:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by Amir N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt many lawyers could even answer this one theres still a lot of laws on the statute books from hundreds of years ago. like legally all men in england must practice archery on a sunday. so i dont think you could have an accurate answer to this question. and actually relatively few of our laws come from the e.u. compared to those passed in england and wales. and as someone else has already pointed out they have a different legal system in scotland so i dont think your teacher thought this one out very well.
2007-01-30 14:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by vibrance0404 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well judging by the amount of law books in my solicitors I'd say thousands, i doubt even my solicitor knows how many laws there are. Tell your teacher you have been unable to find out, so why doesn't she/he tell you., and your right she/he is dead EVIL !!
2007-01-30 14:02:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does your teacher even know that Scots Law is separate from English law, sounds like he/she doesn't! So you can go in tomorrow as a smarty pants and ask did they want Scots and English law added separately, so you couldn't do your homework as they only said British. ;)
2007-01-30 13:55:40 · answer #6 · answered by katy1pm 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if humans were not flawed creatures,only few.......respect,love,tolerance,acceptance
2014-05-20 07:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by chris s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say to your teacher, "to many and not enough"
2007-01-30 14:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by jon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of our laws now come from Europe, and are made by,NOT Euro MP's, but by people who are UNELECTED, so why do we need a govenment?
2007-01-30 14:20:20 · answer #9 · answered by jimbob 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋