essay question on law making process!

[melesp]

can anyone give me an example of an essay question that i have?
the question is "The law making process is too unwieldy to respond quickly enough to the changing views of society and advances in technology" Analyse this!
i'm not sure if it is asking me to go through the law making process again or if its asking me to give examples of how long the law takes and what can happen in that time! or even both!!!
can anyone help?
thanks

[sherrardk]

I think that it is asking you do both and that maybe you should state if you agree/disagree with the statement coupled with the reasons for your decision.

[melesp]

Thanks,
I kind of had the feeling that that was the case, i just have so many notes and trying to get them all together to make some sense on paper is driving me mad!! I'm sure I'll get there in the end.

[FrankGalvin]

The question presupposes that you are a good student and that therefore, you already know and understand how law is made. So don't dwell on the law making process but demonstrate throughout that you know and understand how law is made by answering the prefectly straigtforward and non-cryptic question that's been asked:

(IS) The law making process.....etc...

Well, what do you think? Is the law making process cumbersome and unwieldy? Does it respond quickly to changing views or technological advances?

Statutory Law (think of some examples)
Common Law (think of some examples)

Bonus marks for answering the unseen question: is it always desireable that the law should respond quickly? Perhaps the law making process is 'unwieldy' for good and justifiable reason. Can you think of any?

Retrospective laws.

Write your answer not by explaining that statutory law starts off with an MP presenting a bill and then going through all the reading and committee stages etc, yadda, yadda, yadda. Rather, you would want to take an example of a recent statute or statutes that have been enacted to respond to social or technological change. Did the law making process react quickly enough to the changing times? Do the same for common law developments.

it is easy to criticise the law making process and often, it does give the appearance that it moves far too slowly. Then again, if a law is enacted too quickly, perhaps as a knee jerk reaction to a misunderstanding public to court electoral success - is there a chance that such laws are 'bad' laws?

[melesp]

Your very good!
Thank you for your time and thank you for your help.
Please write my essay lol :)
No seriously you've been a great help.
Mel