Law and justice - Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies quiz

To make daily life much more confusing for everyone

To protect the public from harm

To remove all freedoms from people

To replace the elected government

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The accused must prove they are innocent, and the prosecution does not have to provide any evidence at all

Everyone is assumed guilty from the start of the trial

A person is treated as innocent until proved guilty, and the prosecution must prove the case

There is no need for evidence in court

There is no difference between them, as both common law and legislation mean exactly the same thing

Common law is made by Parliament in Acts, while legislation is created by judges

Both common law and legislation are made by local councils

Legislation is made by Parliament, while common law is developed by judges through precedent

England and Wales share a system, while Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own

The UK has one single legal system that applies in exactly the same way in every part

Only Scotland has a legal system of its own

There are no courts operating in the UK

To settle private disputes between two individuals only

To provide financial compensation to victims and nothing more

To protect the public from harm and punish offenders

To organise national elections

Common assault

Theft from a shop

Armed robbery

Personal injury

To decide whether the defendant is guilty based on the evidence

To run the whole trial and decide all the points of law that arise

To choose the sentence for the defendant

To investigate the crime before trial

The right to leave the police station immediately whenever they wish

The right to be told the reason for the arrest

The right to choose which judge hears the case

The right to avoid all police questioning forever

There is no real difference between the two courts, because both of them hear exactly the same kinds of criminal cases in the same way

A crown court has no judge and is run entirely by magistrates without any jury at all

A magistrates court hears less serious cases without a jury, while a crown court hears serious cases with a judge and jury

A magistrates court only hears civil disputes

The magistrates and crown courts

Only the crown court

There are no civil courts

The county court and high court

They focus on the welfare of the young person and preventing reoffending, and are less formal and private

They are run in exactly the same formal way as adult courts and are always open to members of the general public

They only deal with adults aged over eighteen

They never give any sentence at all

To increase crime

Rehabilitation

To ignore the victim

To avoid justice

Because all crime that takes place is always fully reported to and recorded by the police

Because crime never actually happens anywhere

Because not all crime is reported or recorded, so figures can understate the true level

Because only the courts are allowed to record crime