Comparing and contrasting by https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug USA, UK and Argentinian legal system en-us 2021-11-17 15:48:31 UTC 2021-11-17 18:07:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2696.png In the USA they have a federal system with two legislative bodies or chambers: the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Anyone can make a proposal. A law proposal is called a bill. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897276412 2021-11-17 15:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897276412 Steps in making the law: guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897278999 2021-11-17 15:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897278999 1. A bill can be introduced in either chamber of Congress guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897280208 2021-11-17 15:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897280208 2. Once a bill is introduced, it is assigned to a committee whose members will research, discuss, and make changes to the bill. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897280899 2021-11-17 15:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897280899 3.The bill is then put before that chamber to be voted on. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897281563 2021-11-17 15:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897281563 4. If the bill passes one body of Congress, it goes to the other body guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897283874 2021-11-17 16:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897283874 5. Once both bodies vote to accept a bill, they must work out any differences between the two versions. Then both chambers vote on the same exact bill and, if it passes, they present it to the president. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897284958 2021-11-17 16:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897284958 6. The president then considers the bill. The president can approve the bill and sign it into law or not approve (veto) a bill. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897285892 2021-11-17 16:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897285892 The UK Paralement has has two houses: the House of the Commons and the House of the Lords. Most bills can begin in either House. The government will make this decision based on the need to make sure each House has a balanced programme of legislation to consider each session. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897291402 2021-11-17 16:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897291402 Steps in making the law: guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897292165 2021-11-17 16:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897292165 First reading: This is a purely formal stage, and there is no debate on the bill. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897299520 2021-11-17 16:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897299520 Second reading: This is a debate on the main principles of the bill, held in the chamber. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897326644 2021-11-17 16:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897326644 Committee stage: this is a line-by-line consideration of the detail of the bill. In either House the committee will decide whether each clause of the bill should remain in it, and will consider any amendments tabled by the government or other members. The amendments tabled may propose changes to the existing provisions of the bill or may involve adding wholly new material. Government amendments to bills may be changes to make sure the bill works as intended guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897328410 2021-11-17 16:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897328410 Report stage: in both Houses this stage takes place in the chamber. Only amendments are discussed, so if none are tabled this will be a purely formal stage. As in committee the amendments may change what is in the bill already or may involve new provisions being added. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897337064 2021-11-17 16:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897337064 Third reading: in the Commons this is another general discussion of the bill which invariably takes place immediately after Report. No amendments are possible. In the Lords, Third Reading will take place on a later day, and tidying up amendments can be tabled. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897355971 2021-11-17 16:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897355971 Later stages: both Houses must agree on the text of a bill before it can become an act. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897357286 2021-11-17 16:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897357286 Royal Assent and beyond: a bill that has been passed by both Houses becomes law once it has been given Royal Assent and this has been signified to Parliament. It will then become an act. Even then the act may not have any practical effect until later on. Most provisions in an act will either come into operation within a set period after Royal Assent (commonly two months later) or at a time fixed by the government. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897359957 2021-11-17 16:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897359957 Argentina has a Civil law legal system. The pillar is the Constitution and all the other laws are beneath it. A Bill can start, most times, in the Seante Chamber or in the Deputies Chamber. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897387075 2021-11-17 16:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897387075 Steps in making the law: guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897388031 2021-11-17 16:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897388031 1. A member of any chamber can porpose a project of law. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897601939 2021-11-17 18:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897601939 2. The project goes through comissions that comment, correct and gives advise on the bill guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897607922 2021-11-17 18:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897607922 3. Both chambers have to discuss the bill and aprove it. First in the chamber that proposed the bill, and then in the other one. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897611392 2021-11-17 18:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897611392 4. Finally, if the bill has been approved, the President can to enact the law or he can also veto the law. guadycorrea00 https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897615590 2021-11-17 18:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/guadycorrea00/6rb57ydbzxo7szug/wish/1897615590