Legal Human rights

Strengths of statute law

• Parliament can create new legislation and amend existing statutes to incorporate further human rights, particularly as the views and values of the community changes

• Human rights contained by statutes are generally enforceable through the courts

Weaknesses of statue law

• parliament has the ability to cancel and change statutes to restrict or cancel existing human rights

• In order to uphold a breach of a right protected by statute law through the courts it can be expensive and time consuming

Common law

Law that has been established by judges in court hence creating a precedent