Law (A Level)

Assessment

Unit One: The English Legal System- Civil Courts and other forms of dispute resolution, criminal courts and lay people, legal personnel and access to justice. Criminal Law- fatal and non-fatal offences against the person, property offences, preliminary offences and defences. Assessment: • Written exam: two hours • 80 marks • 33% of A Level Unit Two: Law Making- Parliament, delegated legislation, statutory interpretation and judicial precedent, law reform and EU law Tort Law - covers civil wrongs of negligence, occupier’s liability, nuisance, vicarious liability, defences and remedies Assessment: • Written exam: two hours • 80 marks • 33% of A Level Unit Three: The Nature of Law- law and society, law and justice and law and morality Contract Law– covers central elements of contract law: formation, contract terms, vitiating factors, discharge and remedies Assessment: • Written exam: two hours • 80 marks • 33% of A Level