Law

KS5

Law – A-Level Qualification

Examining Body:

OCR

Entry Criteria:

Ideally grade 5 GCSE English Language

Course Leader:

Mr A Mayers

Why? :

The course will provide a good grounding in the main principles of the English legal system, as well as criminal and contract law. You will analyse and solve problems by applying legal rules to scenarios and by developing the ability to clearly communicate legal arguments and conclusions. You must have good English skills to be successful on this course.

Course Structure:

English Legal System:

• Civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution
• Criminal courts and lay people
• Legal Personnel
• Access to justice
  
  

Criminal Law:

• Rules and theory
• General elements of criminal liability
• Fatal offences against the person
• Non-fatal offences against the person
• Offences against property
• Mental capacity defences
• General defences
• Preliminary offences
  
  

Law Making:

• Parliamentary law making
• Delegated legislation
• Statutory interpretation
• Judicial precedent
• Law reform
• EU Law
  
  

Tort Law:

• Rules and theory
• Liability in negligence
• Occupiers’ liability
• Torts connected to land
• Vicarious Liability
• Defences
• Remedies
  
  

The Nature of Law:

• Law and Morality
• Law and Justice
• Law and Society
• Law and Technology
  
  

Contract Law:

• Rules and Theory
• Formation of Contract Law
• Terms within contracts
• Vitiating Factors
• Remedies and Damages

Extended Learning:

The course content will need to be revised regularly in order to be able to recall the correct law or cases in an exam. You will need to commit to memory what we have learnt in class.