Why study Law?
Law A-level is a high status respected qualification with practical applications. Law will complement a range of other options – such as history, English, business, psychology or politics. With a qualification in law, you could go on to higher education to study law or business studies, or you could work in the legal profession, in management or in local government.
How is the course taught?
There are four units that are examined across three examination papers. There is no coursework. The qualification is the OCR Advanced GCE in Law (H415).
Unit 1 – English Legal System
The sub units are: A. The Legal System
• Civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution • Criminal courts and lay people • Legal personnel • Access to justice
B. Law Making
• Parliamentary law making •
Delegated legislation
• Statutory interpretation •
Judicial precedent
• Law reform • European Union law
C. The Nature of Law
• Introduction to the nature of law • Law and morality • Law and justice • Law and society
• Law and technology Unit 2 - Criminal Law
The sub-units are:
• Rules and theory • General elements of criminal liability • Fatal offences against the person • No-fatal offences against the person • Offences against property • Mental capacity defences • •
General defences Preliminary offences • Evaluation
In other words, students will learn exactly what is meant by murder, manslaughter, assault and battery, actual bodily harm, wounding, grievous bodily harm, theft, robbery, burglary, and what defences are available if charged with these crimes.
Unit 3 - Tort Law
The sub-units are: • Rules and theory • Liability in negligence •
Occupiers’ liability • Torts connected to land • Vicarious liability
• Defences •
Remedies • Evalua
A tort is a wrong that someone suffers as a result of carelessness from someone with a legal obligation to them. Much of this unit is, therefore, about how one seeks damages for wrongs done.
Unit 4 - Human Rights Law
The sub-units are: • Rules and theory
• Production of theindividual’s human rights and freedoms in the UK
• Key provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights
• Restrictions on human rights law • Enforcement of human rights law • Evaluation
• This topic includes police powers and one’s rights when arrested.
A-level Assessment
33 Entry Requirements
There are two possible routes for a student who wishes to study law.
Route 1 is a Grade B or above in GCSE History; or Route 2, achieving
at least a Grade
6 or Grade B in an essay- based subject such as English language, English literature or RS, PLUS at least a Grade 6 or a Grade B in a memory subject such as mathematics, science or geography.
However, students who do not achieve the required grades may be allowed on the course after an interview with the Head
of teachers. Department, who
will make a decision based on
evidence from subject
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