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Law
Course Breakdown
Course Summary
• Exam board is OCR
Paper Content Marks Duration Weighting
Paper 1 The Legal System and Criminal Law 100 2 hours 33.3%
Paper 2 Law Making and The Law of Tort 100 2 hours 33.3%
Paper 3 The Nature of Law 100 2 hours 33.3%
Summary of Content
Legal System and Criminal Law
Topics include: Courts; Lay People and Dispute
Resolution; Legal Personnel; Access to Justice;
Fatal Offences against the Person; Non-Fatal Offences
against the Person; Offences against Property;
General Defences
Law Making and Law of Tort
Topics include: Parliamentary Law Making; Delegated
Legislation; Statutory Interpretation; Judicial Precedent;
Law Reform; Law of the European Union; Liability
in Negligence; Occupier’s Liability; Vicarious Liability
The Nature of Law
Topics include: Law and Morality; Law and Justice;
Law and Society
Suggested Preparation for September
Students may wish to look at the various A level
textbooks that are published by Hodder Education
to gain an insight into the topics to be studied
throughout the first year and beyond.
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