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A-Level Law is the study of the English legal system and the substantive rules of the criminal law, the law of tort and the law of contract, together with the nature of law and human rights. Students learn each rule and the statute or leading case that establishes it, apply the law to problem scenarios to reach reasoned conclusions, and analyse and evaluate how satisfactory the law is.
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AQA 7162 - The nature of lawDfE GCE Law subject contentAQA 7162 - The rule of lawAQA 7162/1 - Law makingAQA 7162/1 - Statutory interpretationAQA 7162/1 - Judicial precedent+25 moreFoundationStandardAdvanced
Table of contents · 16 ChaptersT·16
- The Nature of Law
- The Rule of Law
- Parliamentary Law Making and Delegated Legislation
- Statutory Interpretation and Judicial Precedent
- Law Reform and the Influence of the European Union
- The Civil and Criminal Courts and Dispute Resolution
- Legal Personnel, the Judiciary and Access to Justice
- General Elements of Criminal Liability
- Fatal and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
- Property Offences and Preliminary Offences
- Criminal Defences
- Negligence and the Tort of Nuisance
- Occupiers' Liability, Vicarious Liability and Tort Remedies
- Formation and Terms of a Contract
- Vitiating Factors, Discharge and Contract Remedies
- Human Rights Law and the European Convention
- Paper 1 - The nature of law and the English legal system, and Criminal law (AQA 7162/1)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third (33.3%) of the A-Level. The paper pairs the compulsory synoptic section on the nature of law and the English legal system (law-making, the courts, legal personnel, and the themes of law and morality, justice, fault and the balancing of interests) with the substantive criminal law: the general elements of liability, fatal and non-fatal offences, property offences and defences. It uses short-answer items and longer application (problem) questions plus extended evaluation (essay) questions.
- Paper 2 - The nature of law and the English legal system, and the Law of tort (AQA 7162/2)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third (33.3%) of the A-Level. The compulsory nature-of-law and legal-system material is examined alongside the law of tort: negligence, occupiers' liability, nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher, vicarious liability, and tortious defences and remedies. As in Paper 1, marks are earned through knowledge, applied problem questions and evaluative essays.
- Paper 3 - The nature of law and the English legal system, and one optional area: Contract OR Human rights (AQA 7162/3)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third (33.3%) of the A-Level. The compulsory nature-of-law and legal-system material is paired with ONE optional substantive area chosen by the centre: the law of contract (formation, terms, vitiating factors, discharge and remedies) OR human rights law (the ECHR and the Human Rights Act 1998). Both options are covered in these notes so a student can revise whichever their centre teaches.
- Assessment objectives and grading
- Three assessment objectives are examined across all three papers and carry substantial marks each: AO1 - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of legal rules and principles; AO2 - apply legal rules and principles to given scenarios to present a legal argument using appropriate legal terminology; AO3 - analyse and evaluate legal rules, principles, concepts and issues. Problem questions reward AO1 and AO2; essay questions reward AO1 and AO3. The A-Level is linear (all papers sat at the end of the course) and graded A*-E.