Legal Studies study guides
A-LEVEL-AQA · A-Level (AQA) · aligned to AQA.
- AQA A-Level Law 3.1 The nature of law and the English legal system: a complete overview of law-making, the courts and access to justice
A deep-dive AQA A-Level Law guide to the nature of law and the English legal system. Covers the nature of law, parliamentary law-making and supremacy, delegated legislation, statutory interpretation, judicial precedent, the criminal and civil courts, lay people, the legal profession and judiciary, and access to justice, with the cases and exam patterns AQA repeats.
📖 20 min read3.1 - AQA A-Level Law 3.2 Criminal law: a complete overview of liability, offences and defences
A deep-dive AQA A-Level Law guide to module 3.2 Criminal law. Covers the rules and theory of criminal law, actus reus and mens rea, non-fatal offences, fatal offences (murder and manslaughter), property offences (theft and robbery) and the general defences, with the leading cases and exam patterns AQA repeats.
📖 20 min read3.2 - AQA A-Level Law 3.3 Tort: a complete overview of negligence, land torts, liability and remedies
A deep-dive AQA A-Level Law guide to module 3.3 Tort. Covers the rules and theory of tort, negligence (duty, breach, causation and remoteness), occupiers' liability, private nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher, vicarious liability, and the defences and remedies in tort, with the leading cases and exam patterns AQA repeats.
📖 19 min read3.3 - AQA A-Level Law 3.4 The nature of law and human rights, or contract: a complete overview of the contract option
A deep-dive AQA A-Level Law guide to module 3.4, the contract option. Covers the rules and theory of contract, formation (offer, acceptance, consideration and intention), the terms of a contract, vitiating factors, discharge of contract and the remedies in contract, with the leading cases and exam patterns AQA repeats.
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