AQA Law A-Level COMPLETE Papers 1-3 - A* Student Summary Notes (Criminal, Tort, Human Rights)
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Unit 3 LAW03 - Criminal Law or Contract Law
Institution
AQA
A* University of Oxford student’s complete summary notes for ALL OF A-Level AQA Law
Includes:
ALL Papers = 1 (Criminal law), 2 (Tort law) and 3 (Human rights), as well as English Legal System and Nature of Law
Entire up-to-date specification and case law for each topic
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English Legal System, Criminal, Tort, Human Rights
,A*= 75% A = 65 % B = 55% C = 45% D = 35% Goal = 8
Criminal Tort HR
• Murder • Nature of law • Negligence • Article 2
• Voluntary manslaughter • Statutory interpretation • Psychiatric injury • Article 5
(diminished responsibility,
loss of control) • Judicial precedent • Pure economic loss • Article 8
• Involuntary manslaughter • Criminal courts and lay • Occupiers liability • Article 10
(gross negligence, unlawful people
• Nuisance
act)
• The judiciary - criminal
• Article 11
• Common assault (assault, • Rylands v Fletcher
• Access to justice • ———
battery) • Vicarious liability
• OAPA 1861 (AoABH s47, • Law and justice • Nature of law
• ———
GBH s20 + s18) • Rule of law
• Law and society (fault) • Nature of law
• Property offences (theft,
robbery) • Parliamentary law making • Delegated legislation
• Attempts • Law reform • European union
• Capacity defences • The civil courts and dispute • The judiciary – civil and
(Intoxication, automatism, resolution
insanity) • Law and society (balanc
• The judiciary - civil conflicting interests)
• Necessity defences (Self • Access to justice
defence, duress) • Law and justice
• Law and society (fault)
• Law and morality
• Law and morality
,English Legal System
- Parliamentary law making
- Delegated legislation
- Statutory interpretation
- Judicial precedent
- Law reform
- Civil courts and dispute resolution
- Criminal courts and lay people
- Legal personnel and the judiciary
- Access to justice and funding
- Law and justice
- Law and society (fault)
- Law and morality
, Parliamentary law making
• Types of bill:
• Public bill = affect whole country + put forward by government e.g. EU Withdrawal Bill (Brexit)
• Private bill = affect specific individuals/groups
• Hybrid bill = affect whole county and specific individuals/groups
• Private members’ bill = put forward by individual MP
• ———
Pre-
legislative• Green paper – consultation document e.g. Competition and Markets Green Paper 2018
process • White paper – firm proposal of law
• Draft bill – formal legal language
• First reading – formal introduction of bill to parliament (no debate or vote)
• Second reading – initial debate and vote for next stage
• Committee stage – bill examined by Public Bill Committee + they propose amendments
• Report stage – parliament debate proposed amendments and vote
• Third reading – final debate and vote
• Ping pong stage – first to third reading repeated by other House (of Lords or Commons) – new amendme
proposals sent back and forth until agreed e.g. EU Withdrawal Bill (Brexit)
• Royal ascent – Bill officially becomes an Act of Parliament
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