Roadmap
Foundations: Nature of law and the English legal system
Nature of law and legal concepts
3.1 - Legal rules, sources and the civil - criminal distinction
3.1 - Law and society - rights, interests and fault
3.1 - Law and morality in a pluralist society
3.1 - Law and justice - theories and legal outcomes
3.1 - The rule of law
Law making
3.1 - Parliamentary law making and parliamentary supremacy
3.1 - Delegated legislation and controls
3.1 - Statutory interpretation and interpretive aids
3.1 - Judicial precedent and the hierarchy of courts
3.1 - Law reform and the Law Commission
3.1 - European Union law and England and Wales
The legal system
3.1 - Civil courts, tracks, appeals and dispute resolution
3.1 - Criminal courts, sentencing and lay people
3.1 - Legal personnel and the judiciary
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3.1 - Access to justice and funding
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Paper 1: Criminal law
Theory and general liability
3.2 - Criminal theory and principles of criminalisation
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3.2 - Actus reus - conduct, omissions, states of affairs and causation
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3.2 - Mens rea, strict liability and coincidence
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Fatal offences
3.2 - Murder - common law liability
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3.2 - Voluntary manslaughter - loss of control and diminished responsibility
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3.2 - Involuntary manslaughter - unlawful act and gross negligence
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Non-fatal offences
3.2 - Non-fatal offences against the person
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Property offences and preliminary offences
3.2 - Theft
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3.2 - Robbery and attempt
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Defences
3.2 - Capacity defences
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3.2 - Necessity defences
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Paper 2: Tort
Theory and negligence foundations
3.3 - Tort theory, policy and fault
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Negligence
3.3 - Negligence duty of care
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3.3 - Negligence breach, damage and causation
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Special negligence categories
3.3 - Pure economic loss and negligent misstatement
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3.3 - Psychiatric injury
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Land-based torts
3.3 - Occupiers liability
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3.3 - Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
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Liability relationships
3.3 - Vicarious liability
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Defences and remedies
3.3 - Tort defences and remedies
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Paper 3A Route: Law of contract
Contract theory and formation
3.4 - Contract theory, freedom and consumer protection
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Contract formation
3.4 - Agreement - offer, invitations to treat and acceptance
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3.4 - Consideration, privity and bargain theory
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3.4 - Intention to create legal relations and formation synthesis
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Contract terms
3.4 - Contract terms - express, implied and classification
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3.4 - Consumer Rights Act implied terms and consumer remedies
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3.4 - Exclusion and limitation clauses
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Vitiating factors
3.4 - Vitiating factors - misrepresentation and economic duress
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Discharge and remedies
3.4 - Discharge of contract
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3.4 - Contract remedies and termination
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Paper 3B Route: Human rights
Human rights theory and origins
3.5 - Rights theory, liberties and fundamental human rights
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3.5 - International origins of human rights protection
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Human rights in the UK
3.5 - Human Rights Act 1998 and UK constitutional impact
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Convention rights and English law
3.5 - Article 2 right to life and English law
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3.5 - Article 5 liberty and security of person
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3.5 - Article 8 privacy and communications
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3.5 - Articles 10 and 11 expression, assembly and association
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3.5 - Qualified rights and lawful restrictions
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Enforcement and reform
3.5 - Human rights enforcement and judicial review
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3.5 - Reform of UK human rights protection
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