2.0 Specification at a glance

This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.

2.1 Subject content

Options

2.2 Assessments

Paper 1:

What's assessed

The nature of law and the English legal system (25 marks out of 100).

Criminal law (75 marks out of 100).

How it's assessed

  • Written exam: 2 hours
  • 100 marks
  • 33% of A-level

Questions

A combination of multiple choice, short answer and extended writing questions.

Paper 2:

What's assessed

The nature of law and the English legal system (25 marks out of 100).

Tort (75 marks out of 100).

How it's assessed

  • Written exam: 2 hours
  • 100 marks
  • 33% of A-level

Questions

A combination of multiple choice, short answer and extended writing questions.

Paper 3:

What's assessed

Law of contract (75 marks out of 100).

The nature of law and the English legal system (25 marks out of 100).

OR

Human rights (75 marks out of 100).

The nature of law and the English legal system (25 marks out of 100).

How it's assessed

  • Written exam: 2 hours
  • 100 marks
  • 33% of A-level

Questions

A combination of multiple choice, short answer and extended writing questions.