This document contains all the information students need to know regarding Judicial Precedent as per the AQA A-Level Specification. It contains the following information:
The doctrine of judicial precedent
The hierarchy of courts
Stare decisis, ratio decidendi and obiter dicta
Law reporting and reasons for it
The operation of judicial precedent: following, overrulling and distinguishing
Advantages and disadvantages of judicial precedent
This resource contains a list of all the relevant information students need to know for the following offences and defences:
Murder
Loss of Control
Diminished Responsibility
Unlawful Act Manslaughter
Gross Negligence Manslaughter
For each, there is a list of cases/statutory authorities which cover all that students need to know about, summed up concisely yet exhaustively. Perfect for last-minute revision.
This document contains all the information students need to know regarding Statutory Interpretation as per the AQA A-Level Specification. It contains the following information:
The four rules of statutory interpretation (literal, golden, mischief, purposive) and their respective advantages and disadvantages
Examples and explanations of intrinsic and external aids to interpretation
The influence of the Humans Right Act 1988 and EU Law on statutory interpretation
This resource contains a list of all the relevant information students need to know for the following offences:
Simple assault
Battery
Assault/battery occasioning actual bodily harm
Unlawful and malicious wounding or inflicting grevious bodily harm
Unlawful and malicious wounding or inflicting grevious bodily harm with intent to cause grevious bodily harm
For each offence, there is a list of cases which cover all that students need to know about the actus reus and mens rea of the offences, summed up concisely yet exhaustively. Perfect for last-minute revision.
This resource contains a mock exam for the AQA A-Level Law specification, specifically paper 1, which deals with substantive crime law, its respective non-substantive topics (judicial precedent, statutory interpretation, etc) and theory (e.g. morality).
This mock paper is practically indistinguishable from the real AQA exam as the paper follows the same structure and all questions mimic the style of AQA.
Perfect for mock exams or simply for helping students practice their law skills.