A Level Politics enables you to develop critical thinking skills and enhance you ability to interpret, evaluate and comment on the nature of politics.
Across the first year, students will explore and evaluate how our legal system works and how laws are made. Students will learn about various criminal offences (including offences against the person and property offences) and the defences that might be used by defendants facing criminal charges. After this, students will learn about various tort offences, exploring liability in civil matters as well as defences that might be raised.
In the first year, students will study:
The Legal System
Law Making
Criminal Law
The Law of Tort.
Within the second year, students will learn about human rights, exploring how they were established across history and ultimately protected within legislation. They will also consider how the law interacts and changes in line with morality, justice and society.
In the second year, students will study:
Human Rights Law
The Nature of Law.
At the end of the 2 years, students will complete 3 examinations in the summer.
Paper 1: The legal system and criminal law
Paper 2: Law making and the law of tort
Paper 3: The nature of law and human rights.
Each exam is 2 hours long and they are all equally weighted.
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Miss E Wilson
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Students are expected to have 5 Grade 5 GCSEs including:
Grade 5 or above in either English Language or English Literature
The Russell Group ‘Informed Choices’ recommends studying A Level Law for those wanting to study it at university.
This qualification will give students the appropriate skills and knowledge to pursue further qualifications to become a solicitor, barrister or legal executive. Other popular careers include the police, the prison service, the probation service, the civil service, teaching, social work, business and accounting.