250 – 300 Study Hours
Level 3 Difficulty
Up to 56 UCAS Points
Edexcel Qualification
Course Overview
You will be required to complete the three standard written exams.
Official exams
- Paper 1: 3 hours, 50% of A-level, 100 marks.
- Paper 2: 3 hours, 50% of A-level, 100 marks.
Assignments
During your course, you’ll be required to complete a number of assignments. These do not contribute towards your final grade but provide you with an opportunity to submit work to your tutor for marking and feedback. This will help you to gauge your progress as you work through the course.
Course Content
- Nature, purpose and liability in Law
- Criminal Law
- Civil Law
- Concept of Legal Personality
- Parliament and the Legislative Process
- The Rules of Statutory Interpretation
- Delegated Legislation
- The Common Law
- EU Law
- Civil courts
- Tribunals
- The judiciary
- The legal profession
- Lay people
- The role of magistrates
- Law and morality
- Contract formation
- Capacity in contract law
- Legal intention
- Privity of Contract
- Terms of a Contract: Express and Implied Terms
- Implied Rights Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015
- Exclusion Clauses
- Misrepresentation
- Mistake in Contract Law
- Discharge of Contract
- Tort of Negligence
- Duty of Care
- General Defences in Tort
- Human Rights
- Role of the European Court of Human Rights
- Human Rights Expression
- Defamation
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Human Rights to Privacy
- Occupiers Liability 1957
- Occupiers Liability Act 1984
- Trespass to Land
- Elements of Criminal Liability
- Non-Fatal Offences
- Theft
- Robbery
- Burglary
- Blackmail
- Fraud/Making Off
- Criminal Damage
- Duress
- Defence of Intoxication
- Sanction and Sentencing

- Awarding body: Edexcel
- Our course code: X920W
- Qualification code: 7162
Edexcel is the UK’s largest awarding organisation offering academic and vocational qualifications in schools, colleges and work places in the UK and abroad. They have been helping people succeed in life through learning for nearly 2 decades. Edexcel is a multinational education and examination body.
Entry Requirements
A GCSE in English is recommended before starting this course.
Entry Requirements
With online A-level study, you’ll sit the same exams and earn the same qualifications as you would in a traditional school setting, but with the flexibility to study when and where it suits you.
Your final results and transcript will be identical to those of students who studied in a classroom, ensuring your A-levels are fully recognised and respected by colleges, universities, and employers worldwide. Whether you’re looking to broaden your subject choices, balance study with other commitments, or take control of your learning, distance learning gives you the freedom to achieve your academic goals on your terms.
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