We look to enhance students' understanding of our English Legal System. We hope to encourage students to challenge the effectiveness of the law and punishment, and consider the impact that this has on wider society.
| Head of Law | Miss R Laidlaw | R.Laidlaw@glynschool.org |
Year 12 Sequence of lessons
Half Term 1
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - Parliamentary law making, court structure and hierarchy. Delegated Legislation, Statutory interpretation.
Introduction to Criminal Liability - actus reus and causation with application to scenarios.
Introduction to Tort Liability - duty of care with application to scenarios.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
All students start Law with no previous knowledge of the subject. Therefore, we start with the foundation of the legal system and how the law is made to establish a basic and general understanding of the legal system.
Liability is then taught as an introduction, introducing the meaning and purpose of complex concepts. This is a factual aspect of the course, introducing concepts that will be used in later topics for application and evaluation.
Half Term 2
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - Legal personnel (civil and criminal). Court structure and Hierarchy. Judicial Precedent.
Criminal Liability - actus reus & mens rea with application to practise scenarios, Assault, Battery, ABH & GBH; actus reus, causation and mens rea specific to the offence with application.
Introduction to Tort Liability - breach of duty in negligence and causation in negligence with application to scenarios.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Using the factual liability aspects taught during Half Term 1 allows for the beginning of the application and evaluation of scenarios. The study of negligence claims and Non-Fatal offences provides a basis that is then built upon in future torts or offences studied.
Throughout there is application to 1, 5 and 10 mark questions.
Half Term 3
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - Judicial precedent, the role of the judiciary and legal personnel (barristers and solicitors).
Tort Liability - Psychiatric Injury.
Occupiers Liability 1957.
Occupiers Liability 1984.
PPE1.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Tortious Liability is continued, through the application of the factual knowledge to damages suffered by visitors, trespassers and victims suffering from psychiatric injury, and how such claims can be brought to the civil courts. As students have the factual knowledge they are able to begin to apply the law to more complex scenarios.
Students are able to apply this to 30 mark essay style questions.
Half Term 4
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - Judicial precedent and EU law.
Criminal Liability - Fatal Offences: Murder, Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Here, the content becomes more advanced and students should have developed their evaluative and analytical skills enough to access this material.
This also makes teaching more effective as the students can be stretched as they understand more complex legal concepts and terminology.
The offences are taught in a way that they get progressively more difficult and serious to understand and apply.
Half Term 5
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - General review and continued application to 5, 10 and 30 mark questions. Access to Justice and legal funding, and the role of Judges.
Criminal Liability - Specific and General Defences. Self Defence and Insanity.
Tort Liability:
Land Tort - R v Fletcher
The defences of Contributory Negligence and consent.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Here, again the content becomes more advanced and students should have developed their evaluative and analytical skills enough to access this material.
This also makes teaching more effective as the students can be stretched as they understand more complex legal concepts and terminology.
The introduction to defences, develops the analytical skills for students to understand how and when a defence is suitable to use and the strict requirements that must be proven and the impact they have on liability.
Land torts is a new concept introduced, focused on damage to land, rather than person or property. Students are able to understand the complex requirements that must be met for such claims.
Half Term 6
Nature of Law and the English Legal System - Review.
Criminal Liability - Fatal Offences review and revision of Year 1.
Tort Liability - Private Nuisance.
PPE 2.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Introduction and preparation to Y13.
A review of the material taught throughout the year will take place; this allows students to combine their knowledge of different offences or torts to answer 30 mark essay questions and for consolidation and practice in preparation for PPE 2.
Year 13 sequence of lessons
Half Term 1
Tort - Vicarious Liability and Negligent misstatement.
Criminal - Property Offences (Theft and Robbery), General and Specific Defences, Attempts.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Here, the content becomes more advanced and students should have developed their evaluative and analytical skills enough to access this material.
This also makes teaching more effective as the students can be stretched as they understand more complex legal concepts and terminology.
The offences are taught in a way that they get progressively more difficult to understand and apply.
Independent learning is more effective and students are in a solid routine of using their own methods to consolidate knowledge and understand difficult concepts.
Half Term 2
Human Rights.
Introduction with reference to the ECHR.
Article 2.
Article 5.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Human Rights law found in Paper 3, is introduced as the last unit. This introduces new legal concepts shared across a number of states, and combines European Law with existing knowledge of domestic law. A basic understanding of the development of Human Rights is required first to allow for the articles to be understood, and applied to scenarios.
Independent learning is more effective and students are in a solid routine of using their own methods to consolidate knowledge and understand difficult concepts.
Half Term 3
Human Rights - ECHR.
Article 8.
Article 10.
Article 11.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Here, we continue to study the Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, introducing the qualified rights that must be balanced against the health of society and the individual. Requiring students to understand the balance that the law and courts seek to achieve.
Independent learning is more effective and students are in a solid routine of using their own methods to consolidate knowledge and understand difficult concepts.
Half Term 4
Human Rights.
Article 8.
Article 10.
Article 11.
Articles applied in relation to the Human Rights Act 1998.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
Here, we continue to study the Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, introducing the qualified rights that must be balanced against the health of society and the individual. Requiring students to understand the balance that the law and courts seek to achieve.
Independent learning is more effective and students are in a solid routine of using their own methods to consolidate knowledge and understand difficult concepts.
Half Term 5
Nature of Law: Morality and the Law.
Justice.
Law and society: Balancing Conflicting Interests.
Law and society: fault.
Revision.
Why we sequence the scheme of work this way
It is important to understand the theories behind the law, and the relationship between the law and justice, fault, interests and morality. Students are able to understand the theoretical views and how these are reflected in substantive areas of law having completed their studies into Criminal, Tort and Human Rights Law.
Preparation for the A Level exam continues across all three papers.
Half Term 6 - Exams
