The course covers an overview of how the English legal system works as well as looking at specific areas of civil, criminal and human rights law. Paper 1 Key Learning: The nature of law, the English legal system and criminal law. This includes rules and principles concerning general elements of criminal liability and liability for offences against the person, property offences and attempt. We look at key people who work in the court system such as judges, barristers and solicitors; the court system and the type of cases dealt with; how laws are made and why law changes; the criminal law of assault, battery, Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) and Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH). You will study criminal law in depth including topics such as murder and manslaughter. The desire to get involved in debates and mock trials is essential. Paper 2 Key Learning: The nature of law and the English legal system and tort. This includes rules and principles concerning liability and fault in actions for negligence, occupiers' liability, nuisance and vicarious liability. Paper 3 Key Learning: The nature of law and the English legal system and Human Rights. This includes rules and principles of law relating to the right to life, to liberty and security of person, to privacy, to freedom of expression, and to freedom of assembly and association, as recognised by the European Convention on Human Rights and in the United Kingdom.