Law | 9084 AS Level | May 2025 Exams | Live Class by Umair Irfan Gadit

AS Level content

1 English legal system

1.1 Principles and sources of English law 

 1.1.1 English legal system and its context

 1.1.2 Parliamentary law making

 1.1.3 Delegated legislation

 1.1.4 Statutory interpretation

 1.1.5 Judicial precedent

1.2 Machinery of justice

 1.2.1 Civil courts and civil process

 1.2.2 Alternative methods of dispute resolution

 1.2.3 Criminal courts and criminal process

 1.2.4 Police powers

1.3 Legal personnel

 1.3.1 The judiciary – superior and inferior judges

 1.3.2 Legal professionals

 1.3.3 Lay personnel

2 Criminal law

2.1 Elements of a crime

 2.1.1 Actus reus

 2.1.2 Mens rea

2.2 Offences against property

 2.2.1 Theft as defined in s1 Theft Act 1968

 2.2.2 Robbery as defined in s8 Theft Act 1968

 2.2.3 Burglary as defined in s9 Theft Act 1968

 2.2.4 Blackmail as defined in s21 Theft Act 1968

 2.2.5 Handling stolen goods as defined in s22 Theft Act 1968

 2.2.6 Making off without payment as defined in s3 Theft Act 1978

 2.2.7 Criminal damage as defined in Criminal Damage Act 1971

 2.2.8 Fraud as defined in the Fraud Act 2006

2.3 Sentencing in England and Wales

 2.3.1 Adult offenders

 2.3.2 Young offenders

 2.3.3 Aims of sentencing – what sentences are trying to achieve