GCE Law

• Course Title:              GCE Law
  UCAS Points:            140-40
  Awarding Body:        WJEC

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  To gain the full award A-level Law qualification you are required to study four units in total. The assessments for A-level Law are all by externally assessed examination.
  Studying A-level Law will provide an excellent foundation on which to then further develop your understanding of criminal and civil law, contract law and tort.
  

• SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT
  This specification is divided into a total of 4 units. Weightings
  noted below are expressed in terms of the full A level qualification.

  Unit One: Understanding Legal Values, Structures and Processes
  25% 1½ hours 50 marks (100 UMS)
  Candidates answer two essay questions from a choice of six.

  Unit Two: Understanding Legal Reasoning, Personnel and Methods
  25% 1½ hours 50 marks (100 UMS)
  Candidates answer two out of four stimulus response questions

  Unit 3: Understanding Substantive Law: Freedom, the State and the
  Individual
  20% 1½ hours 50 marks (80 UMS)
  Candidates answer two problem questions from a choice of four from one of
  the following options:
  Contract and Consumer Law: Criminal Law and Justice; Freedom of the
  Individual and Protection of Human Rights

  Unit Four: Understanding Law in Context: Freedom, the State and the
  Individual
  30% 2½ hours 75 marks (120 UMS)
  Candidates answer two out of four questions in Section A and one stimulus
  Response question from a choice of two in Section B from one of the following
  options:
  Contract Law; Criminal Law and Justice; Freedom of the Individual and
  Protection of Human Rights