Edexcel AS Unit 2 Government and Politics - Governing the UK Question

Reply 20

cat_cat

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Original post by ilovekatenash

i'm just revising - constitution, executive and parliament. The Judiciary can go to hell :smile:

Thats what I've decided to do, the same topics as you as well :wink:

Judiciary is just sooo long too much info to learn

Reply 21

ilovekatenash

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Original post by cat_cat

Thats what I've decided to do, the same topics as you as well :wink:

Judiciary is just sooo long too much info to learn

yeah it is not even politics. ITS LAW!

Reply 22

cat_cat

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Original post by ilovekatenash

yeah it is not even politics. ITS LAW!

Very true

How are you revsing, by taking notes or just doing past papers ??

Reply 23

peelin

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I have no idea why you would have started revising three/four days ago, Politics AS (this unit anyway) is an absolute joke, revision isn't necessary, just a basic sort of political common sense.

Reply 24

Maddog Jones

OP

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Original post by peelin

I have no idea why you would have started revising three/four days ago, Politics AS (this unit anyway) is an absolute joke, revision isn't necessary, just a basic sort of political common sense.

Hmm I can't say I agree. I think maybe Unit 1 was knowing examples from the news and a bit of 'common sense', but this one you actually have to know political institutions, bodies, terms etc.
50% of marks are AO1, so there's a lot of key terms to learn. You certainly can't blag this exam.

Reply 25

exe

Original post by peelin

I have no idea why you would have started revising three/four days ago, Politics AS (this unit anyway) is an absolute joke, revision isn't necessary, just a basic sort of political common sense.

unit 1 i agree, but not this unit

Reply 26

Gitbag

Original post by RyanKirwan

Scroll down to page 14

its because thats the unit 1 paper

Reply 27

Gitbag

Original post by exe

unit 1 i agree, but not this unit

In truth neither is really a joke, if you discount one unit as a joke or pointless then you are missing out on marks simply because you weren't interested in it. Either way that is a really poor work ethic

Reply 28

Gitbag

Original post by Gromit94

I've cracked out my Harry Potter audiobooks read by Stephen Fry. Is far more interesting than the lack of UK Constitution.....

Regardless, you need to revise every chapter of this unit. Between Unit 1 and 2, unit 2 (Governing the UK) is much harder and even though it may seem like there is little to study about the constitution you have to revise it because there is a likley chance that one of the section A questions will involve some straightforward questions on that topic.

Reply 29

Gitbag

Original post by cat_cat

Thats what I've decided to do, the same topics as you as well :wink:

Judiciary is just sooo long too much info to learn

Compared to the others though its alot more specific. After all, what if you get areally good question on the Judiciary and you haven't revised for it, with revising this subject it is unwise I think to discriminate between different chapters.

Reply 30

Gitbag

Original post by ilovekatenash

yeah it is not even politics. ITS LAW!

No, its polotics. If it was law it would clearly define the workings of how the whole system of law works and how it centres around the historical cases in commonly used forms of judiciary in different nations. If you read the judiciary chapter in the Unit 2 book it will tell you what the role of the judiciary is, its relationship to the executive and legislature and how the rulings of a national judiciary might clash with the rulings of an international one (see the 1999 Factormame case). Don't just discount one chapter becuase it may seem boring.

Reply 31

Jingoism

I don't really get why everyone seems to hate the judiciary. I don't think there's substantially more you need to learn and I don't find most of the questions particularly difficult. It's quite easy to write 40 marks worth of content on it

Reply 32

LoisW

Original post by Gitbag

No, its polotics. If it was law it would clearly define the workings of how the whole system of law works and how it centres around the historical cases in commonly used forms of judiciary in different nations. If you read the judiciary chapter in the Unit 2 book it will tell you what the role of the judiciary is, its relationship to the executive and legislature and how the rulings of a national judiciary might clash with the rulings of an international one (see the 1999 Factormame case). Don't just discount one chapter becuase it may seem boring.

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Edexcel AS Unit 2 Government and Politics - Governing the UK Question

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