How hard is A level Law?
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How hard is A level Law?For my A levels I am going to take: English Language, English Literature, Government & Politics and Law... My GCSE grades were AAACCD in English Language, English Literature, Food Technology, History, Maths and French respectively. I am taking GCSEs in Maths, Science (AS) and Spanish (A2) in my AS and A2 years as denoted...
Anyway, I am worried that it may be too difficult for me considering I was rubbish at history which is similar...
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Re: How hard is A level Law?I've heard at my college that A Level law isn't hard, you've just got a lot to remember.
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Re: How hard is A level Law?I took it. The theory and the legal rules are fairly easy to get to grips with, but the HUGE number of cases pushes the difficulty up tenfold. You could probably get a passing grade with knowing a minimum of about 50 cases for AS and 100 for A2, but I think I ended up with in the region of 150 for AS and well on the way to 300 for A2...
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Re: How hard is A level Law?It wasn't very hard at all. It's one of those subjects where you just need a good memory and you'll do well. Remembering cases can be a bit overwhelming at times, but most of the cases were quite interesting so that made it easier to remember. When it comes to exams timing can be an issue with applying everything to the scenarios (at A2) since there's a lot to write about, but never enough time. AS law was pretty good as you don't even have to apply much, just have to remember stuff and write the right amount. Overall, A-level law is easy, as long as you have good memory.
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Re: How hard is A level Law?It's definitely not hard, there is just a lot of information to remember but if you understand everything you learn you should be fine, bearing in mind that it does consider writing quite a bit especially when your applying cases and the law to a scenario. Other than that it's not a difficult subject.
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Re: How hard is A level Law?The actual understanding aspect is fairly straight forward, but theres tonnes to know. Its more like a memory test, for every point you make (especially at A2 exam) you need to cite a case and comment on the law. Not to mention the endless acts and sections of different acts of parliament. Honestly i found it harder than my history exam. In history you can know just a basic skeleton of the info and just interpret the knowledge yourself, but law you have to know all the facts.
So in short if you want to get A then just keep on top of it and you should breeze it. -
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Re: How hard is A level Law?Hey,(Original post by GrantG)
For my A levels I am going to take: English Language, English Literature, Government & Politics and Law... My GCSE grades were AAACCD in English Language, English Literature, Food Technology, History, Maths and French respectively. I am taking GCSEs in Maths, Science (AS) and Spanish (A2) in my AS and A2 years as denoted...
Anyway, I am worried that it may be too difficult for me considering I was rubbish at history which is similar...
Help!
Ive just completed my AS AQA Law this year.
So far Law has been the most fun and interesting A-level for me! I dont know if its becaus of the teacher I had and the way we used to have fun discussions and go off topic a bit. But, its really fun and interesting.
It is not hard! All you gotta do is learn the stuff and apply it. And there is not much thinking out the box stuff.
But what sucks is that in the time given in the exams goes sooo fast! you should therefore plan and structure the way you answer questions before your exam comes around.
By the way, Unit 1 has quite a bit of politics in it. You learn things about parliamnt, different seats, positions, how Law is made etc...
I would say go for it! However, I just really hoped I passed this year as well as my other A levels....
