[arsenal_1989]

How do you go about revising for this?? Do you just learn all the cases on duress? Also, I am doing the AS sources of law paper on Friday, could someone tell me what it is out of? My teacher says 60 but on OCR's site it says 80.

[a_237]

Last year when i did it it was out of 80- so pretty sure that's it .


For the revision for synoptic make sure you revise duress, duress of circumstance and necessity. for the synoptic part i think you need to recap on part of stat interpretation but i didn't do that and i came out with an A when i took it in january. just know all the cases for those three topics. Good Luck!

[The_Goose]

it's 80 for both. Make sure you know your cases well, and not just the ones in the pre-release materials. You should be comfortable in quoting your pre-release materials. There should be a specimen paper on the OCR website so you should familiarise yourself with it. I'm afraid that's all the help I can give you as I chose the contract option

[The_Goose]

yes the synoptic for OCR law. make sure you know cases and are confortable with the pre release materials.

For AS sources. There are 6 topics, learn 5. You'll definitely be able to answer one question

[arsenal_1989]

yeah the synoptic unit is in A2, sorry for confusion, I am doing the whole a level in one year

[The_Goose]

ouch lol.

[The_Goose]

most likely not. The best way to predict what might come up is to read Christ Turners textbooks. Becuase he literally takes his exam questions out of there. lazy but helpful

[The_Goose]

Originally Posted by ѕнαℓiηα

Hmm thanks

I'll have to check out these textbooks. All I've been using is the English Legal System by Jacqueline Martin, 5th Edition

That is a good textbook, tis the one that most places use. I would recommend flicking over any past paper;s or specimens. Like I said, he's lazy

[The_Goose]

Chris turner write the exam, he also produces the little books with the seal on the front of key facts and key cases, which are great.

[Clefeen]

Well AS exams are over.

Need to work really hard for the Criminal Law and Special Study papers now!


I think I can do quite well in the special study, even though just missing a C.


How much of the source material do you actually have to quote? And do you have to quote the whole sentence?

[couture_kid]

Originally Posted by The_Goose

Chris turner write the exam, he also produces the little books with the seal on the front of key facts and key cases, which are great.

So, he's the one that has written the exam for Monday?

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of questions has he put in the textbook for the exam on monday?

[A_2008]

hey
does anyone have the january 2008 a2 law synoptic exam paper (duress, necessity)? or just have a good memory and know what topics came up?

thank you!

[The_Goose]

all the questions are on the mark scheme. which is up on the ocr website

[arsenal_1989]

do the cases from duress by threats (the restrictions etc) apply to duress of circumstances and necessity?

[A_2008]

thanks for the info on the mark schemes.

yeah i'm pretty sure the cases on restrictions of duress by threats apply to duress of circumstances. definitely for the objective tests because they are identical. the necessity test's quite differently set out though, so i doubt you could use duress by theats cases effectively.

[lucas2911]

So how are you going to revise the law synoptic exactly?
I was sort of intending along the lines of Duress, Duress of Circ, and Necessity - like facts, and cases etc. but truth be told I'm unsure how the pre-release actually aid us? Like, they're all quite obscure and extracted?

I don't think my class has been very well prepared...
Do we take in the original copy of pre-release with us?

[lucas2911]

Sorry perhaps would've been more apt with 'how did you revise synoptic?'

[-x-peanut-x-]

Nah, you don't take your pre release with you you get a blank one

I did the exam in jan, and from what i could gather the pre realease wasnt all that useful all they seem to do is refere to lines form it and then you have to embelish on laws and cases from that.

Best bet is to learn all the different restirctions on the defence:

- reasonable man (graham tests)
that they can't have it if they didn't do the nexus of the crime (Cole)
- Seriousness of the threat, and that it isnt allowed for homosexuality revulations and things, valdarama vega. and linch
- escape oppertunities (Gill)
- Time lapses - pommel and huddson and taylor (came up in jan so unlikely to get it again)
voluntry assosiation with crime - (fitzpatrick)

remember it is no deffense to murder - Duddley and stephens, confimed in Gotts

and then necessity, which is RE A, but that too came up in january

best of luck