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Unit 3: Law-making

Unit 3 and 4 Course Outline

A sample approach to Unit 3 including a week-by-week treatment of the Areas of Study and extensive student resources. Unit 3-4 Course Outline

Area of Study 3 - The role of the courts

Classroom August 2007
Test on courts as law-makers.
This activity has been provided by Sarah Moore, of Beaconhills College, as a revision exercise or test for this final part of the Unit 3 course.

Kevin's Case Assessment Task

This case study is used to illustrate courts as law-makers as well as aspects of the relationship between courts and parliament.

Two PowerPoint presentations related to Area of Study 1
Also useful for Unit 1. Both files contain links to relevant websites and review questions at the end. Note that some links may open in another browser. If so, then you may need to go to �switch programs� (from the screen menu in the bottom left hand links) to view the link, then press back to return you to the presentation. (March 2007)

Criminal Law Case Study
This learning activity examines concepts of principles of criminal liability, murder/manslaughter and related defences, and law-making by Parliament through the use of a case study - the case of R v C Cuenco (March 2007).

PowerPoint Presentations
Take a look at the PowerPoint files on parliamentary representation and the legislative process in Unit 3 - also very useful for Unit 1 (March 2007).

Compak 2007 Supplements

Sample Legal Studies Unit 3 Assessment Task: Folio Exercise (PDF, 124K, LS107_3.pdf, Issue 1, February 2007, pages 84-88)
Wrongful life: precedent in action - case extracts (PDF, 248K, LS207_1, Issue 2, May 2007, pages 81-83