Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. Introduction to the legal system of England & Wales

    3. Key definitions

    4. Key legislation

    1. Overview of the legal system of England and Wales

    2. What is a legal system?

    3. The Rule of Law

    4. The Act of Union 1707

    5. The UK "Constitution”

    6. → The UK "Constitution" MIND MAP

    1. Overview of the sources of law in England and Wales

    2. Traditional sources of law

    3. → Sources of law in England and Wales MIND MAP

    4. Acts of Parliament

    5. → Definition and creation of an Act of Parliament MIND MAP

    6. EU law

    7. Case law

    1. Overview of Acts of Parliament and statutory interpretation

    2. Creating an Act of Parliament

    3. Format of an Act of Parliament

    4. → Format of an Act of Parliament MIND MAP

    5. Types of legislation

    6. Statutory interpretation

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: Acts of Parliament and statutory interpretation

    1. Overview of the courts of England and Wales

    2. The court system

    3. Key personnel

    4. → Key personnel MIND MAP

    5. The doctrine of precedent

    6. → The doctrine of precedent MIND MAP

    7. The judiciary

    8. Rights of audience

    9. → Rights of audience MIND MAP

    10. Juries

    1. County Court

    2. High Court

    3. Court of Appeal

    4. → Court of Appeal MIND MAP

    5. Supreme Court

    6. → Supreme Court MIND MAP

    7. Tribunals

    8. Note on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

    1. Magistrates' Court

    2. Crown Court

    3. → Crown Court MIND MAP

    4. Magistrates' Court v Crown Court

    5. → Magistrates Court v Crown Court MIND MAP

    6. Criminal appeals

    7. → Criminal appeals MIND MAP

    8. → Criminal appeal routes MIND MAP

    9. Introduction to the police and CPS

    10. PRACTISE MCQs: The courts

    1. Instructions

    2. Legal system MOCK EXAMS

Legal system

  • 54 lessons
  • 40 minutes of video content
  • 13 mind maps

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Instructors

Jake Schogger

Co-founder, Lawyer & Education Expert

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy.

He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also published eight books covering career development and legal education (including two best-sellers), worked extensively as a career coach, and delivered countless employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK.

Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

James Richardson

Co-founder, Senior Lawyer & Academic Author

James is a highly experienced solicitor and academic legal author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells, where he worked for years in their Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Insurance team. After stints in Hong Kong, Munich, and working as an M&A Underwriter, James moved in-house and is currently Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at Insurtech scale-up Cuvva.

James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he published 42 critically-acclaimed revision guides for postgraduate law courses, which have helped tens of thousands of students through their exams.

Connect with James on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jamrichardson

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