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1A.1.1 Civil courts
Hierarchy of the civil courts,
What were the woolf reforms,
What cases are heard in the count...
20  cards
1A.1.2 Tribunals
What is a tribunal,
What is a tribunal,
When were tribunals setup
17  cards
1A.1.3 Alternative Dispute Resolution
What is the role of adr,
What are the four types of adr,
Negotiation
31  cards
1A.2.1 Criminal Justice System
Criminal courts hierarchy,
Prosecute,
Legal aid
44  cards
1A.2.2 Sentencing
Aims of sentencing,
Which act sets out the purposes o...,
Retributive justice
46  cards
1A.2.3 Juries
Qualifications,
Disqualification,
Reasons for permanent disqualific...
35  cards
1A.2.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Juries
Challenge for cause,
Challenge to the array,
Advantage of juries
29  cards
1A.2.4 Magistrates
Qualifications for a magistrate,
Six judicial qualities,
Reasons why some people may be in...
18  cards
1A.2.5 Appeals process
Appeals from the magistrates court,
Appeals to the crown court from t...,
What are case stated appeals
13  cards
1A.3.1 Solicitors
What are solicitors,
What is the role of a solicitor,
Rights of audience
13  cards
1A.3.2 Barristers
Where can barristers work,
Advocacy,
Rights of advocacy
20  cards
1A.3.3 Legal executives
How is the role of a legal execut...,
Where do legal executives work,
A qualified legal executive will ...
7  cards
1A.3.4 Regulation of legal professions
The general council of the bar,
The bar standards board,
Sanctions the bar standards board...
17  cards
1A.3.5 The Judiciary
The judiciary,
What are the two different levels...,
Who is the head of the judiciary
24  cards
1A.3.7 Evaluation of the judiciary
Age,
Main criticisms of the bench,
Women in the judiciary
10  cards
1A.3.6 Separation of Powers Theory and Independence of the judiciary
Who proposed the seperation of po...,
What is the separation of powers ...,
The three arms of the state ident...
23  cards
1A.4.1 Government funding for civil and criminal cases
Government schemes to help those ...,
Why is cost a major hurdle when d...,
Problems with government funding ...
18  cards
1A.4.3 Evaluation of Access to Justice
Positives to access to justice in...,
Problems with access to justice i...,
Positives to access to justice in...
4  cards
1A.4.2 Private funding, conditional fees and other advice agencies
Citizens advice,
What are the main areas that citi...,
Law centres
11  cards
1B.1.1 Actus reus
Actus reus,
Conduct crime,
Consequence crime
45  cards
1B.1.2 Mens rea
Mens rea,
Strict liability offences,
What are the different levels of ...
35  cards
1B.2.1 Murder
What is homicide,
Murder offences include,
Murder
29  cards
1B.2.2 Voluntary manslaughter
Voluntary manslaughter,
What are the two special defences...,
Which act governs loss of control
35  cards
1B.2.3 Involuntary manslaughter
Involuntary manslaughter,
What distinguishes involuntary ma...,
What are two types of involuntary...
35  cards
Common Assault: Assault & Battery
Ways of committing common assault,
What act is the law on common ass...,
Maximum punishment for assault an...
38  cards
1B.3.2 s47 OAPA 1861
S47 oapa 1861,
What type of offence is s47 oapa ...,
S47 oapa 1861
18  cards
1B.3.3 s20 OAPA 1861
S20 oapa 1861,
What are the two offences that fa...,
What type of offence is s20 oapa ...
12  cards
1B.3.4 s18 OAPA 1861
S18 oapa 1861,
Why is s18 a more serious offence...,
Acus reus for s18 oapa 1861
8  cards
1B.4.1 Theft
Define theft,
Which act governs the law on theft,
S1 theft act 1968
53  cards
1B.4.2 Robbery
What act governs the law on robbery,
Definition of robbery,
Ar of robbery
20  cards
1B.4.3 Burglary
Which act governs the law on burg...,
What are the two seperate offence...,
Definition of s9 1 a
28  cards
1B.5.1 Insanity
Special verdict when insanity is ...,
Who is the burden of proving insa...,
The m naghten rules
21  cards
1B.5.2 Automatism
Insane automatism,
Non insane automatism,
Overlap between insanity and auto...
13  cards
1B.5.3 Intoxication
Voluntary intoxication can only b...,
Intoxication flow chart,
Mens rea for voluntary intoxication
28  cards
1B.6.1 Self-defence
What is self defence,
What act is the law on self defen...,
Reasons for using self defence
24  cards
1B.6.3 Duress and necessity
Two types of duress,
What law governs the law on duress,
Is duress a complete defence
31  cards
1B.6.4 Consent
Definition of consent,
What act governs the law on consent,
It cannot be a defence to murder ...
30  cards
1B.7.1 Attempts
What is an attempt,
Where is an attempt defined,
Can an attempt be done by an act ...
30  cards

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