The English Legal System Certificate

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LESSON 1 - SOURCES OF LAW
- LESSON 1 - SOURCES OF LAW
- READING MATERIAL - Sources of Law
- Review 1 - How Common Law was created
- Review 1.1 - Common Law
- Review 1.2 - Case-law
- Review 2 - Equity
- Review 2.1 - Equity Maxims
- Review 2.2 - Equity - Remedies
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - COMMON LAW & EQUITY (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - COMMON LAW & EQUITY - (OUTLINE ONLINE)
- Review 3 - Legislation
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - CASE-LAW & STATUTES
- SAMPLE ANSWER - CASE-LAW & STATUTES (OUTLINE ONLY)
- Review 4 - Delegated Legislation - Part 1
- Review 4.1 Statutory Instruments
- Review 4.2 - Orders in Council
- Review 4.3 - Bye-laws
- QUIZ 1 - Common law & Precedent
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - DELEGATED LEGISLATION (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - DELEGATED LEGISLATION (OUTLINE ONLY)
- Review 5 - European Law (Overview only)
- QUIZ 2 - Legislation & Delegated Legislation
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LESSON 2 - JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
- LESSON 2(a) - JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
- READING MATERIAL - Judicial Precedent & Hierarchy of Courts
- Review 1 - Judicial Precedent
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1 - AVOIDING PRECEDENT
- SAMPLE ANSWER - AVOIDING PRECEDENT (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ 1 - Judicial Precedent
- LESSON 2(b) - JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
- Review 2 - Courts & Precedents
- Review 3 - Court of Appeal & Precedents
- Review 4 - Supreme Court (formerly HOL) & Precedents
- QUIZ 2 - HIERARCHY OF COURTS
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING 2 - COURT OF APPEAL & THE SUPREME COURT (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - COURT OF APPEAL & SUPREME COURT (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ 3 - Application of Precedents
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LESSON 3 - STATUTORY RULES OF INTERPRETATION
- LESSON 3(a) - STATUTORY RULES OF INTERPRETATION
- READING MATERIAL - Statutory Rules of Interpretation - Pt 1
- Review 1 - Overview of Statutory Interpretation
- Review 1.1 - The Literal Rule
- Review 1.2 - The Golden Rule
- Review 1.3 - The Mischief Rule
- Review 1.4 - Language - ejusdem generis
- Review 1.5 - Language - expressio unius est exclusio alterius
- Review 1.6 - Language - noscitur a sociis
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - RULES OF STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ 1 - Statutory Rules of Interpretation
- LESSON 3(b) - STATUTORY RULES OF INTERPRETATION
- Review 1.7 - Presumption
- Review 1.8 - Internal/Intrinsic Aid
- Review 1.9 - External/Extrinsic Aid
- Review 1.9 - Hansard
- Review 1.10 - Purposive Approach
- Review 1.11 - Interpretation Act 1978
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING -LANGUAGE RULES - (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - LANGUAGE RULES - (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ 2 - Statutory Rules of Interpretation
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LESSON 4 - HOW LEGISLATION IS MADE IN THE UK
- LESSON 4 - HOW LEGISLATION IS MADE IN THE UK
- READING MATERIAL - How Legislation is Made
- Review 1 - Pre-Bill Stage
- Review 2 - Types of Bills
- Review 3 - Stages of the Bill
- Review 4 - Delaying Powers of House of Lords
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - BILLS (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - BILLS (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ - How Legislation is made
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LESSON 5 - THE CIVIL COURTS
- LESSON 5 - THE CIVIL COURTS
- READING MATERIAL - The Civil Courts
- Review 1 - Civil Courts
- Review 2 - Disadvantages of Civil Courts
- RESEARCH - ROLE OF THE COUNTY COURT & HIGH COURT
- SAMPLE ANSWER (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ - The Civil Courts
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LESSON 6 - THE CRIMINAL LAW COURTS
- LESSON 6 - THE CRIMINAL COURTS
- READING MATERIAL - The Criminal Law Courts
- Review 1 - Magistrates Courts
- Review 2 - Crown Court
- Review 3 - Youth Offenders Court
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - HIERARCHY OF UK COURTS (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - HIERARCHY OF UK COURTS (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ - The Criminal Law Courts
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LESSON 7 - CRIMINAL & CIVIL LAW
- LESSON 7 - Civil & Criminal Law
- Review 1 - Civil Law
- Review 2 - Criminal Law
- READING MATERIAL - CIVIL & CRIMINAL LAW
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - CIVIL & CRIMINAL LAW (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - CIVIL & CRIMINAL LAW (OUTLINE)
- QUIZ - Civil & Criminal Law
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LESSON 8 - PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAW
- LESSON 8 - PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAW
- READING MATERIAL - Public & Private Law
- QUIZ - Public v Private Law
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LESSON 9 - EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS & SOURCES
- READING MATERIAL - European Union, Institutions & Sources
- LESSON 1 - Primary Sources of EU Law
- LESSON 2 - Secondary Sources of EU Law
- LESSON 3 - General Principles applied by ECJ
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ - European Union, Institutions & Sources
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LESSON 10 - THE EFFECT OF EU MEMBERSHIP
- LESSON 10
- READING MATERIAL - Effect of EU Membership
- Review 1 - EC Law - Supremacy
- Review 2 - Direct Applicability
- Review 3 - Doctrine of Direct Effect
- Review 4 - Doctrine of Indirect Effect
- Review 5 - Treaties
- Review 6 - Regulations
- Review 7 - Directives
- Review 8 - Damages
- TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING - EUROPEAN LAW (OPTIONAL)
- SAMPLE ANSWER - EUROPEAN LAW (OUTLINE ONLY)
- QUIZ - Effect of EU Membership
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Focus on Legal Learning

Melissa Petrak- Mellor

This course focusses on content and what you need to learn which appealed to me. I liked the delivery of the tone and course clarity, particularly the Instru...

This course focusses on content and what you need to learn which appealed to me. I liked the delivery of the tone and course clarity, particularly the Instructor who is a lawyer, Yasmine Lupin. I liked her reviews

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EXCELLENT

Joanne Bowmer

Very, very good. Very clear easy to follow. Excellent to refresh your memory!

Prokopis Krikris

The course offers a good understanding of the basic principles around the English legal system and provides a well structured presentation that allows the re...

The course offers a good understanding of the basic principles around the English legal system and provides a well structured presentation that allows the reader to absorb information easily and efficiently. Prokopis Krikris