About the Book

AS Law covers the content of AS Law for AQA and OCR students in a stimulating and reader-friendly style. Subjects are broken down into manageable parts, with clear headings, sub-headings, photographs, diagrams, boxes and illustrations. A glossary of commonly encountered legal terms also helps those new to the subject understand some of the more technical words and phrases.

Each chapter contains a number of common features designed to aid learning, including:

• This topic enables you – an introduction to each chapter outlining learning objectives that also explain why the subject is important to the study of law
• Developing the subject – explains a particularly important or difficult point in more detail
• Useful websites – a list of websites that enable students to access primary law materials, which will support chapter- by- chapter reading
• It’s a fact! – highlights interesting and contemporary applications of the legal principle under discussion
• Let’s look at the cases – examines a particular case in more detail in the context of the chapter discussion
• Hints/tips – suggests revision topics and strategies bearing in mind the questions that could well come up in an exam

With revision quizzes, quick tests and sample questions and answers included within the textbook alongside additional online material, this text covers AS Law in a stimulating and exciting manner. Designed for sixth form and college students, it brings law to life by profiling famous legal figures and examining law in films, fiction, non-fiction and on the internet while fulfilling all syllabus requirements.