Sample Questions and Answer Plans

Let’s look at a past paper question. Please have ‘AS Law’ (Chapter 3) available to you as you consider the question. Before consulting the suggested areas of response, please ask yourself: how would I have tackled this question?

Sample Question

a) Describe, with examples, the various methods that judges may employ when interpreting statutes (15)
b) Explain ‘intrinsic aids’ and ‘extrinsic aids’, and assess the value of these aids to judges when they are interpreting statutory provisions. (15)

Answer Guidance