The OCR A-Level Law specification covers a broad range of topics, including the Legal System, Law Making, Criminal Law, Tort Law, Human Rights Law, and Contract Law. This guide breaks down the specification by theme and topic, linking each area to relevant revision guides, articles, podcasts, and videos to support effective revision. Use the tables below as a revision checklist to track your progress, identify gaps in your knowledge, and access resources tailored specifically to OCR A-Level Law students.
| 1 | The Legal System and Criminal Law | Revision Guide | Podcast |
| 1.1 | Civil Courts and Other Forms of Dispute Resolution | Video | |
| 1.1.1 | County Court and High Court | ||
| 1.1.2 | Appeals and Appellate Courts | ||
| 1.1.3 | Employment Tribunals and Alternative Dispute Resolution | ||
| 1.1.4 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 1.2 | Criminal Courts and Lay People | Video | |
| 1.2.1 | Criminal Process | ||
| 1.2.2 | Appeals and Appellate Courts | ||
| 1.2.3 | Sentencing and Court Powers | ||
| 1.2.4 | Lay Magistrates and Juries | ||
| 1.2.5 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 1.3 | Legal Personnel | Video | |
| 1.3.1 | Barristers, Solicitors and Legal Executives | ||
| 1.3.2 | The Judiciary | ||
| 1.3.3 | The Separation of Powers and the Independence of the Judiciary | ||
| 1.3.4 | Evaluation of the Judiciary | ||
| 1.4 | Access to Justice | Video | |
| 1.1.1 | Government Funding | ||
| 1.1.2 | Private Funding | ||
| 1.1.3 | Evaluation of Access to Justice | ||
| 1.5 | Rules and Theory of Criminal Law | Video | |
| 1.5.1 | Rules of Criminal Law | ||
| 1.5.2 | Theory of Criminal Law | ||
| 1.6 | General Elements of Criminal Liability | Video | |
| 1.6.1 | Actus Reus | ||
| 1.6.2 | Mens Rea | ||
| 1.7 | Fatal Offences Against the Person | Video | |
| 1.7.1 | Murder | ||
| 1.7.2 | Voluntary Manslaughter | ||
| 1.7.3 | Involuntary Manslaughter | ||
| 1.8 | Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person | Video | |
| 1.8.1 | Common Assault | ||
| 1.8.2 | Offences Against the Person Act | ||
| 1.9 | Offences Against Property | Video | |
| 1.9.1 | Theft | ||
| 1.9.2 | Robbery | ||
| 1.9.3 | Burglary | ||
| 1.10 | Mental Capacity Defences | Video | |
| 1.10.1 | Insanity | ||
| 1.10.2 | Automatism | ||
| 1.10.3 | Intoxication | ||
| 1.11 | General Defences | Video | |
| 1.11.1 | Self-Defence | ||
| 1.11.2 | Duress by Threats | ||
| 1.11.3 | Duress of Circumstance and Necessity | ||
| 1.11.4 | Consent | ||
| 1.12 | Preliminary Offences | Video | |
| 1.12.1 | Attempts | ||
| 1.12.2 | Impossibility | ||
| 1.13 | Evaluation of Criminal Law | Video | |
| 1.13.1 | Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person | ||
| 1.13.2 | Defences | ||
| 1.13.3 | Ideas for Reform | ||
| 2 | Law Making and the Law of Tort | Revision Guide | Podcast |
| 2.1 | Parliamentary Law Making | Video | |
| 2.1.1 | Legislative Process | ||
| 2.1.2 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 2.2 | Delegated Legislation | Video | |
| 2.2.1 | Types of Delegated Legislation | ||
| 2.2.2 | Controls on Delegated Legislation | ||
| 2.2.3 | Reasons for Using Delegated Legislation | ||
| 2.2.4 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 2.3 | Statutory Interpretation | Video | |
| 2.3.1 | Rules of Statutory Interpretation | ||
| 2.3.2 | The Purposive Approach | ||
| 2.3.3 | Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aids to Interpretation | ||
| 2.3.4 | Impact of European Union Law | ||
| 2.3.5 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 2.4 | Judicial Precedent | Video | |
| 2.4.1 | The Doctrine of Precedent | ||
| 2.4.2 | The Hierarchy of Courts | ||
| 2.4.3 | Binding, Persuasive and Original Precedent | ||
| 2.4.5 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 2.5 | Law Reform | Video | |
| 2.5.1 | Influences on Parliament | ||
| 2.5.2 | Law Reform by the Law Commission | ||
| 2.5.3 | Advantages and Disadvantages | ||
| 2.6 | European Union Law | Video | |
| 2.6.1 | Institutions of the European Union | ||
| 2.6.2 | Sources of European Union Law | ||
| 2.6.3 | Impact of European Union Law | ||
| 2.7 | Rules and Theory of the Law of Tort | Video | |
| 2.7.1 | Rules of the Law of Tort | ||
| 2.7.2 | Theory of the Law of Tort | ||
| 2.8 | Liability in Negligence | Video | |
| 2.8.1 | Liability in Negligence for Injury to People and Damage to Property | ||
| 2.8.2 | The Duty of Care | ||
| 2.8.3 | Breach of Duty | ||
| 2.8.4 | Damage | ||
| 2.9 | Occupiers' Liability | Video | |
| 2.9.1 | liability in Respect of Lawful Visitors | ||
| 2.9.2 | Liability in Respect of Trespassers | ||
| 2.10 | Torts Connected to Land | Video | |
| 2.10.1 | Private Nuisance | ||
| 2.10.2 | Rylands v Fletcher | ||
| 2.11 | Vicarious Liability | Video | |
| 2.11.1 | Nature and Purpose of Vicarious Liability | ||
| 2.11.2 | Liability for Employees | ||
| 2.11.3 | Liability for Torts 'Closely Connected' to Employment | ||
| 2.12 | Defences in Tort Law | Video | |
| 2.12.1 | Contributory Negligence | ||
| 2.12.2 | Volenti Non Fit Injuria | ||
| 2.12.3 | Defences | ||
| 2.13 | Remedies in Tort Law | Video | |
| 2.13.1 | Compensatory Damages | ||
| 2.13.2 | Mitigation of Loss | ||
| 2.13.3 | Injunctions | ||
| 2.14 | Evaluation of Tort Law | Video | |
| 2.14.1 | Liability in Negligence | ||
| 2.14.2 | Occupiers' Liability | ||
| 2.14.3 | Vicarious Liability | ||
| 3 | The Nature of Law and Human Rights | Revision Guide | Podcast |
| 3.1 | Introduction to the Nature of Law | Video | |
| 3.1.1 | Law and Rules | ||
| 3.1.2 | Law, Morality and Justice | ||
| 3.1.3 | The Differences Between Civil and Criminal Law | ||
| 3.1.4 | The Development of English Law | ||
| 3.1.5 | The Rule of Law | ||
| 3.2 | Law and Morality | Video | |
| 3.2.1 | The Distinction Between Law and Morals | ||
| 3.2.2 | The Diversity Moral Views in a Pluralist Society | ||
| 3.2.3 | The Relationship Between Law and Morals | ||
| 3.2.4 | The Legal Enforcement of Moral Values | ||
| 3.3 | Law and Justice | Video | |
| 3.3.1 | The Meaning of Justice | ||
| 3.3.2 | Theories of Justice | ||
| 3.3.3 | The Extent to Which the Law Achieves Justice | ||
| 3.4 | Law and Society | Video | |
| 3.4.1 | The Role Law Plays in Society | ||
| 3.4.2 | The Law as a Social Control Mechanism | ||
| 3.4.3 | The Way Law Deals with Consensus | ||
| 3.4.4 | The Realist Approach to Law Making | ||
| 3.5 | Rules and Theory of Human Rights Law | Video | |
| 3.5.1 | Rules of Human Rights Law | ||
| 3.5.2 | Theory of Human Rights Law | ||
| 3.6 | Protection of the Individual's Human Rights and Freedoms in the UK | Video | |
| 3.6.1 | The History of the European Convention on Human Rights | ||
| 3.6.2 | The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 | ||
| 3.6.3 | The Entrenched Nature of the Human Rights Act 1998 in Devolution | ||
| 3.7 | Key Provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights | Video | |
| 3.7.1 | Article 5: The Right to Liberty and Security | ||
| 3.7.2 | Article 6: The Right to a Fair Trial | ||
| 3.7.3 | Article 8: The Right to Respect for Family and Private Life | ||
| 3.7.4 | Article 10: The Right to Freedom of Expression | ||
| 3.7.5 | Article 11: Freedom of Assembly | ||
| 3.7.6 | Restriction Permitted by the European Convention on Human Rights | ||
| 3.8 | Human Rights and English Law | Video | |
| 3.8.1 | Public Order Offences | ||
| 3.8.2 | Police Powers | ||
| 3.8.3 | Interception of Communications | ||
| 3.8.4 | Duty of Confidentiality | ||
| 3.8.5 | Obscenity | ||
| 3.8.6 | Torts of Defamation and Trespass | ||
| 3.8.7 | Harassment | ||
| 3.9 | Enforcement of Human Rights Law | Video | |
| 3.9.1 | Role of Domestic Courts | ||
| 3.9.2 | The Process of Judicial Review | ||
| 3.9.3 | The Role of the European Court of Human Rights | ||
| 3.10 | Evaluation of Human Rights Law | Video | |
| 3.10.1 | Articles 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights | ||
| 3.10.2 | The Human Rights Act 1998 | ||
| 3.10.3 | Ideas for Reform | ||
| 4 | The Nature of Law and the Law of Contract | Revision Guide | Podcast |
| 4.1 | Introduction to the Nature of Law | Video | |
| 4.1.1 | Law and Rules | ||
| 4.1.2 | Law, Morality and Justice | ||
| 4.1.3 | The Differences Between Civil and Criminal Law | ||
| 4.1.4 | The Development of English Law | ||
| 4.1.5 | The Rule of Law | ||
| 4.2 | Law and Morality | Video | |
| 4.2.1 | The Distinction Between Law and Morals | ||
| 4.2.2 | The Diversity Moral Views in a Pluralist Society | ||
| 4.2.3 | The Relationship Between Law and Morals | ||
| 4.2.4 | The Legal Enforcement of Moral Values | ||
| 4.3 | Law and Justice | Video | |
| 4.3.1 | The Meaning of Justice | ||
| 4.3.2 | Theories of Justice | ||
| 4.3.3 | The Extent to Which the Law Achieves Justice | ||
| 4.4 | Law and Society | Video | |
| 4.4.1 | The Role Law Plays in Society | ||
| 4.4.2 | The Law as a Social Control Mechanism | ||
| 4.4.3 | The Way Law Deals with Consensus | ||
| 4.4.4 | The Realist Approach to Law Making | ||
| 4.5 | Rules and Theory of the Law of Contract | Video | |
| 4.5.1 | Rules of the Law of Contract | ||
| 4.5.2 | Theory of the Law of Contract | ||
| 4.6 | Formation of a Contract | Video | |
| 4.6.1 | Offer and Acceptance | ||
| 4.6.2 | Intention to Create Legal Relations | ||
| 4.6.3 | Consideration | ||
| 4.6.4 | Privity | ||
| 4.7 | Terms of a Contract | Video | |
| 4.7.1 | Express and Implied Terms | ||
| 4.7.2 | Types of Terms | ||
| 4.7.3 | Exclusion and Limitation Clauses | ||
| 4.8 | Vitiating Factors | Video | |
| 4.8.1 | Misrepresentation | ||
| 4.8.2 | Economic Duress | ||
| 4.9 | Discharge of a Contract | Video | |
| 4.9.1 | Performance | ||
| 4.9.2 | Frustration | ||
| 4.9.3 | Breach of Contract | ||
| 4.10 | Remedies in Contract | Video | |
| 4.10.1 | Damages | ||
| 4.10.2 | Equitable Remedies | ||
| 4.10.3 | Consumer Remedies | ||
| 4.11 | Evaluation of Contract Law | Video | |
| 4.11.1 | Formation of a Contract | ||
| 4.11.2 | Contract Terms | ||
| 4.11.3 | Ideas for Reform | ||
| Question Types and How to Answer Them | Video |
