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Nature of law

Rules, laws and morals

Differences between civil and criminal law

Rule of Law

Separation of Powers

Parliamentary Sovereignty

Criminal

Actus reus

Omissions

Causation

Mens rea - Intention

Mens rea - Cunningham recklessness

Mens rea - recklessness - property offences

Contemporaneity rule

Thabo-Meli v R

Transferred malice

Negligence

Strict liability

S.18 Wounding and GBH

S.20 Wounding and GBH

S.47 ABH

Battery

Assault

Murder

Voluntary manslaughter loss of control

R v Byrne

Theft

R v Brown 1993

Contract Law

Bilateral and unilateral contracts

Offer and invitation to treat

Termination of an offer

Acceptance

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball

Intention to create legal relations

Consideration

Misrepresentation

Incorporation of contractual terms

Term or representation

Condition, warranty or innominate term

Discharge by frustration

Contract remedies - rescission

Tort Law

Duty of care

Donoghue v Stevenson

Caparo v Dickman

Robinson v CC Yorkshire

Negligently inflicted psychiatric harm

Breach of duty

Causation in tort law

Remoteness of damage in tort law

Occupiers Liability 1957

Occupiers Liability 1984

Private nuisance

Liability under Rylands v Fletcher

Law making

Stare decisis

Obiter dicta

Ratio decidendi

Hierarchy of the courts

Original, binding and persuasive precedents

Overruling, distinguishing, reversing

Literal rule of statutory interpretation

Evaluation of the literal rule

Golden rule of statutory interpretation

Evaluation of the golden rule

R v Allen

Mischief rule of statutory interpretation

Evaluation of the mischief rule

Smith v Hughes 1960

The purposive approach to statutory interpretation

Evaluation of the purposive approach

Internal aids to statutory interpretation

External aids to statutory interpretation

Pepper v Hart

Rules of language