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Acts of Parliament
This topic supports the previous, focusing on law being created or reformed through the House of Parliament. It aims to show the differences bewteen the two House of Parliament, whilst emphasising the importance of each. Those students studying Politics at AS Level are also likely to benefit from this topic as there appears to be some degree of overlap. This will certainly strenghten their knowledge on this topic.
A breakdown of the topic:
a) Parliament
b) Influence on Parliamentary law-making
c) The pre-legislative process
d) Introducing an Act of Parliament
e) The process in Parliament
f) Criticisms of the legislative process
g) Parliamentary Sovereignty
Assessment:
You will be assessed on this topic in line with OCR standards. The assessment will be a past paper question. This question will test your knowledge and application of that knowledge to AS Level exam standard. Click here to access the question.