Human Rights and English Law | OCR A-Level Law (H418)
Human Rights and English Law
- 51 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 3: Human rights, one of the two third-paper options
- Component 3
Where domestic law protects or restricts the freedoms the Convention guarantees..
It covers public order offences and trespass to land, interception of communications and police powers, defamation and obscenity and breach of confidence and harassment.
Sample questions from Human Rights and English Law
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Public order offences and trespass to land
What conduct must the twelve or more persons engage in for riot to be established?
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Using or threatening unlawful violence for a common purpose, where the conduct would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for their safety. -
Public order offences and trespass to land
Name two types of illegal assembly that restrict Articles 10 and 11 under the Public Order Act 1986.
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Trespassory assemblies under section 14A and prohibited processions under section 13. -
Interception of communications and police powers
What is directed surveillance under RIPA 2000?
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A form of covert surveillance that is not intrusive, requiring authorisation at a lower level than intrusive surveillance. -
Interception of communications and police powers
What are the requirements for a lawful arrest under PACE 1984 section 24?
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Reasonable grounds for suspecting a person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offence, and that arrest is necessary for specified reasons. -
Defamation and obscenity
Name the defence of truth in defamation.
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Truth is a complete defence where the defendant proves the statement is substantially true. -
Defamation and obscenity
Which statute governs obscenity law and restricts Article 10?
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The Obscene Publications Act 1959. -
Breach of confidence and harassment
When courts determine breach of confidence claims, does Article 8 or Article 10 have automatic precedence?
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Neither right has automatic precedence; courts must balance them. -
Breach of confidence and harassment
What mental element must be shown regarding the defendant's knowledge in harassment?
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The defendant knows or ought to know that the conduct amounts to harassment.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Public order offences and trespass to land | Recall questions on how breach of the peace, riot, violent disorder, affray and illegal assemblies under the Public Order Act 1986 restrict Articles 10 and 11, and on trespass to land as a tort actionable per se. | 13 |
| Interception of communications and police powers | Recall questions on surveillance and covert sources under RIPA 2000, the double-lock for interception warrants under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, and stop and search, arrest, detention limits and detainees' rights under PACE 1984. | 18 |
| Defamation and obscenity | Recall questions on when a statement is defamatory under the Defamation Act 2013, the defences of truth, honest opinion, public interest and privilege, and the test for obscenity under the Obscene Publications Act 1959, as restrictions on Article 10. | 10 |
| Breach of confidence and harassment | Recall questions on breach of confidence and the balance between Articles 8 and 10, and on the course of conduct, knowledge and civil and criminal remedies under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. | 10 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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