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AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
Topic overviewDistributive and Corrective JusticeTheories of Justice: Rawls, Nozick and MarxWhat Law Does in SocietyHow Law and Morality Are EnforcedMoral Diversity in a Pluralist SocietyThe Hart-Devlin DebateProcedural Justice and UtilitarianismThe Rule of Law: Core RequirementsLaw, Rights and the Resolution of DisputesFault and Strict LiabilityWhere Law and Morality OverlapWolfenden and R v BrownAristotle on JusticeJustice through Civil and Criminal LawCriminal and civil law comparedCustom, statute and common law as sourcesEquality, Fairness and Clarity before the Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Topic overviewArticle 2 and Article 5: Life and LibertyArticle 11 and the Conditions for RestrictionRights, Liberties and Correlative DutiesThe Scope of Fundamental Human RightsArticle 2 Exceptions and the Article 5 GuaranteeInterfering with Article 8 RightsArticle 10: Freedom of Expression and Its LimitsThe Human Rights Act and Categories of Rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Topic overviewFreedom of Association and Its LimitsArticle 2: Justified Deprivation of LifeArticle 5: Lawful Arrest and DetentionArticle 8: Private and Family LifeArticle 11: What It ProtectsArticle 2: Negative and Positive ObligationsThe Article 2.2 Exceptions in DetailArticle 5.1: Liberty and Security of PersonDetention under Article 5.1(a) to (c)Article 5.2 to 5.5: Information and ReviewArticle 10.1: Freedom of ExpressionWhich Paragraphs Permit RestrictionThe Grounds for Lawful DetentionEnforcing Rights in Strasbourg and by Judicial Review
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Topic overviewThe Common Requirements for RestrictionsLegitimate Aims and ProportionalityBringing a Claim to the Strasbourg CourtArticle 46, Judicial Review and Section 7 ClaimsPrescribed by Law and Necessary in a DemocracyLegitimate Aims for Restricting Articles 10 and 11Enforcement in Strasbourg and at HomeThe Two General Conditions for RestrictionLegitimate Aims across Articles 8, 10 and 11Who May Claim and How Rights Are EnforcedSupervising Judgments and Judicial Review Remedies
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
The European Convention Articles
Article 2: Justified Deprivation of Life
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- Paper 3
Overview
Recall questions on the sole circumstance permitting intentional deprivation and on the standard the use of force must meet under Article 2.2.
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What is the second justified exception under Article 2.2 regarding the use of force?
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Why does Article 2.2 require that action taken to quell a riot or insurrection must be 'lawfully taken' for the exception to apply?
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What standard must force meet under Article 2.2, and in what situations may it be used?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Under Article 2.1, in what sole circumstance is the intentional deprivation of life permitted?
Model answer
In the execution of a court sentence following conviction for a crime for which the death penalty is provided by law.
- 2
According to Article 2.2, what standard must the use of force meet for deprivation of life not to contravene Article 2?
Model answer
The use of force must be no more than absolutely necessary.
- 3
What is the first justified exception under Article 2.2 that permits the use of lethal force?
Model answer
The use of force in defence of any person from unlawful violence.
- 4
What is the second justified exception under Article 2.2 regarding the use of force?
Model answer
The use of force in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained.
- 5
If state agents use force resulting in death during an arrest, what must be demonstrated for this not to violate Article 2?
Model answer
That the force used was no more than absolutely necessary to effect a lawful arrest or prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained.
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What is the third justified exception to the right to life under Article 2.2 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Model answer
The use of force in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection.
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