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OCR A-Level Law H418
Civil Courts and Other Forms of Dispute Resolution
Criminal Courts and Lay People
Legal Personnel
Access to Justice
Rules and Theory of Criminal Law
General Elements of Criminal Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Offences Against Property
Mental Capacity Defences
Preliminary Offences
Evaluation in Criminal Law
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
European Union Law
Rules and Theory of Tort
Liability in Negligence
Occupiers’ Liability
Torts Connected to Land
Vicarious Liability
Defences
Remedies in Tort
Evaluation in Tort
Introduction to the Nature of Law
Law and Society
Rules and Theory of Human RightsHuman rights
Protection of the Individual’s Human Rights and Freedoms in the UKHuman rights
Key Provisions of the European Convention on Human RightsHuman rights
Human Rights and English LawHuman rights
Enforcement of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Evaluation in Human RightsHuman rights
Rules and Theory of ContractContract
FormationContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Remedies in ContractContract
Evaluation in ContractContract
Enforcement of Human Rights Law
- 3 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- Component 3
- Component 3 option, sat instead of contract
What Enforcement of Human Rights Law covers
How a person actually enforces a right, at home and in Strasbourg.
Where it is assessed
Component 3
Human rights law, one of the two options for the third paper.
Check the OCR specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The role of the domestic courtsRecall questions on how rights were protected through the common law and statutory interpretation before 2000, and on the courts' role under sections 3, 4, 6 and 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998, declarations of incompatibility and proportionality.Open →
- Judicial reviewRecall questions on what judicial review is, the pre-action step, standing, time limits and the permission stage, the grounds of illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety and proportionality, natural justice, and quashing, mandatory and prohibiting orders, declarations and damages.Open →
- The European Court of Human RightsRecall questions on applying to the European Court of Human Rights, from exhausting domestic remedies, time limits and victim status to the admissibility grounds, the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality, effectiveness and the margin of appreciation, the Grand Chamber, Protocol 11 and enforcing judgments.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What do quashing, mandatory and prohibiting orders do in judicial review?
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How does the court deal with permission for judicial review on the papers?
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What do the three traditional grounds for judicial review mean?
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What change did the Human Rights Act 1998 bring regarding enforcement of Convention rights after it came into force in 2000?
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What obligation does section 3 of the Human Rights Act place on courts when interpreting legislation?
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What does the principle of proportionality require when a Convention right is interfered with?
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Within what time period must an application to the ECtHR be submitted after the final domestic decision?
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Before the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force in 2000, could individuals directly enforce Convention rights in domestic courts?
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Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is the legal effect of a declaration of incompatibility on the legislation in question?
Model answer
It does not invalidate the legislation but signals to Parliament that amendment is needed.
- 2
How does section 6 HRA 1998 affect the accountability of public authorities?
Model answer
It makes public authorities directly accountable in domestic courts for acting incompatibly with Convention rights.
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Under section 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998, what may a court do where a public authority has acted incompatibly with Convention rights?
Model answer
Grant any relief or remedy within its powers that it considers just and appropriate, including damages where necessary to give just satisfaction.
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What does the principle of proportionality require when a Convention right is interfered with?
Model answer
Any interference with a Convention right must be proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.
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Before the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force in 2000, could individuals directly enforce Convention rights in domestic courts?
Model answer
No, individuals could not directly enforce Convention rights in domestic courts before the HRA 1998 came into force.
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What was the ultimate remedy available to individuals seeking to enforce Convention rights before 2000?
Model answer
Individuals could petition the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg as the ultimate remedy.
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Enforcement of Human Rights Law revision questions
- What does Enforcement of Human Rights Law cover in OCR A-Level Law?
- 3 subtopics: the role of the domestic courts, judicial review and the european court of human rights. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Enforcement of Human Rights Law organised?
- By the OCR H418 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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