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Consumers and the law - notes
Notes on the effectiveness of the legal system in dealing with consumer law issues.
Crime and the law - notes
Crime Fiction notes
Study notes for English (Ext 1) students studying Crime Fiction. Covers: The Big Sleep; Snow Falling On Cedars; and The Real Inspector Hound.
In The Wild (BNW/BR) notes
Study notes on the topic 'In The Wild', focussing on the texts 'Brave New World' and 'Blade Runner'.
Telling the Truth (Frontline) notes
Study notes on Frontline and related texts.
Subversions and exploitations of crime fiction
Comprehensive crime fiction essay that examines four different texts (two prescribed + two supplementary) in terms of their conformance to, and subversion of, conventions of the genre.
The Big Sleep essay
Detailed evaluation of the movie 'The Big Sleep' (and another text) in terms of conventions of the crime fiction genre, and in terms of how they portray social attitudes and beliefs.
Law of contract and consumers
Analysis of the effectiveness of consumer law. This is a 'generic essay' - i.e. an essay that covers an entire Legal Studies topic in one answer - and it is becoming an increasingly common type of question in Legal Studies.
Criminal justice
Medium-length analysis of the effectiveness of various forms of punishment, that the law is able to administer to criminals during sentencing.
Family law effectiveness essay
Essay explaining the effectiveness of various aspects of family law. This is what we call a 'generic' legal studies essay - i.e. one that basically covers an entire unit in one answer - and it is the most commonly asked type of essay question in Legal Studies these days.
