Year 12

Notes on the effectiveness of the legal system in dealing with consumer law issues.

Study notes for English (Ext 1) students studying Crime Fiction. Covers: The Big Sleep; Snow Falling On Cedars; and The Real Inspector Hound.

Study notes on the topic 'In The Wild', focussing on the texts 'Brave New World' and 'Blade Runner'.

Study notes on Frontline and related texts.

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.

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.

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.

Medium-length analysis of the effectiveness of various forms of punishment, that the law is able to administer to criminals during sentencing.

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.