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Applying and Distinguishing Judicial Precedent
Identify the ratio decidendi and obiter dicta in appellate judgments and employ techniques of following, distinguishing, overruling, and reversing precedent.
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Advanced Legal Skills: Interpretation, Precedent, and Argumentation
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Synthesise complex factual scenarios, apply statutory interpretation and judicial precedent, resolve conflicting authorities, and formulate persuasive legal arguments.
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LAW-7.2General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Law · 11th GradeAS and A level specifications must require students, when formulating a legal argument, to be able to analyse legislation by applying the rules and principles of statutory interpretation; and analyse case law by applying the doctrine of precedent.
LAW-7.4General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Law · 11th GradeAS and A level specifications must require students to construct clear, concise and logical legal arguments which are substantiated by legal authority, using appropriate legal terminology. In addition, at A level students must be required to construct a persuasive argument including instances where they have recognised that there are no clear legal precedents or conflicting precedents to solve a problem.