Convention Rights and Board-specific Additional Articles
The multi-board core of Articles 8, 10 and 11, together with Article 5 and the additional Article 2 or Article 6 coverage selected by current specifications.
How to study for A-level Law
Learn each rule with its authority, practise identifying issues in factual scenarios, and develop balanced evaluation that reaches a supported legal conclusion.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Articles 8, 10 and 11 protect private and family life, expression, and peaceful assembly and association, subject to structured lawful restrictions.
Exam cue: Name the right and article before analysing whether the facts engage it.
Concept 2
Article 5 protects liberty and security through specified grounds and safeguards for detention; current boards then vary in additional detailed treatment of Article 2 or Article 6.
Exam cue: For a qualified right, test legality, legitimate aim, necessity and proportionality rather than relying on a broad public-interest assertion.
Concept 3
A multi-board learner must check the chosen specification: AQA includes Articles 2 and 5, while current Cambridge OCR and Eduqas specifications include Articles 5 and 6.
Exam cue: Mark Article 2 or Article 6 detail as board-route coverage instead of presenting it as identical across every specification.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using one board's additional-article selection as though it were the universal multi-board core.
Guardrail: Do not jump from a factual outcome to liability: prove every legal element and keep board-specific coverage separate from the multi-board core.
Treating privacy, expression and assembly as unlimited whenever the claimant's activity is peaceful.
Guardrail: Do not jump from a factual outcome to liability: prove every legal element and keep board-specific coverage separate from the multi-board core.
Failing to distinguish deprivation of liberty under Article 5 from a lesser restriction on movement.
Guardrail: Do not jump from a factual outcome to liability: prove every legal element and keep board-specific coverage separate from the multi-board core.
Memory anchors
Article 5
Protects liberty and security and regulates lawful deprivation of liberty.
Article 8
Protects private and family life, home and correspondence.
Article 10
Protects freedom to receive and impart information and ideas.
Article 11
Protects peaceful assembly and freedom of association.
Board variant
AQA adds Article 2 to Article 5; Cambridge OCR and Eduqas add Article 6 to Article 5.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A surveillance measure records a person's home communications. Which Article 8 interest is most directly engaged?
A planning decision seriously disrupts established family life without removing anyone from custody. Which right is most relevant?
Answer all questions to submit.
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