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2025 OCR A Level Law
H418/03 The nature of law and human rights
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Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Tuesday 10 June 2025 – Morning
A Level Law
H418/03 The nature of law and human rights
Time allowed: 2 hours You must have:
- the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet INSTRUCTIONS
- Use black ink.
- Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
- Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
- Answer four questions in total:
- Answer one question in Section A.
- Choose one option in Section B. Answer the three questions in either Part 1 or Part 2 from the option you have chosen. INFORMATION
- The total mark for this paper is 80.
- The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
- Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
- This document has 8 pages. ADVICE
- Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
Section A The nature of law Answer one question using examples from your full course of study. 1* ‘The problem with defining justice is that very few people agree on what justice actually means.’ Discuss how the legal system defines justice given this statement. [20] 2* ‘The rule of law is a deceptive term because there is no single ‘rule’ to follow. It is best understood as a collection of principles designed to produce fair and just outcomes.’ Discuss this view of the rule of law. [20]
Section B Human rights law Choose Part 1 or Part 2 Part 1 Answer the three questions. The first two questions are about the scenarios. The scenarios are related. Sam is a controversial journalist on a tour promoting his new book Citizens in Action. He does not allow cameras into his venues. However, at his first venue he is secretly filmed explaining that citizen action means taking ‘any direct action necessary’ to pursue a goal, including criminal acts. He also says that ‘any lawyer acting for an asylum seeker should have his house burned down’. The video clip is posted online and soon goes viral. As a result, the following events happen:
- At his second venue the local council, having viewed the online clips from the first show, withdraw the license. When he arrives, he finds the venue is closed and his show has been cancelled.
- A government official acting for the Home Office applies for a banning order to prevent Sam’s book being sold on the grounds that it is spreading hate speech.
- Yana, a protestor, throws green paint over Sam and is arrested and charged with battery. While Yana is awaiting her trial, her boyfriend, Riley, starts harassing Sam and his family. He spies on Sam’s home and family taking photographs which he emails to Sam. Sam is very worried about his family’s safety. Sam’s wife, Amaya, starts to receive anonymous phone calls accusing Sam of being violent and of having abused his partners over many years. She also receives messages appearing to be from Sam’s previous girlfriend. In fact, the calls and messages are from Riley. Amaya is also sent links to a pornographic website containing obscene video material showing Sam participating in a variety of disturbing and illegal sexual acts. In fact, all the images are fake and have been created by Riley using an AI (artificial intelligence) video generating programme. 3 Advise Sam whether he will be able to rely on his Article 10 rights to challenge the closure of the venue and the banning of the book and advise Yana on whether she can rely on her Article 10 rights in relation to the criminal charge for throwing the paint over Sam. Do not consider Article 11. [20] 4 Advise Sam and Amaya how the law on harassment would apply to Riley’s emails, phone calls and messages and how the law on obscenity would apply to Riley’s fake video material. [20] Essay question on human rights law 5* ‘Despite its fundamental significance as a human right, the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights has been far too frequently violated.’ Discuss whether the mechanisms to protect a fair criminal trial are effective given this statement. [20]
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OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) is a leading UK awarding body, providing a wide range of qualifications to meet the needs of candidates of all ages and abilities. OCR qualifications include AS/A Levels, Diplomas, GCSEs, Cambridge Nationals, Cambridge Technicals, Functional Skills, Key Skills, Entry Level qualifications, NVQs and vocational qualifications in areas such as IT, business, languages, teaching/training, administration and secretarial skills. It is also responsible for developing new specifications to meet national requirements and the needs of students and teachers. OCR is a not-for-profit organisation; any surplus made is invested back into the establishment to help towards the development of qualifications and support, which keep pace with the changing needs of today’s society. This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and students, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which marks were awarded by examiners. It does not indicate the details of the discussions which took place at an examiners’ meeting before marking commenced. All examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the published question papers and the report on the examination. © OCR 2025 Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
H418/03 Mark Scheme June 2025
MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION FOR MARKING
RM ASSESSOR
- Make sure that you have accessed and completed the relevant training packages for on-screen marking: RM Assessor Online Training: OCR Essential Guide to Marking.
- Make sure that you have read and understood the mark scheme and the question paper for this unit. These are available in RM Assessor
- Log-in to RM Assessor and mark the required number of practice responses (“scripts”) and the required number of standardisation responses. MARKING
- Mark strictly to the mark scheme.
- Marks awarded must relate directly to the marking criteria.
- The schedule of dates is very important. It is essential that you meet the RM Assessor 50% and 100% (traditional 40% Batch 1 and 100% Batch 2) deadlines. If you experience problems, you must contact your Team Leader (Supervisor) without delay.
- If you are in any doubt about applying the mark scheme, consult your Team Leader by telephone or the RM messaging system, or by email.
- Crossed Out Responses Where a candidate has crossed out a response and provided a clear alternative then the crossed out response is not marked. Where no alternative response has been provided, examiners may give candidates the benefit of the doubt and mark the crossed out response where legible. Rubric Error Responses – Optional Questions Where candidates have a choice of question across a whole paper or a whole section and have provided more answers than required, then all responses are marked and the highest mark allowable within the rubric is given. Enter a mark for each question answered into RM assessor, which will select the highest mark from those awarded. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate has penalised themselves by attempting more questions than necessary in the time allowed.) Multiple Choice Question Responses When a multiple choice question has only a single, correct response and a candidate provides two responses (even if one of these responses is correct), then no mark should be awarded (as it is not possible to determine which was the first response selected by the candidate). When a question requires candidates to select more than one option/multiple options, then local marking arrangements need to ensure consistency of approach.
H418/03 Mark Scheme June 2025
11. SUBJECT–SPECIFIC MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Introduction
Your first task as an Examiner is to become thoroughly familiar with the material on which the examination depends. You should ensure that you have
copies of these materials:
- the specification, especially the assessment objectives
- the question paper and its rubrics
H418/03 Mark Scheme June 2025
You should ensure also that you are familiar with the administrative procedures related to the marking process. These are set out in the OCR booklet
Instructions for Examiners. If you are examining for the first time, please read carefully Appendix 5 Introduction to Script Marking: Notes for New
Examiners. Please ask for help or guidance whenever you need it. Your first point of contact is your Team Leader.
Information and instructions for examiners
The co-ordination scripts provide you with examples of the standard of each band. The marks awarded for these scripts will have been agreed by the Team
Leaders and will be discussed fully at the Examiners’ Co-ordination Meeting.
The specific task-related indicative content for each question will help you to understand how the band descriptors may be applied. However, this indicative
content does not constitute the mark scheme: it is material that candidates might use, grouped according to each assessment objective tested by the
question. It is hoped that candidates will respond to questions in a variety of ways. Rigid demands for ‘what must be a good answer’ would lead to a
distorted assessment. Candidates’ answers must be relevant to the question. Beware of prepared answers that do not show the candidate’s thought and which
have not been adapted to the thrust of the question. Beware also of answers where candidates attempt to reproduce interpretations and concepts that they
have been taught but have only partially understood.
Using the Mark Scheme
Please study this Mark Scheme carefully. The Mark Scheme is an integral part of the process that begins with the setting of the question paper and ends with
the awarding of grades. Question papers and Mark Schemes are developed in association with each other so that issues of differentiation and positive
achievement can be addressed from the very start.
This Mark Scheme is a working document; it is not exhaustive; it does not provide ‘correct’ answers. The Mark Scheme can only provide ‘best guesses’
about how the question will work out, and it is subject to revision after we have looked at a wide range of scripts.
The Examiners’ Standardisation Meeting will ensure that the Mark Scheme covers the range of candidates’ responses to the questions, and that all
Examiners understand and apply the Mark Scheme in the same way. The Mark Scheme will be discussed and amended at the meeting, and administrative
procedures will be confirmed. Co-ordination scripts will be issued at the meeting to exemplify aspects of candidates’ responses and achievements; the co-
ordination scripts then become part of this Mark Scheme.
Before the Standardisation Meeting, you should read and mark in pencil a number of scripts, in order to gain an impression of the range of responses
and achievement that may be expected.
Please read carefully all the scripts in your allocation and make every effort to look positively for achievement throughout the ability range.
Always be prepared to use the full range of marks.
