Carlillthe person suing — "the plaintiff" in 1893, "the claimant" today v"versus" — written, never spoken: say "and" Carbolic Smoke Ball Cothe defendant company [1893]the year of the report volume 1 QBvolume 1 of the Law Reports, Queen's Bench series 256the page where the report begins
This is the most characteristic image in the subject: a case citation, properly set. By the end of A1 you will read one the way you read a postcode. The case itself — a flu remedy, a £100 promise, and the classic unilateral contract — waits for you in B2.
Part A · Method
How to do law. Used all year, in every module.
- A1 Reading lawThe courts, precedent, law reports and statutes — how to read the raw material without drowning.
- A2 Answering lawProblem questions and essays: the method that earns marks, with one fully worked example.
Part B · Subject maps
One map per first-year module — all four compulsory, all running the full year. Each uses the same seven sections, so the habit you build in one carries to the rest.
- B1 Criminal LawWhen the state may punish, and what it must prove first.
- B2 Elements of the Law of ContractHow promises become obligations, and what happens when they break.
- B3 Public LawThe constitution: who holds power, and what holds them.
- B4 European LawA different legal order with its own institutions — the module that feels most foreign, mapped.
Nothing here is for assessed work. The site builds understanding of concepts and method; the reading list, the lectures and your own writing do the rest.