Study Bites™

Customised digital resources delivered through your VLE to support your students’ specifi c requirements

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Helping you source engaging digital learning contentFinding top-quality digital learning resources to engage, support and stretch your students can be a time-consuming activity, as it often requires your or your students to wade through vast repositories of texts and content.

Equally, providing a simple and cost-effective way for students to access all of these materials can be a challenge.

That’s why we’ve developed a flexible service that, unlike other asset libraries or resource banks, enables you to give your students access to the best digital resources for specific topics or modules, specifically tailored to your needs.

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Study Bites

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Criminal page 4

Tort pages 4-5

ELS and Skills page 5

Equity Trusts page 5

EU Law page 5-6

Land page 6

Public Law page 6

Business Law page 7

Pearson Study Bites lets you select the topic-based digital learning content you want your students to access and integrate it directly from your VLE to create a seamless and easily accessible learning journey for your students.

The service compiles high-quality digital content from across Pearson’s extensive range of digital resources and includes conceptual explanations, multiple-choice questions, remedial content and revision materials.

So make the best use of you and your students’ time while avoiding content overload and ask for a free consultation today. Request an appointment at custompublishing@pearson.com.

Resources are available for the following modules:

Digital resources provided...

TEXT REVISION MULTIPLE-CHOICE APPLY THE LAW SIMULATIONS

Text resources include extracts from relevant Pearson titles.

Revision guidance from relevant Pearson titles.

Multiple choice questions to provide practice of the new modes of assessment.

Resources providing practice of essay and problem-based questions.

Simulations let students practice theories in a safe, real-world environment to cement understanding.

The easy way to source, integrate and deliver essential and high-quality digital learning content via your VLE

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Customise your selectionComprised of materials from Pearson’s extensive catalogue of high-quality digital resources, our unique resource packages can be selected at topic level, dismantled and then put back together to support your pedagogic model – giving you maximum flexibility to customise your resources to your department’s needs.

Embed into your VLEThen, with you firmly in the driving seat, we package your chosen resources according to your specific requirements, directly into your VLE so that you and your students can use the Pearson digital content directly from your VLE, with no need to log into a third party service.

Free consultancy serviceWith Pearson Study Bites you get the support of our free consultancy service. We help you select the type of resources that will help your students and fit your pedagogy, be it flipped seminar sessions, comprehension quizzes, etc. Together, we help you identify the areas you feel your students find particularly challenging or any gaps in the learning content for your modules that you may wish to fill.

How Pearson Study Bites works

Pearson Study Bites gives you an easily manageable way to source essential need-to-know content for your course – giving you more time to focus on supporting your students’ engagement, progression and success.

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Module

Topic

Texts

MC

Qs

Apply the

Law

Revision

Simulations

Cont

ract

Law

Introduction to contract law

Offer and acceptance

Intention to create legal relations

Consideration

Capacity

Formalities

Terms of a contract

Exemption clauses

Misrepresentation

Mistake

Duress and undue influence

Illegality

Discharge of a contract

Remedies

Privity of contract

Crim

inal

Introduction to criminal law theories

Elements of a crime: Actus Reus, Mens Rea and causation

Strict liability

Homicide

Non-fatal offences against the person

Sexual offences

Property offences

Theft

Insanity and automatism

Intoxication

Inchoate offences

Accomplices

Liability

Fraud

Self-defence

Defences

Duress

Tort

Introduction to Tort

The Tort of Negligence

Duty of care

Damage

Economic Loss

Liabilities to third parties

Breach of duty

Defences

Product liability

Defamation

Trespass to land

Nuisance

Rylands v Fletcher

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Module

Topic

Texts

MC

Qs

Apply the

Law

Revision

Tort

Trespass to the person

Liabilities of public authorities / human rights

Privacy

Vicarious liability

Limitation

Breach of statutory duty

ELS

and

Skill

s

Sources of law

Legislation and its interpretation

European law

Custom

Equity

Treaties

Law reform

Legal Services and Personnel

Human Rights

The Court System

Criminal justice system

Civil justice system

Concepts of law

Law assessments

Legal reasoning and critical thinking

Essay and problem questions

Researching and using legal materials

Referencing and citations

Exams - preparing and answering

Advanced essays

Equi

ty T

rust

s

What is a trust?

Three certainties

Formalities

Constitution of trusts

Secret trusts

Resulting trusts

Constructive trusts

Powers of trustees

Variation of trusts

Breach of trust

Charitable trusts

EU L

aw

Introduction to EU Law

Institutions of the EU

Sources of EU Law

Competences and supremacy of EU

The European Court of Justice

Legality of Union act

Enforcement proceedings against Member States

Direct effect, indirect effect and state liability

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Module

Topic

Texts

MC

Qs

Apply the

Law

Revision

EU L

aw

EU Citizenship, free movement rights

Free movement of workers

Freedom of establishment, free movement of services

Free movement of goods

Land

What is property law?

Trusts and equitable interests

Property interests

Transfer and creation of property interest

Resulting and constructive trusts

Co-ownership of land

Leases

Leases: Obligations

Subletting and assignment

Covenants

Repossession

Easements

Mortgages

Licences and estoppel

Publ

ic L

aw

The meaning, purpose and sources of constitutional law

The structure of the United Kingdom and devolution

The UK's relationship with other legal orders, including the EU and public international lawParliamentary Sovereignty

The rule of law

Separation of powers

The House of Commons

House of Lords

Parliamentary privilege

The Crown and the royal prerogative

The executive

The Courts

Principles of accountable government

Freedom of information

The European Convention of Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998Right to liberty and police powers

Right to privacy

Right to freedom of expression

Freedom of association and assembly

State security and official secrets

Special and emergency powers

The purpose of administrative law and an introduction to delegated legislationAdministrative Justice

Judicial review

Liability of public authorities

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Module

Topic

Texts

MC

Qs

Apply the

Law

Revision

Busi

ness

Law

Study skills

The nature of law

How the law is made

Resolving legal disputes

Contract: offer and acceptance

Contract: consideration, intention and privity

Contract terms

Sale of goods and services terms

Contract defects: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influenceIllegality and incapacity

Discharge of contract and remedies

Law of Agency

Defective goods: liability in tort

Defective services: Liability in tort

Premises: Tortious liability

Contract of employment and health and safety law

Discrimination Law

Dismissal and redundancy

Corporate structure law

Forming a registered company

Share and Loan capital

Functions of company directors, secretary and auditors

Company meetings

Intellectual property

Passing off and malicious falsehood

You can take a closer look at the types of resources provided by Pearson Study Bites, or find out how we can meet your specific requirements by requesting an appointment.

Email custompublishing@pearson.com to arrange a meeting.

Get in touch

Contact us to find out how Pearson Study Bites can:• support your module delivery• supplement your existing provision with new digital resources• engage students and help embed concepts• provide extra practice and revision for the various assessment types.

Easy access to top-quality digital Law resources that engage, support and stretch your students

Pearson Study Bites lets you select the topic-based digital learning content you want your students to access and integrate it directly into your VLE to create a seamless and easily accessible learning journey for your students.

■ Flexible service that we tailor to your needs

■ The best digital resources for specifi c topics across all modules

■ Delivered from your VLE for a seamless user experience.

Learn more at go.pearson.com/studybites