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HappySlappy123 wrote:

Having to restrict my notes/learning for constitutional and have decided on the following - I appreciate the questions are very much inter-related but have I someway hit the nail on the head here?

HappySlappy123 wrote:

President/AG Property Rights Equality SOP Judicial Review Family/Education Abortion/Right to Life Freedom of Expression Case notes (Lottery)

yournerd wrote: »

What are people covering for criminal and contract? So far I have been covering everything but its not worthwhile since I wont be able to remember anything by next week!

FreeFallin94 wrote: »

So it has taken me three days to get through 3 constitutional topics (separation of powers, due course of law, property rights) and I obviously need to speed up because I need to cover the rest of the course.

Any tips on what to leave out? Even in terms of personal rights, do I need to know them all or are there some which are more relevant than others?

Thanks in advance for any help. I've passed 6 exams so far and I am finding constitutional to be so overwhelming compared to the other subjects.

miamiz93 wrote: »

Just stick to doing past papers and compare them to the exam reports! I was panic stricken about constitutional law because it seemed enormous, then started actually just doing the papers and its really not that bad. Its the same major principles over and over. The examiner doesn't seem to be out to catch people out with really minor points of law.

Also - make sure to study President, Attorney General and Referendums. They're small and reasonably likely to come up so could be very handy for you in the exam. Also, the nice thing about constitutional is that its actually the same case fifty times over. Nicolau for example - you can use it for equality, for the family, for unenumerated rights and probably some others I'm forgetting. I've been told by my lecturer to leave out trial in due course of law because its just too big in comparison to how often it comes up, so sadly it has been abandoned.

Also - be brutal with your case law at this stage of the game. I often have case names that just refuse to go into my brain. Sometimes, even if its a reasonably important point, I just abandon it because in the 20 minutes I've spent trying to memorise it I could have learnt ten other cases.

Also when you are in the exam, even if you don't remember a case name, write down anything you can remember because you will get marks for it. Think of it like titles of Friends episodes 'the one where x,y,z happened' and the examiner will know what you're on about.

Worst comes to worst, the constitutional pass rate is actually grand so statistically you're more likely to pass than not pass

miamiz93 wrote: »

Just stick to doing past papers and compare them to the exam reports! I was panic stricken about constitutional law because it seemed enormous, then started actually just doing the papers and its really not that bad. Its the same major principles over and over. The examiner doesn't seem to be out to catch people out with really minor points of law.

Also - make sure to study President, Attorney General and Referendums. They're small and reasonably likely to come up so could be very handy for you in the exam. Also, the nice thing about constitutional is that its actually the same case fifty times over. Nicolau for example - you can use it for equality, for the family, for unenumerated rights and probably some others I'm forgetting. I've been told by my lecturer to leave out trial in due course of law because its just too big in comparison to how often it comes up, so sadly it has been abandoned.

Also - be brutal with your case law at this stage of the game. I often have case names that just refuse to go into my brain. Sometimes, even if its a reasonably important point, I just abandon it because in the 20 minutes I've spent trying to memorise it I could have learnt ten other cases.

Also when you are in the exam, even if you don't remember a case name, write down anything you can remember because you will get marks for it. Think of it like titles of Friends episodes 'the one where x,y,z happened' and the examiner will know what you're on about.

Worst comes to worst, the constitutional pass rate is actually grand so statistically you're more likely to pass than not pass

castle123 wrote: »

EU LAW

Could someone who has passed a recent EU paper (with new examiner) please give some insights into how they found studying for it and narrowing down topics? There is so much to cover it's ridiculous. Thanks