PearsonEdexcelINTERNATIONAL ADVANCED LEVELLAWSPECIFICATIONPearson Edexcel International Advanced Level in Law (YLA1)First teaching September 2015First examination from June 2017First certification from August 2017Issue 4Edexcel,BTEC and LCCI qualificationsEdexcel,BTEC and LCCI qualifications are awarded by Pearson,the UK's largest awardingbody offering academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised andbenchmarked.For further information,please visit our qualification website atqualifications.pearson.com.Altematively,you can get in touch with us using the details onour contact us page at qualifications.pearson.com/contactusAbout PearsonPearson is the world's leading learning company,with 22,500 employees in more than70 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their livesthrough leaming.We put the leamer at the centre of everything we do,because whereverlearning flourishes,so do people.Find out more about how we can help you and yourlearners at qualifications.pearson.comAcknowledgementsThis specification has been produced by Pearson on the basis of consultation with teachers,examiners,consultants and other interested parties.Pearson would like to thank all thosewho contributed their time and expertise to the specification's development.References to third-party material made in this specification are made in good faith.Pearsondoes not endorse,approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials,which maybe subject to change,or any opinions expressed therein.(Materials may include textbooks,journals,magazines and other publications and websites.All information in this specification is correct at time of publication.ISBN9781446914786All the material in this publication is copyrightC Pearson Education Limited 2021Summary of Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Levelin Law specification Issue 3 and 4 changesUnless otherwise stated,changes listed below have been made for clarification and do notconstitute changes to the current specification content.Summary of changesPagenumbersIn Section About this specification,Key features,the following changes have1been made:Content:the following text has been inserted:Where statutes have been amended,they are always referred to in thespecification as amended.For example,the Courts and Legal Services Act1990 should be read as:'the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 as amendedby the Tribunals,Courts and Enforcement Act 2007'.The latest,revised version of statutory law can be found at:http://www.legislation.gov.uk/Assessment,the following text has been inserted:Candidates are expected to know the law as it stood on the date that theirstudies commenced.Updates and changes to the law or legal principles will notform part of the assessment for the first two years following the change.Forexample:the Supreme Court questioned the test for dishonesty in Ivey vGenting Casinos in October 2017 but candidates were not expected to knowabout this judgment until October 2019.References to question types originally listed in error as 'multiple choice,short1,6-7,9,open-response,open-response and extended open-response'have been14,19amended to 'short open-response and extended open-response'.The qualification is no longer available for assessment in the October session.6-7,This series has thus been removed from assessment availability.19-20In sections 1.3 Paper content and 2.3 Paper content,the following general10,15explanatory notes have been added:Subject content provides a broad heading for the area of law that should betaught and may be assessed.What students need to learn provides a more detailed breakdown of thespecific areas of law that should be taught and may be assessed;thisindudes legislation and any specific areas of focus.