Subject
Law & Citizenship
Rules, rights, courts and how countries govern themselves - from playground fairness to constitutional law, one tiny step at a time.
Law and Citizenship covers how societies organise power and settle disputes: the rule of law, constitutions, rights, how laws are made, courts and juries, police, and what citizenship actually involves.
The track is written to describe how these systems work in general rather than the specific law of any one country, since that varies enormously. Where systems differ in important ways, such as between common law and civil law traditions, the difference is explained rather than glossed over.
Everyone is governed by law and most people know almost nothing about how it works, which is a poor position to be in. This track is about the rules you live under and the machinery that makes them.
- Units
- 12
- Steps
- 216
- Questions
- 1,302
Who this track is for
Written for secondary level upward, with no assumed legal background.
How to approach it
- Note that specifics vary by country - the principles transfer, the details do not
- The civil versus criminal distinction clarifies a surprising amount
- This is general education about legal systems, not legal advice
What you will be able to do
- Explain what separation of powers is for
- Say why beyond reasonable doubt is set deliberately high
- Recognise a contract when you have made one
- Say what a voting system does to the result
The thing people get wrong
That law is a fixed set of rules to be looked up. Much of it requires interpretation, the interpretation is contested, and who gets to do the interpreting is one of the central questions the subject asks.
If you only do 3 units
Rights are what the whole structure exists to protect, government is the machinery, and the constitution unit is the one explaining what stops that machinery doing whatever it likes.
What the questions look like
8 real questions from across the Law & Citizenship track, easiest first, each with the answer and the reason behind it. Every unit page below has thirty more.
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
1. Which help put things right after breaking a rule? Pick all that apply.
- Apologising honestlycorrect
- Fixing or replacing what was damagedcorrect
- Doing things differently next timecorrect
- Blaming someone else
Apologising, repairing damage and changing behaviour all help.
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
2. Which help everyone feel included? Pick all that apply.
- Inviting people to join incorrect
- Listening to their viewscorrect
- Respecting differencescorrect
- Making fun of accents
Inviting people in, listening and respecting differences all help.
- Build the sentenceLevel 1
3. Build a sentence about influence.
Answer: Transparency shows who influences public decisions
Transparency shows who influences public decisions.
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
4. Who might you find in a courtroom? Pick all that apply.
- A judgecorrect
- Lawyerscorrect
- Witnessescorrect
- A football referee
Judges, lawyers and witnesses are all present.
- Build the sentenceLevel 2
5. Build a sentence about children's rights.
Answer: Children have the right to be heard
Children have the right to be heard.
- Build the sentenceLevel 2
6. Build a sentence about power.
Answer: Separate branches limit each other's power
Separate branches limit each other's power.
- Choose all that applyLevel 2
7. Which are ways candidates campaign? Pick all that apply.
- Delivering leafletscorrect
- Taking part in debatescorrect
- Knocking on doorscorrect
- Counting the ballots
Leaflets, debates and door knocking are all campaign methods.
- Build the sentenceLevel 2
8. Build a sentence about proof.
Answer: Guilt must be proved beyond reasonable doubt
Guilt must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Units in Law & Citizenship
Listed in the order they are meant to be worked through.
- Rules and FairnessWhy rules exist and what makes them fair18 steps · 109 questions
- Living in a CommunityNeighbours, services and looking after each other18 steps · 108 questions
- Who Decides?Leaders, voting and making choices together18 steps · 109 questions
- Police, Courts and JudgesWho enforces the law and who decides cases18 steps · 109 questions
- Rights and FreedomsWhat everyone is entitled to, and why18 steps · 108 questions
- How Government WorksParliaments, presidents and the branches of power18 steps · 109 questions
- Elections and DemocracyCampaigns, ballots and counting the votes18 steps · 108 questions
- Crime and PunishmentWhat counts as a crime and what happens next18 steps · 109 questions
- Law in Everyday LifeContracts, consumers, work and the rules around us18 steps · 109 questions
- Constitutions and the Rule of LawThe rules that limit power itself18 steps · 108 questions
- JurisprudenceWhat law is and where its authority comes from18 steps · 108 questions
- Law and the FutureTechnology, climate and the limits of legal systems18 steps · 108 questions
Practise Law & Citizenship
1,302 questions, in tiny sessions you can finish in a few minutes.
Start playingWhere these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.