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2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LAW1100 Torts
30 creditsClass Size: 283
Module manager: Neil Stanley
Email: N.K.Stanley@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2013/14
This module is mutually exclusive with
| LAW1075 | Intro to Law of Obligations |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:-- A knowledge of key issues and principles pertaining to the areas of torts selected for study
- An ability to manage their own learning, and to make use of primary resources
- An ability to engage in critical evaluation of the law of torts
- An ability to answer hypothetical legal questions relating to torts
- An ability to identify major underlying policy themes and possibilities for reform in this area of the law
Along with Contract, this module forms the grounding in private law. Both subjects play a key role in developing students' skills in reading and analyzing case law and statutes.
Syllabus
Nature and scope of tort law
Pervasive ancillary matters: vicarious liability, multiple tortfeasors, damages
Negligence: duty of care, breach and damage (includes occupier's liability to entrants)
Landowners' liability to neighbours
Intentional torts to the person
Defamation and privacy
The course aims to give a taste of the broad reach of tort law in relation to property and financial losses and dignitary wrongs and not merely accident law. Attention will be drawn to the relationship of torts with other branches of private law, in particular Contract. Material will be included from other jurisdictions and from Civil law systems.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 40 | 1.00 | 40.00 |
| Seminar | 8 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
| Private study hours | 252.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 48.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 | ||
Private study
252 hours - Reading in preparation for lectures and seminars, researching and writing essaysOpportunities for Formative Feedback
One essay (1,500 words) in semester 1.Informal monitoring via seminars
Essays/problems will also be posted on the Intranet for students to complete at their own pace and answers will be provided at the end of each semester against which they may assess their progress.
Methods of assessment
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 07/05/2014
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