2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW1201 Foundations of Law 1

10 creditsClass Size: 236

Module manager: Dr Nick Cartwright
Email: n.cartwright@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Pre-requisite qualifications

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a non-law subject

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW1200

Foundations of Law

Module replaces

This module replaces the 30 credit variant of LAW1200 Foundations of Law for the 2 Year LLB programme

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is designed to equip students with the fundamental tools to study law, including study skills, basic legal foundations.

Objectives

The key objective is to prepare students for the successful study of law as an academic discipline through the development of skills within a core of substantive legal content. This will cover expectations and demands of the degree; essential skills for effective study; basic legal foundations. A further objective will be to develop students from passive recipients of research materials and teaching content to proactive, engaged participants able to discuss subject content through recognising the value of research and problem solving.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- demonstrate a range of key basic study skills including the ability to extract relevant legal issues from a case or scenario and define and identify solutions;
- apply appropriate terminology and legal reasoning to produce a coherent legal account of issues within the legal system;
- identify and discuss the different approaches adopted and underlying values attached to the interpretation of legislation and use of cases across the English and European Union jurisdictions;
- discuss and reflect upon different aspects of the criminal and civil legal processes;

Skills outcomes
Legal research

Communication skills

Legal analysis

Syllabus

As the title indicates, this module teaches students the fundamental legal skills and introductory knowledge about the legal system that every law student needs. This grounding is essential in order to equip students to learn to their full potential in every legal module across the programme. It covers the following matters:

Key legal skills outlined

Sources of law

How to identify and locate legal sources

The court structure of England and Wales,

Precedent and statutory interpretation,

International Sources of Law

Judges and Juries

The grounding in these areas will be used by students in the 20 credit LAW1202 Foundations of Law 2 module where they will develop further essential skills based upon legal theory and essay-writing. Taken together, this module and LAW1202 provide students with the crucial legal knowledge and skills that they can use and hone over the course of their legal studies.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Seminar	4	1.50	6.00
Independent online learning hours			5.00
Private study hours			79.50
Total Contact hours			17.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			101.50

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

A formative assessment opportunity will be provided.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Online MCQ	2 hr 90 mins	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 website

Last updated: 10/08/2023

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