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2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW1040 English Legal System

10 creditsClass Size: 359

Module manager: Nick Taylor
Email: n.w.taylor@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2013/14

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW1045

English Law: System, Contexts and Methods

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of some key issues relevant to studying any law module. This covers consideration of the sources and methods of English law - including judicial precedent and the interpretation of statutes with reference to legal reasoning under the Human Rights Act 1998 and European Union law.The course will also include consideration of the court structure and analysis of aspects of both civil and criminal procedure.

Objectives

To introduce students to the nature of a legal system as more than a body of rules, and involving people, institutions and procedures. It introduces students to the basic structures and concepts developed in other modules.

Syllabus

This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of some key issues relevant to studying any law module. This covers consideration of the sources and methods of English law - including judicial precedent and the interpretation of statutes with reference to legal reasoning under the Human Rights Act 1998 and European Union law.

The course will also include consideration of the court structure and analysis of aspects of both civil and criminal procedure.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Seminar	4	1.50	6.00
Private study hours			83.00
Total Contact hours			17.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through seminar participation.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 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 website

Last updated: 07/05/2014

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