Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- a wide rage of major questions, issues and conflicts that have shaped the philosophical development of the common law
- the importance of philosophy and theory in understanding law’s development in depth
- the full conceptual and normative underpinnings of central concepts and principles of the common law
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- locate and analyse a wide range of relevant primary and secondary resources, together with relevant philosophical, ethical and political materials
- skilfully identify and summarise different types and forms of argument
- think critically and contribute with knowledge and ability to informed debate on a wide variety of current issues
- capably construct, communicate and defend your own argument through a piece of independent research in a specific area under pressure of time
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- thoroughly analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different arguments and perspectives and their relative merits for promoting and securing meaningful change within and across different areas of law
- comprehensively evaluate the potential of legal philosophical study for helping to understand, explain and address contemporary legal problems, issues and tensions
- assess critically with skill the fundamental concepts and principles and key theoretical perspectives that emerge in the philosophical approach of the study of law
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Tutorial | 10 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 58 |
Lecture | 20 |
Completion of assessment task | 50 |
Wider reading or practice | 12 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
'Blackboard' learning platform.
The principal library resources are accessible through the Hartley Library's existing holdings (including electronic)..
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Essay
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: You will receive written feedback on one 1,500 word formative essay on a standard School form and, where appropriate, your answers will also be annotated. Additionally, a feedback session will be provided where general essay questions, approaches and answers will be discussed more fully.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External