Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- thoroughly understand and critically assess complex conceptual disputes and their translation into practice.
- critically evaluate complex material, providing a reasoned basis for your agreement or disagreement with it.
- construct and present clear and coherent written argument demonstrating a comprehensive appreciation of academic integrity
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the principles which structure the competences of the European Union and the exercise of those competences by EU institutions.
- the constitutional background to, development of, and current status of administrative law in England.
- the extent of, and reasons for, the divergence in approach as regards administrative law in the EU and in England and Wales.
- correctly apply in depth knowledge and understanding of English and European Union administrative law to a range of hypothetical scenarios.
- the procedural rules relevant to the legal challenge of exercises of power by domestic or EU institutions, such as rules of standing.
- the grounds of judicial review in England and Wales.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply legal material to a range of new and hypothetical scenarios in order to demonstrate your detailed understanding of the principles underlying that material.
- correctly apply in depth knowledge and understanding of English and European Union administrative law to a range of hypothetical scenarios.
- critically assess the adequacy of the systems of administrative law and justice within English and European law in their own right and by comparing one with the other, along normative axes such as those provided by the concepts of administrative justice and the rule of law.
- thoroughly analyse legal and non-legal sources relevant to the topic of administrative law and administrative justice in the context of both the English and European legal systems.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Follow-up work | 24 |
Revision | 30 |
Tutorial | 10 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 66 |
Lecture | 20 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Dadomo and Quenivet (2015). European Union Law. Hall and Stott.
Le Sueur, Sunkin and Murkens (2014). Public Law: Text Cases and Materials. OUP.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Mock Examination
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Individual oral feedback provided to you upon request in office hours.
- 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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Examination | 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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Examination | 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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Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External