Modules

The following modules are what students typically study but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations. The first three stages (or four – as appropriate to the course being integrated) are identical to the structure of the single-honours, major/minor or joint-honours law course. Year 1 Compulsory modules currently include: Institutions of Justice Critical Introduction to Law Public Law Contract Law Criminal Law Introduction to Legal Theories Year 2 Compulsory modules currently include the following: Property Law Tort Law Equity and Trusts EU Law Optional modules may include the following: Understanding the World’s Codified Legal Systems Justice after Atrocity: The Principles and Practices of International Criminal Law Labour Law Law and Medical Ethics Law and the Coroner Jurisprudence: The Philosophy of Law Policing Sports Law Welfare Rights and the Welfare State Justice: A Critical Examination of Law and Justice The Skills of Argument: How to Argue and Win Environmental Law International Law: Principles and Sources Animal Law Appropriate Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice Criminal Forensic Evidence Year 3 Optional modules may include the following: International Humanitarian Law Advanced Topics in Property Law Human Rights and Equality at Work Clinical Option (Autumn) Morality and Law Clinical Option (Spring) Banking Law Human Rights and English Law International Economic Law The Law of Evidence International Human Rights Law in Context International Law and Global Problems School Tasking: Teaching the Law Tax Law Law, Space and Power Race, Sexuality and Gender Justice Immigration Law Comparative Law Law, Science and Technology Law and Social Change The Vulnerable Person in the Criminal Trial Privacy, Data Protection and Cyber Law Advanced Topics in Privacy and Cyber Law Law and the Political for the 21st Century Global Corporate Accountability Music and Law Asylum and Refugee Law Advanced Topis in Tort Law Advanced Topics in Law and Medical Ethics Legal Ethics: The Ethics of Lawyers and Lawyering Family Law Homelessness Law and Policy Year 4 Compulsory modules currently include the following: Criminal Litigation Property Law and Practice Civil Dispute Resolution Legal Professional Practice Wills, Trusts and the Administration of Estates Business Law and Practice Legal Services, Regulation and Solicitor’s Accounts