Understand the role of negotiation, good practice in legal writing, professional conduct issues and the importance of client care within legal practice.
In this module you will look at how and why trusts are created, including the different forms of trust, their legal frameworks, the principles of equity affecting their creation and the use of trusts in practice. You will also consider the statutory and equitable rules that govern the way in which a private trust is managed including asset management and distribution and the appointment retirement and removal of trustees.
Build on the knowledge you developed in your first year of study concerning the law of the UK constitution. You will explore the law of the European Union by examining the structure and status of the law of the EU and its relationship to the national laws of the Member States. You will investigate the key legal doctrines of the law of the EU and the specific application of the law of the EU in certain selected substantive legal contexts.
Develop knowledge and practical understanding of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) including mediation and arbitration. Every legal practitioner must be familiar with ADR due to factors such as the cost of litigation, the pre-action protocols that require parties to civil litigation to have considered a form of ADR to assist with settlement, and the popularity of mediation and arbitration in multi-tier dispute resolution clauses in commercial contracts. This module will enable you to develop the skills you'll need to advise a client on their options for dispute resolution either at the time of drafting contracts or after disputes have arisen.
Gain a theoretical and practical understanding of companies as legal entities. You will explore companies as a form of business organisation and consider both the legal relationships between the participants in a company and the impact of companies as legal entities on society as a whole. You will be encouraged to consider the economic, social and political role of company law.
This module will provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of companies as legal entities. As you explore companies as a form of business organisation, you'll also consider the legal relationships between the participants in a company and the impact of companies as legal entities on society as a whole. You'll be encouraged to consider the economic, social and political role of company law.
This module will examine the legal controls on anti-competitive agreements and abuses of dominant market positions by undertakings. The EU’s competition rules will provide the principal framework for this module and your learning will be supplemented by examining some of the more recent developments in the UK’s national antitrust rules.
Explore crime and morality from a variety of perspectives, drawing on criminological and sociological theories to critically evaluate how crime is constructed in society. You'll explore how the criminal justice system operates and how crime and those who commit crime are perceived by society.
Examine the law and procedure in relation to evidence gathering by the police during a criminal investigation, including pro-active investigation techniques and practice and procedure in the police station.
You will carry out an in-depth research project in a subject area that is appropriate to the course and of particular interest to you.
Gain an in-depth understanding of the law and legal framework relating to the individual employer/employee relationship. This module will encompass the broader social, economic, political, historical, philosophical, moral and cultural context of employment law. It will consider the employer/employee relationship and the effect and impact of statutory intervention.
This module will see you analyse and evaluate the development and application of common law principles and statutory provisions that govern the employer/employee relationship in order to present a critical evaluation of scenario questions.
Study the key intellectual property areas of copyright, trademarks, patents, the law of confidence and design rights. You will explore topics including the legal requirements for each intellectual property right (IPR), how each IPR might be infringed, and the application of the relevant laws in problem-based realistic scenarios.
Explore the principles and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. You will consider the international human rights framework with reference to the role and function of the United Nations, and the systems and institutions that seek to protect and promote human rights. This module will focus on civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, torture and the rights of prisoners.
Gain experience and apply your knowledge and skills in a practical setting by offering pro bono legal advice. You will be supervised by a practising solicitor while you are involved in interviewing, researching and providing written advice to clients across a range of areas of law. This module will introduce you to a client-focused role in a professional setting that follows strict procedural and operational rules.
Explore the area of mental health law and policy, with a focus on critically examining policy shifts. You'll understand how policy shifts can be seen to influence this area of law and the impact they have had on the medicalisation or criminalisation of mental disorder.
This module will enable you to analyse the media and entertainment law industries in a contemporary context, both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework. You will study key aspects such as broadcasting, the printed press, the music industry, online news and entertainment, and social networking sites. Your studies will also cover the law relating to intellectual property for the entertainment industry.
Undertake a placement (whether paid or otherwise) for one semester during your third year of study. You will gain exposure to the workplace environment of an organisation and you will have opportunities to utilise the knowledge and skills you developed during your first two years of undergraduate study.
Enhance your transferable employability skills through part-time work, paid or unpaid, over the summer. You'll complete a period of at least 80 hours working in a graduate environment such as a law firm or other appropriate organisation. As well as gaining professional skills, you’ll be able to reflect on the experience that you have developed. Your learning will be experiential and involves no face to face teaching. Enrolment on is module will preclude you from enrolling on the Placement (day release) module.
Develop individual, transferable, personal, intellectual and subject related and/or professional skills and competencies through work experience.
Develop your ability to evaluate the development of terrorism internationally, the UK’s counter terrorism strategies and assess the impact of terrorism on civil liberties.
Explore a range of competing explanations for gendered violence with a particular focus on domestic violence.
Conduct a critical, sociological exploration of the prison - more specifically, the experience of imprisonment. You will deal with concepts such as time & liminality, renegotiations of identity and masculinities, coping, and negotiations of gender to unpack the implications of being in the prison environment on individual prisoners.
Discover the crimes that have shaped the 20th and 21st century, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Critically examine terrorism, policing and security from an interdisciplinary perspective. You will analyse how terrorism, policing and security have emerged as political and law enforcement priorities and analyse the impact this has had in the respective areas of human rights, civil liberties and the criminalisation of particular groups in society. You will be equipped with the ability to think independently and critically about terrorism, policing and security while at the same time challenging orthodox understandings of the subject matter.