Advanced Legal Systems
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Module Aims
Aim 1
To provide the essential skills of research, interpretation and application of legal sources required for postgraduate study of international, EU and domestic law.
Aim 2
To ensure that students understand the relative roles of the various actors in the domestic, European Union and international law policy-making processes.
Aim 3
To appreciate the distribution of power within the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Aim 4
To indicate the significance of international law as an influence upon EU and domestic law (and vice versa)
Aim 5
To ensure that students understand the basic concepts, which underlie the creation of, the operation of and adjudication on international, domestic and EU law.
Module Content
- Introduction to academic writing
- Introduction to legal research, interpretation and application of legal materials.
- Introduction to the sources of domestic, EU and international law & their institutions
- Introduction to the EU: its competence, power and influence in a global context
- Introduction to WTO in a domestic, EU and international context
- Introduction to the WIPO and the global regulation of Intellectual Property
- Introduction to the resolution of international commercial disputes
- Introduction to the International Labour Organisation
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, a student will be able to:
Teaching Methods
Preparation for the online workshops will involve extensive research and reading, to consider and critically analyse the set topics and the discussion questions, set in advance, arising from those topics. Students are expected to prepare answers to the discussion questions and present these to, and discuss with, the workshop tutor and group in the context of synchronous and/or asynchronous discussions. In addition to the skills of analysis and research, students are expected to develop and apply skills of analytical discussion, oral expression and writing. Students will engage with other students and staff in online activities, and synchronous and asynchronous workshops, to consider and critically analyse particular sources and engage in discussion leading to the development of these skills.
The synchronous and asynchronous workshops also give students the opportunity to synthesise in a more dynamic way the independent learning already undertaken and apply principles from various themes covered in the workshop activity sheets.
Assessment Methods
This module is assessed through one Written Assessment and one Written Exam.
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