Law (European and International) LLB

Core modules:

Introduction to Law

This module introduces students to key concepts relating to law. This includes exploring what 'law' is, its role and its impacts within society. It examines how law is categorised and made, including looking at the role of the common law, legislation and equity. It also considers the individuals and organisations involved in making, interpreting and enforcing the law. The module highlights the ways in which the law interacts with ethics and includes case studies, examining the law in practice. It also explores key legal and academic skills, including reading and interpreting different sources of law, conducting legal research, and studying healthily.

Aims:

1. Enable students to think critically about the functions, role and impacts of the law within society.2. Introduce students to key concepts relating to law, with a particular focus upon the English legal system.3. Introduce students to key legal and academic skills relating to the study of law.4. Equip students with core knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to successfully study other substantive legal topics.

20 credits

Criminal Law and Justice

This module is one of the core foundation subjects of the degree which cover the Foundations of Legal Knowledge. This module will introduce students to the concepts, theories and institutions of criminal law and justice, and its place in society. It will develop an understanding of the essential concepts of criminal liability. It will focus on the main institutional and procedural features of the criminal justice system, with the aim of stimulating an enquiring attitude towards the practice of criminal process. Students will have the opportunity to practise applying these processes to factual scenarios. The module provides a firm foundation for the more advanced study of criminal law and also of criminal evidence, criminal justice and criminal process.

20 credits

Contemporary Issues in Law and Justice

The module is one of the core subjects of the degree, through which students cover the Foundations of Legal Knowledge. It introduces students to techniques of analysing the contributions of law in addressing social problems. Case studies will be explored, based on the research expertise of School staff and selected to demonstrate controversies in the law and a variety of approaches to legal analysis. Students will be challenged to identify how different perspectives on law relate to one another, and how they are portrayed through various media. The module provides a foundation for more advanced critical analysis of the law.

20 credits

Constitutional Law in the UK and EU

This module comprises three sections. In the first theoretical ideas as to the ideal design of constitutions are developed. This is followed in the second section by coverage of the constitutional arrangements of the UK and of the EU, as well as the constitutional relationship between them. In the remainder of the module some of the more significant and controversial aspects of the constitution are studied in more detail, leading to a discussion of the general principles of administrative law.

Contract Law

This module is one of the core foundation subjects of the degree which cover the Foundations of Legal Knowledge.The module will be delivered by a combination of in person lectures and seminars/workshops, where students will be encouraged to participate in discussions and develop their own skills as independent learners.

The Contract Law module provides the opportunity for students to explore issues of contract formation and variation including an analysis of the doctrines of estoppel, duress, undue influence, mistake and misrepresentation.  The module also extends to an evaluation of the law relating to the interpretation and construction of contractual terms including implied terms, exclusion clauses, the doctrines of frustration and remedies.  Students will be expected to critique existing legal solutions and apply complex legal principles to mock scenarios.

20 credits

Resolving Legal Disputes

This module introduces students to a range of methods for resolving legal disputes, including self-help, negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, adjudication, court proceedings, tribunals and ombudsmen. It encourages students to think about the nature and characteristics of legal disputes, the considerations involved in the resolution of such a dispute, the different remedies available and the broader societal values and factors which may influence such a resolution. Students are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding to real-world scenarios and consider the range of skills involved in dispute resolution.

Aims:

1. Introduce students to key concepts and principles relating to the resolution of legal disputes, and the limits of the law as it relates to remedies.2. Facilitate an understanding of different methods of dispute resolution and the challenges and opportunities these provide.3. Develop and strengthen students' appreciation of the wider societal values and factors (for example, unequal access to justice) which influence the resolution of legal disputes.4. Develop students' ability to look at a problem creatively and engage actively in choices about how to use the law to address that problem, including answering hypothetical scenarios which reflect real-world issues.

20 credits

Law Year Abroad

This unit is for use in the student record of a student undertaking a period of study abroad of 1 academic year. Individual units are taken at the other institution for the year concerned.A student will spend one session in an appropriate country, in attendance as a full-time student at a university or other approved institution, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of the Law School. During this period the student will attend courses of study in the host university. Examinations in that university in the subjects studied will carry a value of one hundred and twenty credits for which no University of Sheffield grades will be awarded.