Law (Foundation Entry)

Explain and discuss the constituent institutions and processes of English and EU legal systems and the broader legal and political contexts within which they operate.

Explore the structure and substantive content of common law and statutory principles that comprise English Contract Law, using relevant research skills and legal databases. You'll apply these to hypothetical scenarios to produce persuasive legal arguments and reasoned conclusions.

Learn about the interaction and development of law with new/emerging technologies and how this presents challenges and opportunities for both resolving and creating legal issues.

Explore how a range of civil, criminal, and administrative rules, procedures and remedies protect consumers and businesses from disappointment and harm when supplied with defective goods and services.

Explore ley legal concepts and principles which comprise the structure of international and European Law and evaluate their role and effectiveness.

In this module, you'll explore the use of recreational drugs within an historical context to reflect on the construction of the distinction legal/illegal drugs use. As well as evaluate the effectiveness of policies designed to control drug use from a comparative perspective.

In this module, you'll explore the law governing family relationships, and assess critically the substantive legal provisions applicable to marriage and cohabitation, parents, children, and the state.

Examine patterns of violence across different contexts, through sociological theories, concepts and methods, with a view to analysing and reflecting on representations of violence.

During this module, you'll consolidate and extend the professional and employability skills learnt in Years 1 and 2 by exploring more advanced employability skillsl. And continue work-related learning to assist in the transition into a graduate career/post-graduate study.

In this module, you will explore the rationale, principles, and operation of cases and statutes of English Land Law and apply these rules to client-based problem scenarios to produce persuasive legal arguments and conclusions.

This module is designed to expose you to international humanitarian law, including the law of armed conflict, international criminal law as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to the law relating to human trafficking and its effect on the UK.

You'll explore how law works in a community setting. We'll facilitate and empower you to apply practice-based skills, learnt in Years 1 and 2, to highlight, communicate, and resolve issues of concern to communities using a law-in-action approach.

Develop research skills by enabling the self-directed planning, research, and production of an independently produced piece of legal writing which addresses critically a legally orientated topic or issue of interest.

Throughout this module, you'll engage critically with theoretical perspectives and debates around the body and sexuality in all its manifestations.