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Qualification and Programme Title
CertHE English Law Full-time
Programme Code
5085
Delivery Location
Campus
Language of Study
English
Length of Programme
1 Year(s)
Accreditations
This programme has no outside accreditations
Aims of the Programme
To enable students to become familiar with the main characteristic elements of English law and the English legal system, including particularly the authoritative sources of law, the characteristic methods of decision-making, and the principles of selected areas of substantive law.
Programme Outcomes
Students are expected to have Knowledge and Understanding of:
Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods:
and assessed using the following methods:
The authoritative sources of English law and its methods of decision making
The major concepts, values, principles and rules of a limited number of fields of English law
Lectures, supervisions and seminars
Examinations and coursework
Students are expected to have attained the following Skills and other Attributes:
Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods:
and assessed using the following methods:
To understand and use the English language in contexts involving some legal technicality with a moderate degree of proficiency
To use primary and secondary sources to conduct simple research into issues in English law
To engage in analysis, synthesis, critical judgement and evaluation of aspects of English law
To apply their knowledge of English law to situations of limited complexity in order to provide arguable conclusions for practical problems (actual or hypothetical)
Skill in the use and management of English legal information technology
Lectures, supervisions, seminars and written assignments. Training courses.