This module non-credit-bearing, compulsory module, you will consolidate and develop your academic and research skills to provide a foundation for the credit-bearing modules. To support this, the module comprises academic and research skills, including writing styles, critical analysis, data collection and analysis, and critical reflection. The GAME+ attributes developed and assessed in this module are Critical self-management, Professional identity and Skills mastery. Module content is adapted to reflect the specific needs of the (COHORT) and to ensure that the latest thinking is incorporated
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
This module provides a comprehensive structure for studying commercial law, emphasising the practical application of key principles in real-world scenarios. While commercial law is based on contract law, it also includes elements of tort, equity, and property law. This module, therefore, explores various areas of commercial law while building on foundational legal knowledge gained in earlier studies.
The aim of this module is to develop students’ understanding of the regulatory framework within which legal services are provided and the professional standards required in commercial legal practice. It seeks to enhance students’ knowledge of commercial law, focusing on key areas such as commercial contracts, the sale of goods, consumer law, the law of agency, business organisations and partnerships, and dispute resolution. The module also emphasises the acquisition of practical legal skills such as drafting, legal writing, research, advocacy, interviewing, and case analysis, enabling students to meet client objectives effectively while working collaboratively within a legal team.
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
This module provides an in-depth exploration of financial and economic crimes, including fraud, corruption, money laundering, insider trading, and cybercrimes. It examines the legal, regulatory, and compliance frameworks essential for preventing, managing, and prosecuting these crimes. This module will draw together issues relating to the substantive law, both criminal and civil, regulatory practice and compliance providing students with knowledge of an increasingly important area of practice and risk management. While the law will be primarily that of the United Kingdom, there will be extensive reference to the impact of US law, as applied on an extra-territorial basis. The module emphasises the development of critical analytical skills and practical insights to address the challenges posed by financial and economic crimes in the modern era.
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
This module introduces both the constitutional and administrative law of the United Kingdom and its contemporary applicability. It examines the sources, main features and principles of UK constitutional law: ‘unwritten’ constitution, Parliamentary sovereignty, etc. It considers the executive, legislative and judicial institutions of the United Kingdom and the interaction between these institutions. It examines the legislative process in order to gain a cohesive understanding of the law. It examines judicial review of administrative action and the protection of human rights in the UK via the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 in order to help students consolidate their learning. This module also serves to develop employability skills with particular emphasis on the following GAME attributes: Global Citizen and Adaptable
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
The module will allow you to develop your knowledge of the lawmaking process through the use of common law, Parliament and law outside UK jurisdiction. This module will also help you develop your knowledge and understanding of how the law evolves and changes, and the impact of social, political, technological and economic climates on the same. You will be able to demonstrate your analytical skills by recognising the influences that shape that law and how those changes are made and applied via the lawmaking process.
The module discusses contemporary issues and practices through debates on modern issues and new legal developments. The module covers a range of legal issues and contextualises the law in practice as well as in theory, drawing on new legal requirements as well as old legal doctrines.
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
Welcome to Financial and Economic Crime
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
- Teacher: Jessica Storey
- Teacher: Ike Uhumuavbi
