- Teacher: Makuta Mara
- Teacher: Asif Timol
This module is designed to build on the English Legal System & Foundational Legal skills module.
The module will continue to explore contemporary language skills, study skills, how to form a legal argument and legal knowledge vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic.
The module will continue to support students to acquire the “how to” techniques in using legal texts, writing about the law and constructing reasoned legal argument in order to gain a cohesive understanding of law.
The module will also give students a grounding in legal research methods; i.e. planning, implementation and presentation of legal information. This will include the use of world wide web and also specific legal databases.
In addition, the student is required to produce a portfolio including a research proposal, skeleton argument and letter of advice in order to help students consolidate their learning.
This module also serves to develop employability skills with particular emphasis on the following GAME attributes: Resilient and Lifelong Learning
- Teacher: George Forji Amin
- Teacher: Amber Heaviside
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
- Teacher: Ayoade Onireti
- Teacher: Vicky Owens
- Teacher: Asif Timol
- Teacher: Ike Uhumuavbi
Welcome to English Legal System
This module is designed as a contemporary introduction to the study of law and the English legal institutions and methods. You will gain knowledge of the operation of the English legal system and a cohesive understanding of law. The module will draw on a broad range of materials in order to help students consolidate their understanding of methods of legal reasoning and study. You will distinguish between different concepts, principles and rules relating to the English legal system and skills. Upon completion of this module, you will be able to demonstrate, comprehend, interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources.
This module also serves to develop employability skills with particular emphasis on the following GAME attributes: Effective Communicator and Lifelong Learning.
Indicative Content
(1) Institutions of the English Legal System (2) What is a common law system? (3) Parliament: sovereignty, legislative functions and procedures (4) Government: delegated legislation (5) Precedent and the hierarchy of the Courts (6) Legislation & Statutory interpretation (7) Legal personnel – Lawyers and the Judiciary (8) Law Library research skills (9) Using digital law – online legal resources (10) Methods of legal reasoning (11) Distinction between law and fact (12) Passing Law – exams, assessments and study techniques
- Teacher: George Forji Amin
- Teacher: Amber Heaviside
- Teacher: Makuta Mara
- Teacher: Ayoade Onireti
- Teacher: Vicky Owens
- Teacher: Asif Timol
- Teacher: Ike Uhumuavbi