Law LLB (Hons)

The module introduces candidates to the interesting challenges that ICT presents today and covers many anchor points that may serve as a bridge to their interests and lifestyles.

It also means you understand the value of scholarships, allowing you to move on to postgraduate programs at the University of Portsmouth.

You'll learn to identify and evaluate different types of constitutions, learn the structure of the UK government and institutions, and analyse systems of government using comparisons with other states.

You'll cover the principles governing offer, acceptance, consideration and the intention to create legal relations.

You'll also discuss the content of contracts, the incorporation of different terms and the common law and statutory controls on exclusion clauses as well as practical drafting techniques employed by contract lawyers. 

You'll explore the basics of what the law seeks to achieve within a democracy, identification of the main classifications and sources of law, and detailed examination of the process of parliamentary and judicial law making.

You'll also look at European influences during the UK's time in the EU, and a detailed study of the Human Rights Act.

You'll explore theories of international relations, the nature of the international system, and factors like conflict, globalisation, and international organisations. You'll also dive into key global issues such as climate change, gender, and human rights.

You'll gain an overview of the history of legal scholarship. By the end of the module, you'll have a solid understanding and the ability to apply essential legal knowledge and skills. This will prepare you to progress onto degree level study at the University of Portsmouth.

You'll learn how to use academic databases and journals through a series of tasks which will have direct relevance to topics you studied in other modules.

You'll develop your abilities in academic writing by writing a short essay, case study analysis or similar written artefact in each lecture session.

You'll learn to conduct research using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. You'll also enhance your ability to understand and construct arguments, evaluate the rationale and evidence behind claims, assess the credibility of sources, and deliver well-structured, critically reasoned arguments and opinions both verbally and in writing.

Develop legal arguments and apply the knowledge you'll gain from seminars and discussions to current issues. Learn to demonstrate your understanding of key principles, identify relevant law, and reach reasoned conclusions.

In studying this module, you will be equipped with the knowledge and understanding of these principles, whilst embedding study skills throughout the module. The module will equip students with knowledge and understanding of these principles in order to provide advice to fictional clients.

Students will explore the historical and philosophical underpinnings of social justice, gaining insights into the ethical imperatives that drive lawyers' efforts to realise social change.

They will also learn about the various legal tools lawyers employ, including litigation, legal education, and policy advocacy, to advance social justice causes.

Real-world case studies will be analysed, allowing students to assess the impact of legal interventions on diverse social issues such as housing, family, immigration, employment and welfare. Additionally, the module will address the challenges lawyers face when advocating for social justice, encouraging students to critically reflect on their ethical responsibilities.

The module introduces key constitutional principles, legal and political issues related to the operation of the British Constitution, and mechanism of redress available to citizens against public bodies.

-To give students the opportunity to develop communication skills through experience, use of feedback, peer review and reflection. -To allow students to develop their skills of research, presentation, persuasion and self-regulation.

This module aims to equip students with the knowledge and understanding of these principles in order to understand the English Legal System as it is today, whilst embedding study skills throughout the module.

Lectures will outline the principles and rules of equity and the law of trusts, their application, current issues and contentious areas. Seminars will require students to apply these principles to problem situations, using their knowledge of statute and case law to develop their analysis. This will develop the identified skills, and these will then be utilised in tackling the assessments for this module.

This module aims to equip students with knowledge and understanding of these principles in order to provide advice to a notional client.

Students will explore the core rights provided by the European Convention on Human Rights and implemented via the Human Rights Act 1998 and will, in addition, examine the role of the common law as an alternative means for protecting fundamental rights. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of rights in light of underlying principles, with a particular focus on how human dignity informs and shapes the content of human rights norms.

This module considers the legal principles that underpin data protection law and policy, and examines their application in relation to a number of salient fields (e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, automated decision-making, social media). It aims to equip students with knowledge and understanding of these principles in order to provide advice to fictional clients. The module will be delivered by way of a combination of timetabled workshop sessions.

This module aims to equip students with knowledge, skills, and understanding of these principles in order to provide advice to a notional client.

Students will study a wide range of legal sources including elements of criminal and civil law, together with institutional frameworks and dispute resolution systems. Students will learn actively using contemporary and relevant historic sports law issues over a wide range of sporting disciplines.

While the focus will be practical, students will also develop an understanding of the theoretical, professional and ethical aspects of advocacy. Students will reflect on their own performances and those of their peers. Students will develop a range of skills appropriate to both civil and criminal court/tribunal appearances to include the law of evidence. The Presentations will be individual advocacy exercises based on the criminal and civil case studies that students will engage with on the module. The Portfolios will consist of critical commentaries on a collection of advocacy activities recorded by the individual student through the module. Students will be required to demonstrate their development of advocacy skills through feedback, peer observation and self-reflection with reference to theoretical and professional writing on advocacy.

Students will critically explore the core principles and concepts of direct and indirect discrimination, as a well as harassment, positive action, and victimisation.

Further studies will critically explore particular issues raised in relation to race, sex, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. These include religious beliefs conflicting with rights attached to sexual orientation, bans on the display of religious symbols and clothing, racism, and women's rights at work, as well as any topical issues of the day.

The module is comprised of two substantive parts. The first explores legal and regulatory issues posed by the emergence of AI technologies (e.g., challenges relating to privacy and data protection, intellectual property, human rights and non-discrimination, autonomous vehicles, autonomous weapons) by way of reference to real use cases and theoretical literature.

The second comprises of an in-depth examination of the innovative influence of AI technology on legal practice, providing students with the opportunity to develop their use of emerging technologies to enhance their professional skills. Upon completion of the module students will have developed a high level of understanding of what AI is, the challenges it poses for the law, and the relevance of the use of AI software in the legal sector.

Students will learn about the assessment of needs and methods of meeting needs of service users under the Care Act 2014 and the Children Act 1989.

Consideration will also be given to the role of law in managing standards in social care practice. Part of this will involve examining the differences in standards between adult and children's social care.

The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on service provision in the social care sector will also be given attention. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is also considered to flesh out a child's right to social care support in international human rights law.

By focusing on the care provision of particularly vulnerable members of society, this module will promote the development of informed citizens, with a sense of responsibility allied to a commitment to social justice issues. Students will also have the opportunity to develop their critical and reflective knowledge of social care law through examining that law in light of the changing social policy context.

Seminar activity will follow on from the lectures and will concentrate on discussion and application of the legal principles and policies of the European Union.

This will be achieved by students working in the University's general legal advice clinics. There will be an emphasis on transferring academic legal knowledge that has been acquired throughout the degree programme into substantive legal help for members of the local community. The module will support students in developing skills such as client interviewing and management, note taking, report writing, legal letter writing, and document drafting, together with administrative skills such as replying to emails and making return phone calls. The students will also be involved with the marketing of the clinics(s) to the wider community, thus developing students' confidence in communication, and providing a critical awareness of how a client base is founded and developed. In preparation for entry into a post degree professional environment, the module will provide a focus on self-reflection.

Students will be offered the opportunity to work in a weekly placement with one of our external partners where the emphasis will be on application of legal theory to real life issues/situations, to assist the clients of the partner organisation.

Students will learn a range of skills, which will be communicated to the student at the outset of their placement (depending on the partner organisation) but in all organisations there will be an emphasis on the ability to communicate using different mediums, organisation and independent learning.

Students will be required to integrate into their partner organisation, contributing to the overall achievement of the organisation's own aims and objectives, and identifying areas of difficulty. In preparation for entry into a post degree professional environment, the module will provide a focus on self-reflection.

At these meetings, the student and supervisor may discuss the topic(s), research strategy and direction and/or review drafts submitted by the student.

To satisfy the CILEx accreditation requirements students must pass all the CILEx modules. The module is designed to develop and understanding of how a business is started, run and dissolved. It also introduces students to employment law.

This module also delves into the legal framework for children's rights in the domestic legal system, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Social Charter (ESC). It further examines the specific legal and thematic aspects related to children in care, children in the asylum and refugee system, and children within the court system, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal and practical aspects of safeguarding children's rights.

To satisfy the CILEx accreditation requirements students must pass all the CILEx modules. This module introduces students to the main principles and procedures associated with civil litigation as well as defending a client in a criminal prosecution.

The topics covered in this module will be common with the equivalent module at UC ' Berkeley. The teaching for this module will involve 10 synchronous joint 2-hour online classes hosted by UC ' Berkeley and joined by all participating institutions and 11 synchronous UoP-only 2-hour online classes. The joint online classes will consist in mini-lectures (approx. 45 mins) by guest lecturers, seminar-style discussion in breakout sessions (2 x 15 minutes) with small groups of students from all participating institutions and plenary discussions (2 x 15 mins). The UoP-only online classes will be delivered 'locally' by the module coordinator. The UoP-only online classes will introduce students to the basic concepts of Comparative Equality Law and bring the questions / issues discussed in the joint class within a UK and / or European normative context.

Reference will be made to what intellectual property actually is as well as how UK law enables it to be protected. All the major intellectual property rights will be identified, dicussed and critically examained. These intellectual propertry rights will include patents, trademarks, copyright, design rights, passing off and the law of confidence. Reference will be made, where appropriate, to other jurisidictions as a means of critically evaluating the IP framework in the UK. Reference will also be made to international treaties and other external legal sources as and when the module demands.

The module will consider the requirements for a valid will, together with the laws of intestacy and claims by relatives of the deceased. The module will be delivered by means of weekly lectures and seminars. Lectures will outline the principles and rules of the law of succession, and discuss current issues and contentious areas. Seminars will require students to apply these principles to problem situations, using their knowledge of statute and case law to develop their analysis. This will develop the identified skills, and these will then be used in tackling the assessments for this module.

The module explores both the historical and theoretical foundations of the subject, before providing participants with an awareness of the sources, the nature and the core institutions of international law. It also seeks to engage with specific regimes of international law and to explore these in relevant contemporary contexts. The module will also specifically endeavour to develop the independent research skills of students.

Students' in this module will provide support to the local community in the form of a legal information presentation on a relevant and informative legal issue.

You will work in teams to research, plan, and deliver a presentation on a legal issue ( or range of issues) to your designated organisation (such as; charities, schools/colleges, and community organisations).

You will develop skills in; teamwork, research, communication methods, reflection, and learn to practically apply your academic knowledge acquired across the degree programme.

After an introduction to your designated organisation you and your group will be supported through the process of research, planning, design and presentation of the legal issue. There will be an emphasis on reflection throughout the process.

Not only will you gain skills and knowledge in liaising with, and presenting a legal issue to real life clients' but further, you will have experience to draw from, when engaging in interviews with employers.

Each student will already have been allocated to a supervisor based on their 'topic area'. Each topic has a different tutor and the topic area will have been decided by the tutor based on their own expertise and research interests. The module will have four timetabled tutorial sessions, where each group will meet with their tutor and throughout the module, tutors and students will make use of the Module's VLE to post queries and discuss issues arising out of their research.

While the focus will be practical, students will also develop an understanding of the theoretical, professional and ethical aspects of advocacy. Students will reflect on their own performances and those of their peers. Students will develop a range of skills appropriate to both civil and criminal court/tribunal appearances to include the law of evidence. The Presentations will be individual advocacy exercises based on the criminal and civil case studies that students will engage with on the module. The Portfolios will consist of critical commentaries on a collection of advocacy activities recorded by the individual student through the module. Students will be required to demonstrate their development of advocacy skills through feedback, peer observation and self-reflection with reference to theoretical and professional writing on advocacy

It outlines the different sectors of environmental law as well as provides an insight and understanding of the principles and concepts upon which environmental law is based.

It also analyses the ways in which particular issues are addressed and, where appropriate, places these in their international context.

It introduces students to the role that international environmental law has within the development of national environmental law.

Seminar activity will follow on from the lectures and will concentrate on discussion and application of the legal principles and policies of the European Union.

Directed activity will focus on discussion of issues using taught knowledge and the student's independent research.

Student's will apply law to problem situations, as well as improve the ability to critically reflect on the human rights issues involved in family law.

Relevant skills will be developed through seminar activities and utilised in tackling the assessment for this module.

This will include (but may not be limited to) the foundation subjects such Criminal law, Land (and ownership pf property), and Tort, and also some of the optional areas of study such as Medical Law and Sports Law.

There will be a strong emphasis on being able to critically evaluate legislation, case law and contemporary issues with feminist theory and understanding the limitations of both the theory and the law that is studied.

There will be a strong intersectional approach, requiring students to examine and understand how gender and sexuality intersect with other social categories such as race, age, class and disability, and how the law may perpetuate (and promote) inequalities.

The module will promote critical thinking and independent inquiry around issues of inequalities and the module supports the development of a range of Hallmarks.

In the first half of the module students will explore the rules that regulate the use of force in international law (the jus ad bellum), whilst the second half focuses on international humanitarian law (the jus in bello). The module aims to teach both historical and modern contexts of these areas of law and will engage with specific contemporary case studies, informed by the academic research of the co-ordinators. Weekly lectures will outline fundamental principles, whilst seminars will encourage students to critically reflect on the state of the law and the contexts in which it applies. The substantive content of the module is also, in parts, multidisciplinary in its nature, drawing on work from connected academic disciplines such as international relations. The module also aims to develop the independent research skills of students and this is reflected in the nature of the assessment.

To satisfy the CILEx accreditation requirements students must pass all the CILEx modules. This module develops the legal principles learned in land law at L5 and provides a practical context. This modules meets the CILEx requirements for application of accounts rules. The Hallmarks that the module seeks to address are: Have a critical and reflective knowledge and understanding of their subject, with both the ability and readiness to question its principles, practices and boundaries; Think independently, analytically and creatively, and engage imaginatively with new areas of investigation, within and across discipline boundaries; Be intellectually curious, embrace challenges and seize opportunities for development; be able to locate, access and critically engage with information, using current and emerging digital technologies; Be informed citizens, with a sense of responsibility allied to a commitment to ethical practice and social justice issues, such as quality, respect and sustainability.

You'll spend your working industry, with support from our Placement Office.

You'll complete a placement portfolio for the duration of the placement, which will outline your key learning activities, and attend a Placement Student Day at the University to discuss your placement experience with the Placement Officer or your course leader.

When you successfully complete your placement it will be recognised in your degree transcript of achievement, and your degree certificate will state `in the sandwich mode'.

You may also choose to receive a Certificate of Professional Practice from the Faculty of Business and Law.