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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2015B: Law of Torts
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to develop your understanding of the law of torts, including its responsibility bases, the kinds of damage for which it permits a remedy and those for which it does not offer a remedy. Consideration will be given to the aims of tort law and some assessment made of its efficacy in achieving those aims.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Understand and critically reflect upon the operation of the contemporary law of torts within its social context; 2. Develop the ability to use relevant information to understand how the law of torts operates and to apply their understanding to a range of different perspectives and concepts relating to tort law; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social and political implications; 4. Demonstrate the ability to apply legal knowledge to a problem / case study and to discuss it; 5. Demonstrate the ability to select and present in a coherent way, orally and in writing, relevant law and legal / theoretical arguments. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Demonstrate effective and accurate written communication skills in a manner appropriate to the discipline / different contexts; 7. Demonstrate effective and accurate oral communication skills in a manner appropriate to the discipline / different contexts; 8. Identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of library-based and electronic resources with some guidance; 9. Demonstrate the ability to interact effectively within a team / learning group and to share information and ideas. 10. Demonstrate the ability to work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task. |