Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM126: International and Comparative Employment Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to provide you with a detailed understanding of the legal framework of employment law from an international and comparative perspective. Employment law is a broad area of legal practice relevant to both domestic and international firms. You will acquire comprehensive knowledge of how law is responding to current challenges posed to both employers and workers by the gig economy, new technologies including artificial intelligence, and other emerging trends shaping the future of work.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills1. Demonstrate detailed contextual knowledge of sources of employment law at the transnational and international level and their theoretical and philosophical implications;
2. Apply that knowledge to critically evaluate and propose effective solutions to complex challenges faced by employers and workers in the modern economy;
3. Identify, explain and evaluate key issues relating to international and transnational employment law critically and comprehensively and apply relevant rules and theoretical concepts systematically;
4. Carry out independent advanced research into complex legal and policy questions within the area of international employment law;
Discipline-Specific Skills5. Interpret and assess a wide range of international legal materials, including treaties, conventions, and regulations, in identifying and constructively addressing legal disputes and debates in writing, using appropriate structure, register and language and supported by competent referencing and bibliography;
6. Apply knowledge of international and comparative law to explaining how law interacts with the main social and economic considerations that influence policy debates, showing awareness of their contextual implications;
7. Integrate and assess complex information from primary and secondary legal sources comprehensively using appropriate interpretative techniques;
Personal and Key Skills8. Engage confidently and intelligently with relevant learning resources, to develop critical and independent analysis of the relevant issues by identifying, retrieving and using the full range of library-based and electronic resources efficiently and autonomously;
9. Communicate and engage in group discussion effectively and accurately on a topic of current legal, social and economic importance, and develop independent arguments and opinions at a very high or professional level.