Module LAW3148 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3148: European Convention on Human Rights: Theory and Practice
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Although the module’s coverage may vary each year it is envisaged that it will include the following topics:
- Introduction to human rights law and to the ECHR
- Introduction to UK Human Rights Act
- Substantive rights (e.g. the right to life, prohibition of torture or prohibition of slavery, privacy, freedom of expression)
- Procedural rights (e.g. the right to a fair trial, the right to an effective remedy)
- Techniques and problems of rights interpretation (e.g. margin of appreciation, proportionality, living instrument doctrine)
- The ECHR in Europe, its relationships with the European Union and with selected Member States
- Critical issues on the ECHR and European democracy
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | 247 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Learning and Teaching activities | 44 | 22 x 2h Lectures |
| Learning and Teaching activities | 9 | Workshops - 6 x 1.5hr (3 per term) which will involve student-led individual and group work, with guidance and intervention from a tutor |
| Guided independent study | 120 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
| Guided independent study | 37 | Workshop preparation |
| Guided independent study | 10 | Formative assessment |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Summative assessment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Web based and electronic resources:
Human rights documents and materials: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
European Convention on Human Rights website: http://human-rights-convention.org/
European Court of Human Rights website: http://www.echr.coe.int/
Council of Europe website: http://www.echr.coe.int
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
R White, C A Robin and C Ovey, Jacobs, White & Ovey The European Convention on Human Rights, Sixth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2014 (Or latest edition as available).
D J Harris,M O'Boyle and C Warbrick et al, Harris, O'Boyle & Warbrick, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Third Edition, Oxford: OUP, 2014 (Or latest edition as available).
Janis, Kay and Bradley, European Human Rights Law, 3rd ed, OUP 2008 (Or latest edition as available).
A Mowbray, Cases and Materials on the European Convention on Human Rights, Third Edition, OUP, 2012 (Or latest edition as available).
E Bates, The Evolution of the ECHR, OUP, 2010 (Or latest edition as available).
Keller and Stone (eds), A Europe of Rights, The Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems, OUP, 2008 (Or latest edition as available).
S Greer, ECHR, Achievements, Problems and Prospects, CUP, 2008 (Or latest edition as available).
G Letsas, A Theory of Interpretation of the ECHR, OUP, 2007 (Or latest edition as available).
C Grabenwarter (ed), The ECHR, A Commentary, Hart Publishing, 2013 (Or latest edition as available).
P Halstead, Unlocking Human Rights, 2nd edition Routledge, 2014
