Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2106H: Pre-LLM: Tort and Conflict of Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 5
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 2 (12 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Nathan Tamblyn (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

LAW4004H The Law of Contract

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module introduces you to tort law, a collection of civil wrongs which the law deems sufficiently serious as to warrant a legal remedy. In particular, it introduces those torts which are pertinent to the study of commercial law. It also introduces you to the main principles of conflict of laws, also known as private international law, which determine which country’s law applies to a dispute with an international dimension.

Module created

26/11/18

Last revised

26/11/18