Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2015: The Law of Torts

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 5
Credits 30 ECTS Value 15
Term(s) and duration

This module will run during term 1 (12 weeks) and term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Matthew Channon (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

Students are normally required to have taken at least one of the following modules LAW1003, LAW1004, LAW1022

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module introduces you to tort law, which is concerned with non-contractual civil wrongs. In this area, the law imposes duties and standards of conduct, breach of which will permit an action for damages or some other remedy. The module examines negligence, as the most widely pleaded tort, and the torts of trespass to the person, torts against land, defamation and breach of privacy.

Module created

01/10/2001

Last revised

13/08/2020