Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM112: Financial Markets Law and Regulation

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Presentation/discussion of topics in seminars	10 x 3 hour seminars plus preparation time.	1-7	Feedback within seminar; additional oral feedback available on request
Written essay	1,500 words	1-7	Written feedback; additional oral feedback available on request

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	100	7,500 words	1-7	The School of Law standard
	0
	0
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay (7500 words)	1-7	August/September reassessment period

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.

Module textbook:

Niamh Moloney, EU Securities and Financial Markets Regulation (OUP, 2016)

Eilis Ferran & Look Chan Ho, Principles of Corporate Finance Law ( OUP 2014)

Collin Bamford, Principles of International Financial Law (OUP 2015)

Other textbooks:-

Ellinger, Lomnicka and Hare, Modern Banking Law (5^th ed., Oxford, 2010).

R Cranston, Principles of Banking Law (Oxford, 2002).

Library reference:-

W Blair and G Walker (eds), Financial Services Law (2e, OUP, 2009)

W Blair and G Walker (eds), Financial Markets and Exchanges Law (1e, OUP, 2005)

Butterworths Banking Law Encyclopaedia, (LexisNexis, looseleaf) covers a part only of the module.

Financial Services Law Encyclopedia, (Sweet & Maxwell, looseleaf), annotated statutes only.

Alastair Hudson, The Law on Financial Derivatives (5^th ed., Sweet & Maxwell, 2012)

Alastair Hudson, Securities Law (2^nd ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2013)

Alastair Hudson, The Law of Finance (2^nd ed., Sweet & Maxwell, 2013)