Module LAW3009 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3009: Critical Issues in Human Dignity and Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Note: the syllabus will vary slightly every year to reflect the latest developments in the international discussions on dignity.
1. Introduction to the concept of human dignity - Identifications of legal fields and key issues - Contextual location in time and places - Academic responses to the increasing uses of dignity in law
2. Discussion of key examples of legal uses of dignity (indicative list only) - Introduction: identification of issues and apparent paradoxes - Selected issues:
Human dignity and equality - Human dignity and autonomy - Dignity and life - Dignity and welfare - Dignity and integrity - Dignity and work - Dignity and time
3. Critical assessment of uses of dignity as a legal concept - Awareness of scholarly motives, background and wider agenda - Implication of methodological choices on scholarly analysis - Proposing a definition of human dignity: method and substance
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 123 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 24 | 12 x 2 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 3 | 3 x One hour workshop |
| Guided independent study | 48 | Study group for lecture preparation and work |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Workshop Preparation |
| Guided independent study | 57 | Independent reading and research |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
