Module LAW3156E for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3156E: Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some of the following topics:
- Immigration as a political, social and regulatory issue
- Historical perspectives on UK immigration and nationality law
- The legal structure of control
- UK nationality law
- Entering and living in the UK
- European law 1: The European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998 and immigration control
- Temporary migration for visits, work or study
- Family migration
- Criminality, deportation and detention
- Immigration law and vulnerability
- European law 2: EU immigration policy, asylum law and free movement law
- The Refugee Convention and other forms of protection
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 |
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26.5 | 123.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4.5 | 3 x 1.5 hour workshops |
Guided Independent Study | 73.5 | Lecture and workshop preparation, to include advance reading and preparation of questions and activities |
Guided independent study | 50 | Revision and assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
International Organization for Migration
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Migration Policy Institute (US based)
UK Visas and Immigration Operational Guidance and the Immigration Rules
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
University of Oxford Centre on Migration, Policy and Society