Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2096: Brexit Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Module Aims

The teaching and learning on the module will be research-enriched, considering the latest developments in the area. You will develop your ability to analyse primary materials, engaging with relevant secondary sources. This should enable you to construct balanced legal arguments and take an informed view whilst using a wide range of materials. The specific objectives of the course are:

To provide advanced instructions in the main aspects of cross-border trade regulation in the post-Brexit era;
To examine critically the legal aspects of the EU-UK trade relationships;
To analyse the WTO rules in relation to trade and dispute settlement of trade disputes;
To study the impact of Brexit on UK competition law;
To consider the impact of Brexit on companies’ access to legal remedies in cross-border cases.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Demonstrate deep and systematic knowledge and understanding of regulatory and governance aspects in relation to the UK cross-border trade policy; 2. Undertake critical evaluation of the EU-UK trade relationships in the post-Brexit era; 3. Understand the rights and obligations arising out of the UK WTO Membership; 4. Understand the Brexit implications for disputes concerning cross-border trade and commercial transactions.
Discipline-Specific Skills	5. Analyse and synthesise relevant primary and secondary sources considering important legal implications and various policy-options; 6. Identify central legal issues and problems concerning a regulatory framework; 7. Solve legal problems, identifying relevant issues and specifying the legal positions of parties to complex legal disputes.
Personal and Key Skills	8. Construct a legal argument and take an informed view, whilst responding to essay-style questions and problem-style questions; 9. Coherently structure legal arguments with a view to presenting ideas and drawing conclusions, when completing specified tasks.

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
Essay-style question	1000 words	1-9	Written/Oral

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
0	100	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
Examination (with advance information about the examination questions)	100	2-hour examination	1-9	Written/Oral
	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
Examination (with advance information about the examination questions)	2 hour examination (with advance information about the examination questions)	1-9	August/September reassessment period