Module LAW3057 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3057: Family Law: Adult Relationships
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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 or all of the following topics:
- Introduction and context
- Relationship formation
- Relationship dissolution
- Financial provision on divorce
- Cohabitants and the law
- Domestic violence
Lectures are complemented by workshops on topics covered scheduled over the two weeks following the lecture.
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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28.5 | 121.5 | 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 | 24 | 12 x 2 hour Lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4.5 | 3 x 1.5 hour Workshops |
Guided Independent Study | 58.5 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
Guided independent study | 18 | Workshop preparation |
Guided independent study | 40 | Assessment preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 5 | Formative assessment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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One essay/assignment to be handed in by week 8 | 1,000 words | 1-7,9 | Written Individual feedback |
Workshops involving problem solving questions and topics for discussion and debate. | 3 x 1.5 hour Workshops | 1-9 | Verbal Feedback |
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 |
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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 |
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Essay | 100 | 3,750 words | 1-7,9 | Written and Oral |
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 |
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Essay | Essay (3750 words) | 1-7,9 | 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.
Basic reading:
Gilmore S and Glennon L, Hayes and Williams' Family Law (5th edn, OUP 2016).
Herring J Family Law (7th edn, Pearson 2015)
Harris-Short, S and Miles, J. Family Law - Text Cases and Materials (Oxford: Oxford, 2015)
Blackstone’s Statutes onFamily Law.