Module LAW3100 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3100: Human trafficking and modern slavery
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
After completing this module, you will have gained a detailed understanding and appreciation of the key topics in the law on human trafficking. You will develop your legal research skills, particularly in the realms of analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving.
You will learn to critically engage with theoretical debates and conflicting standpoints on human trafficking and its interplay with borders, migration, labour regulation and access to rights. Furthermore, you will develop an understanding of counter-trafficking law’s role in creating and maintaining complex, yet limiting categories of victimhood in human trafficking in a national and international context.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate detailed understanding of the role of counter-trafficking legislation in an international, European and domestic context 2. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the principle features of the law on human trafficking, including the scope, but also limitations of counter-trafficking legislation; the history of human trafficking and its legacies; the complex notions of victimhood and culpability 3. Identify, explain and critically assess/analyse issues arising in the context of human trafficking and modern slavery and apply relevant legal rules to those issues 4. Use comprehensive knowledge and understanding to deal with complex issues and problems arising in the key areas of human trafficking and modern slavery, reach appropriate and reasoned conclusions and offer analysis/criticism of legal arguments in these areas |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Integrate and asses information from primary and secondary legal sources using appropriate interpretative techniques 6. Select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively, relevant law and legal/theoretical arguments |
| Personal and Key Skills | 7. Manage relevant learning resources/information/learning strategies and to develop own arguments and opinions with minimum guidance 8. Communicate and engage in debate effectively and accurately in a manner appropriate to the discipline and context; |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Various essay and problem solving questions in workshops (number and type of question will vary according to the workshop) | Fortnightly workshops requiring thorough preparation | 1-8 | Discussed in workshops; individual students may seek additional feedback if required |
| Essay outline | 500-750 words | 1-8 | Written feedback; individual consultation meetings with students as required |
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 | 3,750 words | 1-8 | Written feedback; individual consultation meetings with students as required |
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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(new question 3,750 words) | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
