Module LAW2104 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2104: Changing the Law - Theory and Practice
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to provide you with:
- a good working knowledge of the key aspects of statutory law reform—how decisions are taken by the Executive, the role of the Law Commissions and the Parliamentary process;
- insights into the way law may be shaped through the lobbying power of commercial interests and others;
- an understanding of the role of the judiciary and the willingness or reluctance of individual judges to intervene where law is perceived as unsatisfactory;
- an awareness of international influences on the formation of our law.
The module will enable you to:
- assess critically the law reform process, identifying its strengths and weaknesses,
- identify the hidden pressure exerted by commercial and other interests,
- evaluate the effectiveness of the law reform process, using case studies,
- understand how law reform might in given circumstances best be achieved.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Explain and evaluate the main legal institutions and procedures relevant to law reform. 2. Identify, explain and discuss key issues in law reform and to apply relevant rules and theories. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of legal concepts, values, principles, institutions and procedures, and the ability to explain the relationships among them. 4. Select and present in a coherent way, orally and in writing, relevant law and legal/theoretical arguments. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Manage relevant learning resources/ information/ learning strategies and to develop own arguments and opinions with some guidance. 6. Work independently and to manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessments. |
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:
Robert Rogers and Rhodri Walters, How Parliament Works, 7th ed (2015) (£30.38)
Anthony King, Who Governs Britain (2015) (£6.77 paperback, £3.49 Kindle)
John Kay, Other People’s Money (on financial regulation). (2016) (£7.43 paperback, £6.47 kindle).
The devil is in the detail: Parliament and Delegated Legislation (£15)
Michael Zander, The Law Making Process (2015) £38.86
Making Better Law: Reform of the Legislative Process (2010)
Parliament, Policy and Lawmaking (2004) (free)