Module LAW2106H for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2106H: Pre-LLM: Tort and Conflict of Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module is available only to students on the HKUST-Exeter Programmes in Law who are looking to proceed onto the Exeter LLM in Commercial Law. It is one of three pre-LLM modules designed to get you up to speed with a breadth of law subjects so that your study of the LLM in Commercial Law is a success. This module introduces tort law and conflict of laws, with the aim of contributing a solid basis from which to progress onto the LLM in Commercial Law next year.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate knowledge of tort law and conflicts of law and a range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application 2. identify, explain and discuss key issues in tort law and conflicts of law and to apply relevant rules and theories |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social, and political implications 4. identify key elements of legal problems, identify their relative significance and select appropriate methods for investigating and evaluating them |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. work independently and to manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessments 6. manage relevant learning resources, information, and learning strategies, and to develop own arguments and opinions with some guidance |
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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Exam-style questions discussed in tutorials | 12 x 1 hour tutorials | 1-6 | Oral |
Essay | 1500 words | 1-6 | Written and 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 |
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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 | 2500 words | 1-6 |
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 (2500 words) | 1-6 | Ref / Def 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.
This reading list is indicative, providing an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not a confirmed or compulsory reading list:
The latest editions of:
Tamblyn and Hughes Davies, Tort Law (Routledge)
Witting, Street on Torts (Oxford University Press)
McBride and Bagshaw, Tort Law (Pearson)
Briggs, The Conflict of Laws (Oxford University Press)