Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2106H: Pre-LLM: Tort and Conflict of Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 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:

Negligence: duty of care, breach
Causation, remoteness
Defences, remedies
Interference with goods
Economic torts
Private international law: basic principles
Conflict of laws: contract
Conflict of laws: tort

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
12	138	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	12	12 x 1 hour tutorials
Guided Independent Study	120	12 x 10 hour preparation for tutorials
Guided Independent Study	8	Preparation for formative assessment
Guided Independent Study	10	Preparation for summative assessment

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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)