Module LAW2015B for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2015B: The Law of Torts
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to develop your understanding of the law of torts, including its responsibility bases, the kinds of damage for which it permits a remedy and those for which it does not offer a remedy. Consideration will be given to the aims of tort law and some assessment made of its efficacy in achieving those aims.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. understand and critically reflect upon the operation of the contemporary law of torts within its social context; 2. develop the ability to use relevant information to understand how the law of torts operates and to apply that understanding to a range of different perspectives and concepts relating to tort law. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social and political implications; 4. demonstrate the ability to apply legal knowledge to a problem / case study and to discuss it; 5. demonstrate the ability to select and present in a coherent way, relevant law and legal / theoretical arguments. |
Personal and Key Skills | 6. demonstrate effective and accurate communication skills in a manner appropriate to the discipline / different contexts; 7. identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of resources with some guidance; 8. demonstrate the ability to interact effectively within a team / learning group and to share information and ideas; 9. demonstrate the ability to work independently, within a limited time frame, to complete a specified task. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- Introduction to Tort
- Trespass to Person
- Trespass to Land
- Private Nuisance
- Rylands v Fletcher
- Public Nuisance
- Defamation
- Privacy
- Introduction to Negligence
- Duty of Care
- Psychiatric Harm
- Public Bodies
- Omissions
- Financial Loss
- Breach
- Causation of Damage
- Remoteness of Damage
- Defences
- Vicarious Liability
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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55 | 245 | 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 Activity | 55 | 22 x 2.5 hour combined lecture-seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 88 | Seminar preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 32 | Formative assessment preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 62 | Summative assessment preparation |
Guided Independent study | 63 | Individual reading preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
www.bailii.org