Module LAW2095 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2095: Equality and Diversity
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
Definitions of Equality and Diversity in the Law:
- Formal equality,
- Substantive equality,
- Transformative equality,
- Violations of equality - such as direct and indirect discrimination on the protected grounds
Potential advancement of equality and diversity.
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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22 | 128 | 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 | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 44 | Preparation for seminars (pre-and post-reading) |
Guided Independent Study | 84 | Assessment reading/research and essay preparation |
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.
Basic reading: Blackstone’s Guide to the Equality Act 2010, Third Edition 10 November 2016
Bob Hepple, Equality: The Legal Framework (Hart 2014)
Aileen McColgan, Discrimination, Equality and the Law (Human Rights in Perspective), (Hart 2014)
Sandra Fredman, Discrimination Law (OUP 2011)
Tarunabh Khaitan, A Theory of Discrimination Law (OUP 2015)