Module LAW2115C for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2115C: Legal Foundations for Sustainable Business
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content may vary, it is anticipated that it will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to law for non-lawyers
- The Law of Contract
- Corporate Governance
- Employment Law
- Corporate Liability (including Torts such as defamation, nuisance and negligence and criminal offences)
- Health & Safety at work
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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26 | 124 |
...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 | 11 | Lectures (11 x 1 hours) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 12 | Workshops (6 x 2 hours) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 3 | Surgeries (3 x 1 hour) |
Guided Independent Study | 70 | Preparation of assignments |
Guided Independent Study | 54 | Preparing for workshops and reading around the topics covered |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – vle.exeter.ac.uk/
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:
Lucy Jones Introduction to Business Law (5th edn. OUP 2019)
Alix Adams, Stephanie Caplan, Graeme Lockwood Law for Business Students (10th edn. Pearson, 2020).
Emily Finch & Stefan Fafinski Legal Skills (7th edn. OUP, 2019). The textbook explains how to find legal resources from statutes to cases and includes tips on legal writing.
Steve Wilson, Helen Rutherford, Tony Storey, Natalie Wortley, and Birju Kotecha English Legal System(4th edn OUP, 2020)