Module LAW2171 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2171: Human Rights and Human Dignity
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The module's aim is to take you 'behind the scenes' of the development of a new area of legal knowledge, and give you the opportunity to develop familiarity with some of the methodological and theoretical issues involved in the construction of a new legal concept by scholars and judges. The module focuses on key issues raised in the international discussion on human dignity so as to anchor your reflection in a set of examples, while providing you with a range of specific issues illustrating this concept’s actual and potential uses in law.
The module is suitable for students interested in constitutional law, human rights law, comparative law, legal theory and critical thinking. By engaging you with methodological issues and discussing the apparent paradoxes and difficulties of the concept of dignity, the module is also suitable for students who aspire to practise law, especially in the area of human rights.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate sound knowledge of the selected issues on human dignity considered in the module and a range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application; 2. Demonstrate awareness of methodological dimensions of the study of human dignity as a legal concept 3. Demonstrate awareness of a number of legal, political, social and contextual implications of the areas of human dignity studied; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Define legal problems, identify their relative significance and select appropriate methods for investigating and evaluating them; 5. Integrate and assess information from primary and secondary legal sources using appropriate interpretative techniques; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Manage relevant learning resources and develop own arguments and opinions with limited guidance; 7. Work independently and manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities and assessments. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A voluntary essay outline and a fully drafted introduction addressing formative essay title. | 750 words | 1-7 | i) Individual: written comments and indicative mark; ii) General feedback: in writing and posted on ELE, and orally to the cohort. |
| A voluntary reflective commentary | 250 words | 1-7 | i) Individual: written comments; ii) General feedback: in writing and posted on ELE, and orally to the cohort. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One essay comprising two parts: (1) 3000 word essay (from choice of two titles) (2) 500 word reflective commentary | 100 | 3,500 words | 1-7 | Individual feedback. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay (including reflective commentary) | Essay (including reflective commentary) 3500 words | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |
