Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3100: Human trafficking and modern slavery

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

After completing this module, you will have gained a detailed understanding and appreciation of the key topics in the law on human trafficking. You will develop your legal research skills, particularly in the realms of analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving.

You will learn to critically engage with theoretical debates and conflicting standpoints on human trafficking and its interplay with borders, migration, labour regulation and access to rights. Furthermore, you will develop an understanding of counter-trafficking law’s role in creating and maintaining complex, yet limiting categories of victimhood in human trafficking in a national and international context.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the principle features of the law on human trafficking, including the scope, but also limitations of counter-trafficking legislation; the history of human trafficking and its legacies; the complex notions of victimhood and culpability 2. Demonstrate coherent and critical knowledge of the relationship between law, policy and societal norms in the area of human trafficking 3. Identify, explain and critically assess/analyse issues arising in the context of human trafficking and modern slavery and apply relevant legal rules to those issues
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. Exercise critical thinking, judgment and analysis concerning the assumptions and aspirations of law 5. Select and explain relevant information from primary and secondary legal resources, independently and efficiently using appropriate techniques
Personal and Key Skills	6. Identify, retrieve and use a range of resources with minimal guidance 7. Manage time independently and efficiently in preparing for learning activities, to be proactive in developing your own learning

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

It is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics. Precise content and order may vary.

Introduction to the law on human trafficking

How to define the phenomenon
The different forms of human trafficking
The history of human trafficking

Human trafficking legislation:

International (UN Trafficking Protocol & other relevant international agreements)
Regional (EU Directive, Council of Europe and the case law of the ECtHR)
Domestic implementation (the UK Modern Slavery Act)

Human trafficking in context:

Between criminal law, labour law and migration law
Victims and perpetrators in trafficking legislation
Alternative responses to human trafficking

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
26	124	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 Activities	18	9 x 2 hour Lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	2	2 x 1 hour Lectures (introductory and revision sessions)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	6	3 x 2 hour Workshops
Guided independent study	55	Individual reading and lecture preparation
Guided independent study	20	Workshop preparation
Guided Independent Study	40	Summative assessment preparation
Guided Independent Study	9	Formative assessment preparation

Online Resources

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