Module POL2118 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2118: Law, Politics and (Dis)Order
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The module aims to help students understand the interface between law and politics, and challenge the legitimacy and utility of this nexus. Each week a theoretical perspective and/or legal convention will be applied to a real world setting through research-led teaching to allow students to critically explore the depth of the relationship between the two structures. This politico-legal overlap will be of both academic interest and for future legal careers.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate understanding of the interaction between law and politics in the UK and additional international cases 2. Critically assess the role of politics in the creation of law |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Analyse the separation of powers in the UK and additional international cases 4. Analyse the role of law in the creation and implementation of public policy |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Communicate ideas effectively in a limited group setting and through written work 6. summarise and critique demanding material and construct measured arguments |
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 |
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Consultation Paper Plan | 300 words | 1-6 | Written and oral |
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 |
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50 | 50 | 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 |
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Consultation Paper | 50 | 1,500 words | 1-6 | Written |
Exam | 50 | 1 hour | 1-6 | Written |
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 |
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Consultation paper | Consultation paper, 1,500 words (50%) | 1-6 | Aug/Sep Ref/Def period |
Exam | Exam, 1 hour (50%) | 1-6 | Aug/Sep Ref/Def period |