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 |
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.
- Barnett, H. (2019). Constitutional & administrative law 13e. Taylor & Francis.
- Le Sueur, A., Sunkin, M., & Murkens, J. (2019). Public Law: Text, Cases, and Materials 4e. Oxford University Press.
- Parpworth, N. (2020). Constitutional and administrative law11e. Oxford University Press.
- Rogers, C. (2020). Policing Structures. Routledge
- Roux, T. (2018). The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review: A Comparative Analysis. Cambridge University Press.
- Stanton, J., & Prescott, C. (2020). Public law. Oxford University Press.
- Watkin Jones, P., Jones, S., Mitchell, I., & Ireton, E. (2020). The Practical Guide to Public Inquiries. Hart Publishing
- Woolf, H., & Jowell, J. L. (2020). De Smith, Woolf & Jowell's principles of judicial review 2e. Sweet & Maxwell.