Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW1024C: Legal Foundations 2

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Module Aims

The aims of this module are:

  1. to introduce you to the sources of law and their use in legal argument;
  2. to begin the process of equipping you with the practical legal skills of negotiation and advocacy;
  3. to equip you with teamworking skills;
  4. to equip you with the skill of critical self-evaluation in relation to skills development;

to provide you with an understanding one area of substantive law.

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 Skills1. explain and apply foundational principles and rules governing one specified area of substantive law
2. explain and apply foundational principles of negotiation
Discipline-Specific Skills3. conduct legal research to inform argument
4. demonstrate understanding of the sources of law
5. employ legal principles and rules in argument in a manner appropriate to the discipline
6. explain and apply foundational principles of legal advocacy
Personal and Key Skills7. critically evaluate your personal contribution to teamwork and take steps to strengthen it
8. work effectively as part of a team

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:

 

  • James Holland and Julian Webb, ‘Learning Legal Rules’ (10th edn, OUP 2019).
  • Ross Hyams, Susan Campbell & Adrian Evans, ‘Practical Legal Skills: Developing Your Clinical Technique’ (4th edn, OUP 2014).

 

You may also find Imogen Moore and Craig Newbery-Jones, ‘The Successful Law Student: An Insider's Guide to Studying Law’ (OUP 2018) very useful.

 

There are other more specific books, which will be referred to for different stages of the module, and multiple copies of these are available in the Penryn Campus Library.