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Foundations in Law 2 - LAW00013C

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  • Department: The York Law School
  • Module co-ordinator: Mrs. Mhairi Morter
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: C
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
    • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module summary

The module is compulsory for all students at Stage 1 of the LLB 3 Year; LLB 2 Year Senior Status; LLB with Year Abroad; MLaw; and Law and Criminology. The module provides builds on the basic introduction to the 'core' subject areas of legal learning, namely Criminal Law; European Law; Obligations (Contract, Tort and Restitution); Property Law (Land Law and Equity); Public Law (Constitutional and Administrative Law) and on the connections between those subject areas, from Foundations in Law 1. Students develop a broader and progressively deeper understanding of those subject areas, through problem-based learning and associated activities. For assessment, students submit two courseworks, which, between them, will require appropriate breadth of engagement across the subject areas.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 2 2024-25

Module aims

This module enables you to continue to develop and deepen your understanding of key legal institutions, key areas of law (the 'core' subject areas of Criminal Law; European Law; Obligations (Contract, Tort and Restitution); Property Law (Land Law and Equity); Public Law (Constitutional and Administrative Law), and the relationships between and among them. You will build on the skills associated with problem-based learning, which you started to develop in Foundations in Law 1. You will continue to develop, and to evidence through your oral and written communication, key skills associated with legal scholarship, including those relating to the undertaking of research, the development of reasoned arguments, the use of evidence, and the practice of critical evaluation. You will also continue to reflect on the development of your learning, and to consider strategies and techniques for developing your competence as a scholar.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, you should be able to

1. Demonstrate a positive contribution to your learning and development, and those of others, through regular attendance and active participation in learning activities in Foundations PBL workshops.

2. Analyse facts in a range of scenarios to identify stakeholder interests and legal issues

3. Undertake, describe and reflect on research strategies designed to identify relevant primary and secondary legal sources

4. Describe and explain the underlying concepts and principles of the foundation subjects of English law, the relationships between them, and interests, perspectives and contexts relevant to law

5. Apply principles and rules of law to establish the rights and obligations of parties, and suggest solutions to legal problems

6. Analyse, interpret and apply relevant sources to develop coherent lines of argument and present conclusions

7. Communicate, in a structured and coherent manner, and with clarity and precision, orally and in writing, the results of your research and work, and your arguments and solutions

Module content

Learning in this module builds directly on that in Foundations in Law 1, supports and is the co-requisite of Foundations in Law 3 (year 1) and feeds forward to and is a prerequisite of Foundations in Law 4-6 (year 2).

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Contribution		 N/A 10
Essay/coursework
Paper 1		 N/A 45
Essay/coursework
Paper 2		 N/A 45

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

Formative opportunities available through PBL activities, in which students can, with support, scrutinise, respond to and discuss scenarios and related questions of the type that will form the assessment.

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Contributions Reflective Essay		 N/A 10
Essay/coursework
Paper 1		 N/A 45
Essay/coursework
Paper 2		 N/A 45

Module feedback

Ongoing feedback on progress in PBL.

Indicative reading

PBL does not involve the use of 'reading lists' in the conventional sense. A range of OUP texts relating to legal institutions, and the 'core' subject areas of legal learning, namely Criminal Law; European Law; Obligations (Contract, Tort and Restitution); Property Law (Land Law and Equity); Public Law (Constitutional and Administrative Law) are available to students through the Law Trove resource to which YLS subscribes. The Foundations in Law suite of modules integrates subject-content from a number of existing modules: Criminal Law; European Union Law; Obligations 1; Obligations 2; Property Law 1; Property Law 2; Public Law 1; Public Law 2. The texts associated with those modules would also be associated with Foundations in Law (1-6).


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.