Law School Module Details

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Title PUBLIC LAW II
Code LAW110
Coordinator Dr T Horsley
Law
Thomas.Horsley@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 4 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

The module aims to provide students with the constitutional underpinnings and theory of administrative law.

To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the institutions, processes and legal principles of redress for judicial and extra-judicial grievances against public;
To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the operation of the Human Rights Act; identify and analyse selected key issues that are of critical importance to the UK’s constitutional arrangements;
To enable students to develop a range of core legal and transferable skills, and become effective independent learners.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the laws, policies and theories relating to constitutional underpinnings of Administrative Law and  Human Rights  in the UK and communicate that knowledge and understanding to others;

(LO2) Comment in an informed and a critical manner on certain key issues such as  the  process and scope of  methods of challenging governmental/public bodies’ actions, and the  protection of human rights

(LO3) Apply their knowledge to hypothetical situations

(LO4) Engage in debate and in written argument regarding contentious legal and political issues

(LO5) Appreciate the wider political significance of Public Law

(LO6) To demonstrate the ability to consult, engage with and respond to feedback.

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation

(S5) Critical thinking and problem solving - Problem identification

(S6) Critical thinking and problem solving - Synthesis

(S7) Skills in using technology - Information accessing


Syllabus

 

Constitutional underpinnings and theory of administrative law;
Ombudsman and tribunals as extra-judicial means of redress for grievances against governmental and public bodies;
Judicial review of administrative action, its grounds of challenge, available remedies and the process through which they may be granted;
The Human Rights Act 1998, relationship to European Convention on Human Rights,  the  courts' interpretative duty, declaration of incompatibility, focus on freedom of expression


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Patterns

Learning and teaching on this module will be structured in accordance with the principles of Hybrid Active Learning with asynchronous materials and synchronous seminar sessions. Asynchronous recordings provide material previously addressed in physical lectures, suitably broken down (‘chunking’) and augmented (e.g. quizzes etc) so as to enhance student engagement. Synchronous sessions will run on a fortnightly pattern across the semester (i.e. 6 in total) and will each have a duration of 2 hours.

Contact Hours

Synchronous content: 6 x 2 hour seminars

Asynchronous content: 22 hours ‘chunked’ lectures + supplementary asynchronous content

See ‘Module Delivery’ for details

Module Delivery

Asynchronous content

Lectures replaced by online content: blocks of ‘chunked’ lectures delivering core content; uploaded 1 block in advance; each block managed by academic lead with responsibility to design and upload content.

x4 subject blocks

- Introduction to administrative justice
- Ombudsman and tribunals
- Judicial review
- Human rights protection

Supplementary asynchronous materials:

- MCQs for completion at end of each subject block
- Blog for academic staff to comment on key developments (to capture what we already do through VITAL when e.g. a new case on topic X appears mid-semester); just one or two posts per block
- Discussion board for students to post comments, queries etc (directed as an alternative to emailing staff for individual responses); regularly monitored; students also able to post replies / answer queries.

Synchronous content

6 x 2 hour seminars

- Introduction to administrative justice
- Ombudsman and tribunals
- Judicial review: grounds of review
- Judicial review: remedies, procedure and frontiers
- Human rights protection
- Preparing for assessment (or another substantive topic)

One seminar will be ‘problem-based’ (and summatively credit-bearing) under the following approach:

- Students given a ‘case file’ of fictious materials (letters; reports etc) related to specific teaching block and directed to work collaboratively (e.g. using Office 365) with colleagues within their seminar groups to prepare specific documents (e.g. briefing papers or draft judgments)

- Draft documents circulated to staff in advance of seminar(s). The 2- hour seminar slots are used to present findings; diagnose and correct points of misunderstanding and feedback on performance.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

  12

      36
Timetable (if known) 60 mins X 1 totaling 11
 
  60 mins X 1 totaling 4
 
       
Private Study 135
TOTAL HOURS 171

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
2500 open book, seen examination; students required to complete 2 problem questions from a choice of 3 (one on each block) (95% of module mark)      95       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Feedback Response Statement - 500 words; Edited Essay - 1,200 words Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2           

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.

Other Staff Teaching on this Module

Dr J Organ Law James.Organ@liverpool.ac.uk
Dr AJ Tucker Law Adam.Tucker@liverpool.ac.uk
Dr A Neylon Law A.Neylon@liverpool.ac.uk
Miss SC Coakley Student Recruitment, WP and Admissions Sinead.Coakley2@liverpool.ac.uk
Mr TO Mobegi Student Recruitment, WP and Admissions Tomkeen.Mobegi@liverpool.ac.uk

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

LAW109 PUBLIC LAW I 

Co-requisite modules:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:

 

Additional Programme Information