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LAW1051: TORT LAW

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Type	Tied
Level	1
Credits	20
Availability	Available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location	Durham
Department	Law

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

None

Aims

To provide a general understanding of the structure of the law of tort.
To examine in detail the nature of the major torts.
To examine the place of tort law within the legal system as a whole.

Content

General Principles of Tort Law, Specific Torts: Negligence, Personal Torts, Land Torts.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Students should be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the law of tort in England and Wales.

Subject-specific Skills:

Students should be able to apply the law of torts and understand and analyse its development.

Key Skills:

Students should be able to demonstrate sound analytical and writing skills as well as the ability to work independently and to take responsibility for their own learning.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures are used primarily to impart knowledge as well as to suggest approaches to evaluation and critical analysis;
Seminars will be used to develop and enhance students' capacity for legal-problem solving in a particular factual situation, evaluative critical analysis and their appreciation of laws' linkage with broader fields of enquiry;
Formative assignments are used to develop subject-specific and key skills.
The examination tests the ability to focus on relevant legal issues and organise knowledge and argument appropriate to questions raised. The examination questions will provide the means for students to demonstrate the acquisition of subject knowledge and the development of their problem-solving skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total	Monitored
Lectures	20	weekly	1 hour	20
Seminars	6	Normally three in each of Michaelmas and Epiphany	1 hour	6	Yes
Preparation and Reading				174
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
written examination	3 hours	100	yes

Formative Assessment

Two essays of about 1,500 words each

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