Unit name | Law and State |
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Unit code | LAWD10012 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Psygkas |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit aims to introduce students to the main legal and political institutions of the UK and international orders of which it is a part; to consider their respective roles in the law-making process; and to understand their interrelationship.
Topics may include: states and constitutions; international law, EU law, and the constitution; parliamentary sovereignty; the constitutional role of the judiciary; the composition and procedures of Parliament; the executive; the regulatory state; devolution.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
Analyse, synthesise and offer critical evaluation of information, as well as expound systematically in writing the material in its political and historical context.
The unit will be taught by a combination of ten lectures, eight 2-hour seminars and two 2-hour workshops.
1 formative assessment: 1 x 1,000 word coursework.
Formative assessments do not count towards final mark and can be optional.
1 x formative assessment (submitted for marking), plus additional informal formative feedback opportunities as indicated by the unit coordinator.
Formative assessments do not count towards final mark and can be optional.
1 x 2,000 word coursework.
Summative assessments do count towards final mark.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
The recommended texts for the course are:
- Public Law, Oxford University Press (custom publishing), 2017[Please note that this is a bespoke text specially created by the publishers for this unit and for Constitutional Rights].
- Jeffrey Jowell, Dawn Oliver, and Colm O'Cinneide (eds.), The Changing Constitution, 8th ed., Oxford University Press, 2015.For basic background, students who would like a brief introduction to the political issues underpinning this subject may find the following of use:
T. Wright, British Politics: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2013.