Unit name | Constitutional Rights |
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Unit code | LAWD10013 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Bales |
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 |
This unit will introduce the student to a range of public law processes by which the relationship between the individual and the state is mediated and individual rights protected. Topics covered include: the rule of law; judicial review; Human Rights Act 1998; freedom of expression; freedom of information and official secrecy; legal responses to terrorism.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
30 x 1 hour lectures; 8 x 1 hour tutorials.
2 formative assessments: 1 x 1,000 word coursework and 1 x 1 hour exam in the January Examination Period.
Formative assessments do not count towards final mark and can be optional.
1 summative assessment: 1 x 3 hour exam in the Summer Examination Period.
Summative assessments do count towards final mark.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Most recent editions of:
• Oxford custom Publishing, Public Law (the customised text for this unit and for LAWD10012 Law and State)
• J. Jowell and D. Oliver (eds.) The Changing Constitution