Unit name | Law and Government |
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Unit code | LAWD30105 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Tony Prosser |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will examine the key issues of the use of law as a means of holding government accountable in the UK. It will be organised by reference to different purposes of law as a means of accountability; resolving grievances, ensuring legality, developing and implementing standards of good administration and facilitating participation in politics. As well as examining the rapidly growing area of judicial review, there will be detailed consideration of other mechanisms for accountability, such as ombudsmen, audit, grievance procedures and the Better Regulation initiatives.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
Ten two-hour seminars and ten lectures.
One three-hour closed book examination in May/June, in which students answer 3 questions from a choice of 7 or 8 questions. Two formative essays of 1000 words each, one compulsory, one optional.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
P. Craig, Administrative Law (Sweet and Maxwell, 7th ed., 2012) C. Harlow and R. Rawlings, Law and Administration (Cambridge University Press, 3rd ed., 2009)