Law LLB (Hons)

Contract Law

This module is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the legal principles relevant to the formation, content and breakdown of contractual arrangements and to develop your ability to identify and respond to contractual problems and to work independently and as part of a group.

Students intending to undertake further legal study or practice should be aware that Contract Law is a 'Foundation of legal knowledge' subject required by the Bar Standards Board.

Human Rights

This module is designed to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to human rights in both a national and international context

Introduction to Legal Skills

This module is designed to develop your legal academic skills, which will underpin your study of substantive law, imbue ethical awareness, and introduce you to clinical legal skills, transferability of skills, and basic employability attributes, including reflective learning and effective collaboration

Legal System: Sources and Institutions

This module is designed to introduce you to the sources and institutions of English and Welsh Law through an examination of how that law is made, developed and applied in the English legal system in its international context; and to provide you with the conceptual and analytical tools to support your study of the substantive law.

Public Law

This module is designed to introduce the defining features of the British Constitution including concepts of the rule of law and the separation of powers; to examine the role and function of the main organs of state and to identify the role of key individuals and groups participating in the democratic process and the sources of power; to enable students to appreciate the importance of current affairs and debates involving constitutional issues and reforms; to provide an understanding of the Crown and the role of prerogative powers; to provide a detailed appreciation of the privileges of Parliament; and to provide a thorough understanding of the law and mechanisms relevant to the democratic process.

Law of Tort

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning the law of tort and to develop your capacity to identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating interpersonal, non-contractual, relationships and the rights protected by the law of tort. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of the modern law of tort, its limitations, and how the tort has developed to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Law in the Community: Clinic Route

This module is designed for students to explore the work of third-sector legal advice services, understand some of the limits of access to justice, further develop their understanding of clinical legal and transferable skills, and provide them with legal clinical experience

Law in the Community: Public Legal Education Route

The module is designed for students to explore the work of third-sector legal advice services and understand some of the limits of access to justice.

Students will identify topics based on law-related problems tailored to public legal education in Bradford and research those topics and produce guides and other materials to promote rights awareness and independent legal capability.

Criminal Law

This module is designed to enable students to develop a working knowledge and appreciation of the nature of criminal offences and criminal liability; to enable students to acquire a knowledge and appreciation of the major criminal offences (to include sexual offences, non-fatal offences against the person, homicide and property offences); and to enable students to acquire skills in critically evaluating contemporary criminal law and proposals for reform.

Clinical and Employability Skills in Context

This module is designed to enhance your employability and academic competencies, deepen your ethical awareness, and develop your legal research and clinical and transferable skills

EU and International Law

This module is designed aims to give you an overview of the international setting in which English Law operates, and to develop the knowledge and skills that you need to research European Union and International Law effectively

Land Law

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning land law in England and Wales and to develop your capacity to effectively identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating the ownership, acquisition and enforceability of rights in land. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of our land law in the twenty-first century.

Law Dissertation

To enable you to carry out a significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.

Law Dissertation (extended)

To enable you to carry out a substantial and significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.

Equity & Trust

This module is designed:

* To give you a detailed knowledge of the features and operation of express and implied (constructive and resulting) trusts.

* To provide in depth understanding of the nature and extent of the power and duties of trustees.

* To enable you to identify breaches of the trust and the legal consequences of a breach.

* To develop skills of legal analysis and application

International Criminal Law

This module aims to equip students with a sound grounding in international criminal law and its key principles, concepts and institutions. Students will follow a case-study approach to investigate and develop an understanding of the practical limitations of this emerging and problematic field of law.

Crime and Society

The principal aim of this module is to build on and expand students knowledge of criminal law by situating the study of crime within its wider social and political context. The module will analyse the concept of crime and its social construction and the efficacy of contemporary responses to crime from the perspectives of criminology and criminal justice in practice.

Law of Evidence

This module aims to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to the development of the law of evidence and to consider the application of the law of evidence in practice

Family Law

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of the core tenets of family law and to develop your capacity to effectively identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regarding the concept of marriage, child welfare and protection, the ownership of family property and domestic abuse. The module will additionally examine the socio-political contexts of family law and will provide you with the skills required to solve family law problems from a practical perspective in a manner consistent with family law practice.

Immigration and Asylum Law

The module aims to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the law governing immigration and asylum in the United Kingdom through examination of relevant legal concepts, principles and regulation. You will explore a variety of ideas and ideologies, theories and discourses to consider the legal doctrine governing immigration and asylum in the wider historical, political, sociological and economic context. You will consider the application of immigration and asylum law in practice.

Law of Succession

This module aims to equip students with a sound grounding in core aspects of the law of succession. Students will study the legal mechanisms for inheritance and understand the difference between the law of wills, where there is a valid will, and the law of intestacy where someone dies without a valid will. The module will consider the application of the law of succession in a practical context.

Commercial Law

This module is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of the legal principles governing certain commercial and consumer transactions and business relationships. You will also develop the ability to analyse and respond to business related problems and work independently and as part of a group.

Company Law

The module is designed to develop critical understanding of the legal rules and principles which regulate limited companies and to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to company law in both academic and practical contexts.

Banking and Finance Law

To develop your awareness of essential principles and laws of banking and finance and of how these principles are applied in a practical, real-world context. The course is useful for students pursing any stream of undergraduate in law and wish to learn about banking and finance discipline.

Environmental Law

The module will evaluate the extent to which current environmental law and policies provide suitable mechanisms for achieving sustainable human and environmental futures. The module covers a number of emerging subjects of environmental regulation such as the connection between climate policy and energy policy, specifically in relation to renewable sources of energy as well as unconventional and controversial sources of energy such as fracking.

Employment Law

This module aims to develop an understanding of the general concepts underpinning employment law by examining the nature of the employment relationship and associated rights as well as the legal requirements for formation, operation and termination of employment contracts. It further provides an introduction to the avenues available to resolve disputes in the real-world employment sphere and the remedies available to successful claimants

Law Clinic

This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.

Law Clinic (extended)

This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.

Contract Law

This module is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the legal principles relevant to the formation, content and breakdown of contractual arrangements and to develop your ability to identify and respond to contractual problems and to work independently and as part of a group.

Students intending to undertake further legal study or practice should be aware that Contract Law is a 'Foundation of legal knowledge' subject required by the Bar Standards Board.

Human Rights

This module is designed to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to human rights in both a national and international context

Introduction to Legal Skills

This module is designed to develop your legal academic skills, which will underpin your study of substantive law, imbue ethical awareness, and introduce you to clinical legal skills, transferability of skills, and basic employability attributes, including reflective learning and effective collaboration

Legal System: Sources and Institutions

This module is designed to introduce you to the sources and institutions of English and Welsh Law through an examination of how that law is made, developed and applied in the English legal system in its international context; and to provide you with the conceptual and analytical tools to support your study of the substantive law.

Public Law

This module is designed to introduce the defining features of the British Constitution including concepts of the rule of law and the separation of powers; to examine the role and function of the main organs of state and to identify the role of key individuals and groups participating in the democratic process and the sources of power; to enable students to appreciate the importance of current affairs and debates involving constitutional issues and reforms; to provide an understanding of the Crown and the role of prerogative powers; to provide a detailed appreciation of the privileges of Parliament; and to provide a thorough understanding of the law and mechanisms relevant to the democratic process.

Law of Tort

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning the law of tort and to develop your capacity to identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating interpersonal, non-contractual, relationships and the rights protected by the law of tort. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of the modern law of tort, its limitations, and how the tort has developed to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Law in the Community: Clinic Route

This module is designed for students to explore the work of third-sector legal advice services, understand some of the limits of access to justice, further develop their understanding of clinical legal and transferable skills, and provide them with legal clinical experience

Law in the Community: Public Legal Education Route

The module is designed for students to explore the work of third-sector legal advice services and understand some of the limits of access to justice.

Students will identify topics based on law-related problems tailored to public legal education in Bradford and research those topics and produce guides and other materials to promote rights awareness and independent legal capability.

Criminal Law

This module is designed to enable students to develop a working knowledge and appreciation of the nature of criminal offences and criminal liability; to enable students to acquire a knowledge and appreciation of the major criminal offences (to include sexual offences, non-fatal offences against the person, homicide and property offences); and to enable students to acquire skills in critically evaluating contemporary criminal law and proposals for reform.

Clinical and Employability Skills in Context

This module is designed to enhance your employability and academic competencies, deepen your ethical awareness, and develop your legal research and clinical and transferable skills

EU and International Law

This module is designed aims to give you an overview of the international setting in which English Law operates, and to develop the knowledge and skills that you need to research European Union and International Law effectively

Land Law

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning land law in England and Wales and to develop your capacity to effectively identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating the ownership, acquisition and enforceability of rights in land. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of our land law in the twenty-first century.

Law Dissertation

To enable you to carry out a significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.

Law Dissertation (extended)

To enable you to carry out a substantial and significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.

Equity & Trust

This module is designed:

* To give you a detailed knowledge of the features and operation of express and implied (constructive and resulting) trusts.

* To provide in depth understanding of the nature and extent of the power and duties of trustees.

* To enable you to identify breaches of the trust and the legal consequences of a breach.

* To develop skills of legal analysis and application

International Criminal Law

This module aims to equip students with a sound grounding in international criminal law and its key principles, concepts and institutions. Students will follow a case-study approach to investigate and develop an understanding of the practical limitations of this emerging and problematic field of law.

Crime and Society

The principal aim of this module is to build on and expand students knowledge of criminal law by situating the study of crime within its wider social and political context. The module will analyse the concept of crime and its social construction and the efficacy of contemporary responses to crime from the perspectives of criminology and criminal justice in practice.

Law of Evidence

This module aims to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to the development of the law of evidence and to consider the application of the law of evidence in practice

Family Law

This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of the core tenets of family law and to develop your capacity to effectively identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regarding the concept of marriage, child welfare and protection, the ownership of family property and domestic abuse. The module will additionally examine the socio-political contexts of family law and will provide you with the skills required to solve family law problems from a practical perspective in a manner consistent with family law practice.

Immigration and Asylum Law

The module aims to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the law governing immigration and asylum in the United Kingdom through examination of relevant legal concepts, principles and regulation. You will explore a variety of ideas and ideologies, theories and discourses to consider the legal doctrine governing immigration and asylum in the wider historical, political, sociological and economic context. You will consider the application of immigration and asylum law in practice.

Law of Succession

This module aims to equip students with a sound grounding in core aspects of the law of succession. Students will study the legal mechanisms for inheritance and understand the difference between the law of wills, where there is a valid will, and the law of intestacy where someone dies without a valid will. The module will consider the application of the law of succession in a practical context.

Commercial Law

This module is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of the legal principles governing certain commercial and consumer transactions and business relationships. You will also develop the ability to analyse and respond to business related problems and work independently and as part of a group.

Company Law

The module is designed to develop critical understanding of the legal rules and principles which regulate limited companies and to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to company law in both academic and practical contexts.

Banking and Finance Law

To develop your awareness of essential principles and laws of banking and finance and of how these principles are applied in a practical, real-world context. The course is useful for students pursing any stream of undergraduate in law and wish to learn about banking and finance discipline.

Environmental Law

The module will evaluate the extent to which current environmental law and policies provide suitable mechanisms for achieving sustainable human and environmental futures. The module covers a number of emerging subjects of environmental regulation such as the connection between climate policy and energy policy, specifically in relation to renewable sources of energy as well as unconventional and controversial sources of energy such as fracking.

Employment Law

This module aims to develop an understanding of the general concepts underpinning employment law by examining the nature of the employment relationship and associated rights as well as the legal requirements for formation, operation and termination of employment contracts. It further provides an introduction to the avenues available to resolve disputes in the real-world employment sphere and the remedies available to successful claimants

Law Clinic

This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.

Law Clinic (extended)

This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.