LLB (Hons) Law

This module introduces you to the underpinning principles to criminal liability and legal defences. You will learn to explain, illustrate and demonstrate legal knowledge of the main offences and defences in a succinct, coherent and logical structure, alongside the ability to appraise a particular area of debate in criminal law and evaluate the benefits or drawbacks of the current state of law.

This module provides a basis for knowledge, understanding, analysis and application of the principles of contract law. You will be able to recognise the basic concepts, values and principles of contract law, alongside the ability to evaluate and apply knowledge and understanding of contract law to complex legal problems.

The module introduces students to the basic concepts, structures and mechanisms through which English Law develops. Students will gain and understanding of the importance of judicial law-making and the significance of international law and the issues surrounding law and morality and law and justice.

Within this module you will gain an appreciation of both the constitutional arrangements of the UK and the theoretical framework underpinning them. This module also facilitates a contextual and critical appreciation of the relationship between law and politics relating to the administration and governance of the British state.

This module will allow you to understand the basic concepts, values, principles and rules of tort. You will evaluate principles of the law of tort and should be able to apply legal knowledge to complex problem and present informed conclusions. After completing this modules you should be able to present an argument in a way that is comprehensible to others and which addresses their particular concerns or questions.

This module introduces the basic elements of professional conduct and clinical legal education. You will observe live client work in the Legal Advice Centre.

This module enables you to develop a firm understanding of both Equity and Trusts. You will learn to apply legal knowledge to problem questions, drawing logical conclusions which are substantiated by legal authority. You will also learn to demonstrate a critical awareness of the historical, socio legal and political context of equity and trusts.

In this module you will explore the principle methods of controlling executive action in the British State, administrative law and human rights. This module builds on Public Law at Level 4 and serves as a gateway into a number of related public law modules.

In this module you will consider estates and interests in land and other contemporary issues in land. It enables you to demonstrate a firm understanding of Land Law and allows you to apply the core principles of Land Law to a range of problems, essays, and multiple choice questions.

After completing the module you student should be able to discuss the roles of the EU Institutions in making and developing law; critique the constitutional the structure of the EU edifice; review the significance and application of EU legal principles; Consider the application of EU legal principles and the scope of application of the freedoms of the single market.

This module introduces you to the basic principles of international trade drawing on an understanding of the motivations for nations to engage in international trade and a review of the general principles which underpin the legal regulation of international trade. Key to this is an overview and understanding of the working of the GATT and the WTO and their role in the regulation of international trade. Furthermore, the module introduces the mechanisms for financing international trade and resolving international trade disputes.

The aim is to provide students with an additional year of study at an approved overseas partner that will complement their programme at LJMU. This is an additional year of full-time study at an approved higher education institution. The modules to be studied must be agreed in advance, and must be appropriate for the student's programme of study. Assuming successful completion of this year, mark-bearing credit will be awarded by the Faculty Recognition Group. The grade conversion scale to be used will be made available in advance of the year abroad.

The aim is to provide students with an extended period of work experience at an approved partner that will complement their programme of study at LJMU. This will give students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study as well as the attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment. This extended placement forms a key part of a sandwich degree. All placements need to be assessed and approved prior to commencement in line with the LJMU Placement Learning Code of Practice. The Code of Practice requires students to conduct themselves in a professional and responsible manner during the placement - failure to do so may lead to the placement being terminated prematurely. Placements are normally for one calendar year on a full-time basis. Split placements of a shorter duration may be permissible. There is an expectation that a minimum of 1200 hours will be spent in the workplace.

This module seeks to develop your critical understanding of the philosophical and practical foundations of the law relating to the environment and the creatures that populate it. You will demonstrate an awareness of the impact upon law of other disciplines including politics, sociology, economics and ethics with relation to the law relating to the environment.

This module enables you to understand the basic elements of professional conduct and clinical legal education. You will demonstrate skills in client interviewing, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research, and drafting. You will conduct a client interview in a clinical setting (via our Legal Advice Centre) with appropriate supervision and develop the skills to critically reflect on legal services undertaken in the context of a university law clinic.

This module provides an opportunity for you to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to advising clients being detained at a police station, to prepare for trial and sentence, and to advocate on behalf of persons at stages in the criminal justice process. The module is intended primarily for students wishing to pursue a professional legal qualification following graduation.

This module provides you with an understanding of the law relating to wills, intestacy, the administration of estates of deceased persons and the practical and technical application of that law.

This module is intended for you if you have an interest in how law affects groups and individual people, sometimes helping them to overcome difficulties, sometimes failing them. It will also help students with a general interest in civil liberties and international law. You will develop the ability to critically assess the nature, scope and limits of international human rights law and their political and social contexts.

In this module you will study the legal principles that govern Commercial issues in Maritime law, Public International Law and the Law of the Sea. You will learn about maritime issues such as Cargo Claims and Bills of Lading, International Trade and Shipping, Marine Insurance, Carriage of Passengers Liabilities of the Vessel (Collision, Salvage, Average Adjusting) and Piracy.

This module provides a critical look at the contemporary debates in jurisprudence. You will look at the historical and contemporary issues in jurisprudence and legal theory and learn to identify and understand the major schools of thought and the differences and debates between them.

This module enables you to develop a sound understanding of business law and practice, in terms of primary source materials, constitutional documents and other relevant agreements. You will develop the key transferrable skills of identifying and analysing relevant information and applying this to meet client needs and effect transactions in the context of business law and practice including taxation.

This module provides you with the knowledge and critical understanding of the structure, sources and content of the law relating to family and children in England and Wales, the UK and international law and the fundamental legal and ethical doctrines which underpin it.

This module provides you with a detailed analysis of the various laws relevant to commercial transactions and enables you to examine the various remedies available to buyers and sellers. In a commercial context, this module provides a comprehensive analysis of common law and statutory rules relevant to the sale and supply of goods and services, transfer of title and ownership and title conflicts in sale transactions. It also covers the ever-increasing importance of ADR.

This is an advanced legal skills module designed to allow you to gain knowledge and experience of the essential lawyering skills of Mediation and the mediation of disputes. It seeks to increase your awareness of the Mediation process, your own mediation behaviour, and the implicit working assumptions that underlie it.

This module enables you to understand the principles, procedures and processes involved in Civil Dispute Resolution. The module is intended primarily for students wishing to pursue a professional legal qualification following graduation.

This module provides, in a practical context, experience and practise in mooting and advocacy. You will develop an understanding of advocacy and mooting which enables you to argue a case on appeal to an appellate court.

This module provides you with an understanding of the history, nature and operation of international law and the actors and bodies involved in the development and enforcement of international law. It encourages reasoned, critical analysis and debate of contemporary issues within international law, with particular reference to the role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security.

This module enables you to demonstrate a firm understanding of conveyancing transactions in both domestic and commercial transactions. You will examine the sequential series of steps in a property transaction and develop skills of fact analysis, identifying legal issues, client goals, transactional procedures, problem solving, advising, writing and drafting within a property context.

This module facilitates you to develop key legal skills in a clinical setting with appropriate supervision, and enables you to deliver services to the community, engaging in external collaboration where required.

This module enables you to explore the content of the main intellectual property rights, as well as the most topical issues facing intellectual property law. You will be able to describe each of the rights encompassed by the term intellectual property, to consider the main legal elements pertinent to each right, to place your study within the broader setting of economic policy and commercial application, and to consider the impact of new technology on these rights.

In this module you will explore the rights and obligations that arise from employment relationships. You will examine the influence of social, political and economic issues in employment law.

This module introduces you to the important principles that govern evidence, namely that of relevance, admissibility weight, and exclusion. You will also be introduced to the various categories of evidence, the trial process and basic criminal procedure.

This module provides you with an opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to advising clients being detained at a police station, to prepare for trial and sentence, and to advocate on behalf of persons at stages in the criminal justices process.

This module provides you with an understanding of the law relating to wills, intestacy, the administration of estates of deceased persons and the practical and technical application of that law.

This Dissertation module allows you to undertake an extended look at a legal subject of interest to you. You will develop the ability to analyse and interpret a complex body of legal knowledge in a coherent manner and to present high order legal research and writing skills.

This module enables you to develop basic elements of professional conduct and clinical legal education, and provides a basis for delivering legal services with appropriate supervision.

This module enables you to develop key legal skills in a clinical setting with appropriate supervision. It also enables you to deliver services to the community. You will develop skills in two or more of the following areas depending on clinical work undertaken: interviewing, persuasive oral communication, case and matter analysis, legal research and drafting.

This is an advanced legal skills module designed to allow you to gain knowledge and experience of the essential lawyering skills of negotiation and the mediation of disputes. It seeks to increase your awareness of the negotiation process, your own negotiating behaviour, and the implicit working assumptions that underlie it.