Legal Studies

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

1. On completion of this module, students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of law and regulation as social practices that both reflect and shape society 2. Demonstrate an awareness of the sources of law from both jurisprudential and positivist perspectives 3. Demonstrate an ability to locate and evaluate domestic and international legal materials 4. Demonstrate an awareness of the common law methodology and the skills to employ it 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between domestic and international law 6. Demonstrate an ability to critically contextualize and evaluate domestic law within the context of global law and politics

This module provides students with the generic knowledge and skills necessary for studying on the LLM programs. The module has a practical as well as a theoretical focus. Practically, guidance is provided on how to locate and evaluate a broad spectrum of legal materials. At the theoretical level, the module requires critical engagement with fundamental questions, such as ‘What is law?’ and ‘How is law different from other social practices?’. It also requires insight into the sources of law in positivist terms, as well as from a wider jurisprudential perspective. The module will deal with the core question of how the law made at the domestic level interact with global society and global law and politics.

This module consist of 10 units, covering the following topics:
1. The nature of law and regulation
2. Sources of law and legal reasoning
3. Comparative Law
4. Common law methodology – a comparative perspective
5. Private and public law
6. International law
7. Global law
8. Global law cont
9. Socio-legal studies
10. Law and politics

Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cydymffurfio a FfCChC Lefel 7