English Legal System and Methods

This year-long module introduces you to the central tenets of the English Legal System and supports the development of the legal skills that will see you through your degree.

The module is your initiation into legal reasoning and the process of legal research. Within it we would typically include such topics as:

A combination of lectures, workshops and seminars provides you with a sustained opportunity to: deepen your knowledge of the English Legal System; learn how to read legal cases and journal articles and critically analyse legal materials; write law essays; and problem solve.

The module was developed by Dr Siobhan Weare who co-authored one of the leading textbooks in this area of Law.