Undergraduate Course: Public Law and Individual Rights (LAWS08132)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is concerned with the relationship between law, government and the citizen in Scotland, as a distinct part of the United Kingdom. It has these learning objectives:
a. To develop knowledge and understanding of (i) the main systems in place to protect individuals from unlawful governmental activity, and to protect the human rights and civil liberties of individuals, in particular by judicial review of administrative action and under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Scotland Act 1998; and (ii) the substantive rights of individuals in the context of police powers, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.
b. To develop students' skills of (i) case and statute analysis; (ii) legal reasoning; (iii) appreciation of law in its philosophical, social and political context; (iv) criticism; (v) communication, orally and in writing; and (vi) legal research, in part so that the knowledge and understanding gained may be adapted and further developed for future needs. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To develop knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the citizen and the state both at the Scottish and UK levels and in particular the protection of individual liberty through the mechanisms of judicial review of administrative action, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Scotland Act 1998.
By the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate a full knowledge and understanding of the following topics in public law and individual rights:
¿ Judicial review: procedure, standing, scope; illegality, procedural impropriety, irrationality and proportionality; controls over delegated legislation
¿ Protection of civil liberties and human rights: European Convention on Human Rights; Human Rights Act 1998; Scottish institutions, judicial review, human rights challenges and ¿devolution issues¿
¿ Police powers: arrest and detention, searches, questioning and rights of individuals in police custody
¿ Freedom of association, assembly, and public order
¿ Freedom of information |
Assessment Information
| Degree examination 100% of final mark |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Legal reasoning; appreciation of law in its philosophical, social and political context; criticism; communication, orally and in writing.
¿ Recognise, analyse and rank arguments and evidence in terms of relevance
and importance by:
o managing volume of legal sources and select key material to construct written or oral answers to a problem.
o identifying the legal problem from information provided.
o addressing problems by reference to relevant material.
o bringing together and integrating information and materials from a variety of different sources.
o acknowledging ranking of sources and relative impact in context.
o application of the law and problem-solving in a legal context.
o presenting arguments for and against propositions.
¿ Be aware that arguments require to be supported by evidence, in order to meet legal requirements of proof by showing awareness of the need for evidence to support arguments
¿ Apply knowledge and analysis
o in a legal context
o creatively to complex situations in order to provide arguable solutions to concrete problems by presenting a range of viable options from a set of facts and law.
¿ Think critically and make critical judgments on the relative and absolute merits of particular arguments and solutions
¿ Act independently in planning and undertaking tasks in areas of law which he or she has already studied.
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
2 lectures per week, 5 tutorials |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Navraj Ghaleigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 2069
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
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