Administrative Law (Erasmus)

Overview

Building upon semester one's study of constitutional law, this module develops a fuller understanding of how public power is (or is not) constrained in the UK. It focuses primarily on the interface between judicial review and the Human Rights Act 1998, and while the emphasis is largely on UK law, the course also contains some international elements.

Learning Objectives

Students will acquire systematic knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of:
1. The European Convention on Human Rights (institutions; substantive and procedural guarantees; general principles of law)
2. Key features of the wider body of international human rights law
3. Common law constitutional rights
4. The Human Rights Act 1998 (key provisions; leading case law)
5. Judicial Review (standing; respondents; grounds for review; remedies)
6. Advanced scholarship in the field.

Skills

Students who have completed this module will demonstrate

1. A systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of contemporary problems and/or new insights into public law, informed by current research on administrative law, human rights law and judicial review in the UK and elsewhere
2. A comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship
3. A practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in public law
4. A conceptual understanding that enables them:
a. to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship regarding public law
b. to evaluate critically the development of legal doctrines and statutory provisions
c. to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them.
5. The ability to synthesise key legal principles in the field and communicate critically in a form and manner appropriate to the study of law

Assessment

Assessment which reflects the learning outcomes and required skills.