LA 372 FOUNDATIONS OF COMMERCIAL LAW: LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the module the
student should be able to:
How will the learning and teaching
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which assessment methods will
measure the achievement of this
learning outcome?
Have a thorough knowledge and
understanding of the general principles
of commercial law.
Lectures, case studies, discussion and
debate in seminars.
Unseen examination, assessed exercises.
Demonstrate transferable and crosscurricular skills, such as those of
interpersonal communication and
collaborative group-working.
Individual or group assignments and oral
presentations in seminars.
Informal assessment through seminar tasks
and seminar feedback.
Demonstrate high-level skills of written
and oral communication of complex
legal issues.
Group tuition in seminars and individual
advice where appropriate and if sought
by the individual student; individual oral
presentations in seminars.
Unseen examination, assessed essay
(drafting exercise or problem).
Analyse and appraise a complicated
legal scenario, and offer appropriate
legal advice.
Lectures, analysis of problem scenarios
in seminars.
Problem questions in unseen examination.
Demonstrate effective use of legal
research skills and methods, applicable
both to academic studies and to the
practical resolution of commercial
disputes.
Library-based exercises, involving
research based on case law and
scholarly opinion.
Formal assessment through assessed work
and unseen examination, and informal
assessment through seminar tasks.
Critically appraise the current law in the
context of a wide range of commercial
transactions and disputes.
Lectures, seminars sand student-led
discussion.
Unseen examination including a discursive
essay.
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