WHOLE GROUP/LECTURE SESSIONS - these will be used to introduce new topics in the programme and to disseminate general information as well as providing guidance for small group sessions. New topics introduced in these sessions will be developed further in the discussions and in the work undertaken in small group sessions - 10 hours.

SMALL GROUP SESSIONS - these will be used as a forum in which specific topics and the results of preparatory study can be discussed, although they will also include other learning activities designed to improve research, presentational and communication skills (5 x 1 hour sessions). The emphasis in these sessions is on student interaction - 5 hours.

DIRECTED STUDY & SELF-MANAGED STUDY - this will play an important part in this module, and participants will be asked to undertake reading and study tasks prior to the small-group sessions, and to reflect on work done in those sessions as a major part of their preparation for the assessment - 135 hours.

TOTAL LEARNING HOURS - 150 HOURS

End of Teaching Block 2 two-hour, unseen examination which will assess all Learning Outcomes. To pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 40%.

The focus of the module is on providing an understanding of the relationship which pertains amongst children, parents and the state:

- Parental Responsibility & Children's Rights
- Children in "Family Proceedings"
- Local Authorities - Support & Intervention
- Adoption
- Child Support
- Abduction of Children
- Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy in the Context of Family Law

The Study Guide and associated materials.
The module Blackboard page.
Appropriate texts, legislation, cases and journals.
Computing facilities (necessary to access materials on the web and specialist online databases.)

Herring J. (2009). Family Law. London, Longman.
Masson J.M, Bailey-Harris R. & Probert, P. (2008). Cretney's Principles of Family Law, 7th Ed. London, Sweet & Maxwell.