Module Descriptors
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP LAW (BLOCK TEACHING)
LAWS61165
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Rachael Stretch
Email: Rachael.Stretch@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Herring J. (2009). Family Law. London, Longman.
Masson J.M, Bailey-Harris R. & Probert, P. (2008).
Cretney Principles of Family Law, 7th Ed. London, Sweet & Maxwell.
Masson J.M, Bailey-Harris R. & Probert, P. (2008).
Cretney Principles of Family Law, 7th Ed. London, Sweet & Maxwell.
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% Assignment, 3000 words, which will assess all Learning Outcomes.
To pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 40%.
To pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 40%.
Module Resources
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.)
The module Blackboard page.
Appropriate texts, legislation, cases and journals.
Computing facilities (necessary to access materials on the web and specialist online databases.)
Module Learning Strategies
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 - 2 HOURS PER WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS = 16 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 (10x1-hour sessions). The emphasis in these sessions is on student interaction - ONE HOUR PER WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS = 8 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 assignment.
126 HOURS
TOTAL LEARNING HOURS - 150 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 (10x1-hour sessions). The emphasis in these sessions is on student interaction - ONE HOUR PER WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS = 8 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 assignment.
126 HOURS
TOTAL LEARNING HOURS - 150 HOURS
Module Indicative Content
The module considers the various sorts of domestic partnership, and their birth, life, and death. Issues covered include:-
- Domestic Partnership Contracts
- Property Rights
- Family Homes & Domestic Violence
- Nullity & Judicial Separation
- Divorce
- Ancillary Financial Relief
- Domestic Partnership Contracts
- Property Rights
- Family Homes & Domestic Violence
- Nullity & Judicial Separation
- Divorce
- Ancillary Financial Relief