Module Descriptors
TORT LAW
LAWS61501
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Joanne Beswick
Email: J.L.Beswick@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- weighted at 100%
Module Details
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
An Examination in Teaching Block 2 length 3 hours weighted at 100% and assessing Learning Outcomes 1-4
Additional Assessment Details (including formative feedback / assessment):
Formative assessment will be utilised via Blackboard to support the learning and examination process. Formative assessment primarily aims to provide useful feedback to students prior to summative assessment. Formative assessment provides feedback in a manner which enables students to evaluate their understanding and become more able within a subject and thereby enhances student confidence.
Additional Assessment Details (including formative feedback / assessment):
Formative assessment will be utilised via Blackboard to support the learning and examination process. Formative assessment primarily aims to provide useful feedback to students prior to summative assessment. Formative assessment provides feedback in a manner which enables students to evaluate their understanding and become more able within a subject and thereby enhances student confidence.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
This module is designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the law of tort, as well as the necessary skills to apply the law to a range of case studies. The law of tort is an amalgam of different principles, each with its own set of rules. The word tort can be regarded as a convenient title for a number of civil actions which primarily aim to provide remedies for those who have suffered loss as a result of a defendant’s carelessness or unreasonable conduct. The module will also examine the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its relevance to modern tort law.
Issues covered include:
• Negligence (including psychiatric injury, medical negligence and economic loss)
• Occupiers’ liability
• Nuisance
• Defamation
• Trespass
• Vicarious liability
Issues covered include:
• Negligence (including psychiatric injury, medical negligence and economic loss)
• Occupiers’ liability
• Nuisance
• Defamation
• Trespass
• Vicarious liability
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Lectures: 38 hours
Tutorials: 10 hours
Formative assessment: 6 hours
Total contact time per student: 54 hours
Independent study: research and preparation for work to be undertaken in lectures, tutorials and assessment with the aim of developing a critical understanding of issues within tort law.
Total independent study time per student: 246 hours
Tutorials: 10 hours
Formative assessment: 6 hours
Total contact time per student: 54 hours
Independent study: research and preparation for work to be undertaken in lectures, tutorials and assessment with the aim of developing a critical understanding of issues within tort law.
Total independent study time per student: 246 hours
RESOURCES
Access to appropriate texts, legislation and case law.
Module study guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access material available on the web and specialist on-line databases.
Specialist software and IT (Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw etc.)
Module study guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access material available on the web and specialist on-line databases.
Specialist software and IT (Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw etc.)
TEXTS
Bermingham, Tort Law Directions (OUP, latest edition)
Cooke, Law of Tort (Pearson, latest edition)
Quinn, Tort Law (Pearson, latest edition)
Horsey & Rackley, Tort Law (OUP, latest edition)
Cooke, Law of Tort (Pearson, latest edition)
Quinn, Tort Law (Pearson, latest edition)
Horsey & Rackley, Tort Law (OUP, latest edition)