Rhedir gan School of History, Law and Social Sciences

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1 a 2

Trefnydd: Mr Stephen Clear

Public law (sometimes called constitutional and administrative law) is concerned with the law governing the institutions of the state, and the relationship between the state and the individual.

The aims of this module are:

To provide students with a comprehensive overview of the concepts and characteristics of public law in the United Kingdom, including constitutional, administrative and human rights law. To enable students to explain and analyse the key principles and debates within public law whilst drawing on relevant academic scholarship. To enable students to relate United Kingdom public law to the particular circumstances in which it developed and in which it currently operates.

The module will enable students to explain and analyse the key principles of public law whilst drawing on relevant academic scholarship. It will also enable students to relate United Kingdom public law to the particular circumstances in which it developed and in which it currently operates (including the law pertaining to human rights, devolution, constitutional reform, and Brexit).

The module comprises two distinct areas of law: constitutional law and administrative law. In addition, it provides students with an introduction to human rights law and the key provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998. Lectures on constitutional law include the sources of constitutional law, constitutional doctrines, the institutions of the Constitution and the influence of human rights law and EU Law on the Constitution. The section of the course devoted to administrative law provides an introduction to this area of law and focuses on the role of the judiciary and the workings of judicial review.

ardderchog

Comprehensive knowledge - Detailed understanding
- Extensive background study - Highly focussed answer and well structured - Logically presented and defended arguments - No factual/computational errors - Original interpretation
- New links between topics are developed - New approach to a problem - Excellent presentation with very accurate communication

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• Strong knowledge
• Understands most but not all
• Evidence of background study
• Focussed answer with good structure
• Arguments presented coherently
• Mostly free from factual/computational errors
• Some limited original interpretation
• Well known links between topics are described
• Problems addressed by existing methods/approaches
• Good presentation with accurate communication

C- i C+

• Knowledge of key areas/principles
• Understands main areas
• Limited evidence of background study
• Answer focussed on question but also with some irrelevant material and weaknesses in structure
• Arguments presented but lack coherence
• Has several factual/computational errors
• No original interpretation
• Only major links between topics are described
• Limited problem solving
• Some weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

trothwy

Knowledge of key areas/principles only

Weaknesses in understanding of main areas

Limited evidence of background study

Answer only poorly focussed on question and with some irrelevant material and poor structure

Arguments presented but lack coherence

Several factual/computational errors

No original interpretation

Only major links between topics are described

Limited problem solving

Many weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

1. Have an increasing familiarity with the research and literature related to the major constitutional doctrines (including parliamentary supremacy, the rule of law, and the separation of powers), the institutions of the Constitution and sources of constitutional law.

2. Have a solid understanding of the constitutional arrangements for Wales and compare these arrangements with those in other devolved administrations in the UK.

3. Show an awareness and appreciation of the contexts (historical, political) in which constitutional law operates and in which recent constitutional reform has taken place.

4. Describe and illustrate from case law the procedural and substantive characteristics of judicial review and be able to apply knowledge of administrative law to actual or hypothetical factual scenarios.

5. Be aware of the influence of EU law and human rights law (European and domestic) on the Constitution.

6. Describe the workings of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on the workings of public authorities.

7. Undertake independent legal research in relation to debates surrounding public law issues.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
TRAETHAWD	Summative Assignment		40.00
ARHOLIAD	Semester 2 Exam		60.00

		Oriau
Private study		156
Lecture	The module will be taught by means of 36 hours of lectures and 8 hours of tutorials, both taught over the course of two semesters.	36
Tutorial	The module will be taught by means of 36 hours of lectures and 8 hours of tutorials, both taught over the course of two semesters. Tutorials will routinely require students to engage individually and in groups in acquiring, commenting upon, critically evaluating and applying the principles and details of the subject under the guidance and instruction of the tutor.	8

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• Develop the ability to interpret legal rules and employ techniques of legal reasoning competently and efficiently in order to offer a range of solutions and conclusions to actual or hypothetical complex legal problems, all supported by relevant academic literature, jurisprudence and legislative research. Such solutions will be clearly communicated and presented
• Develop the ability to analyse complex legal issues, set against the background of the political, social, economic or cultural contexts in which they may arise
• Develop those skills which are necessary for scholarship and research in legal subjects, namely the ability to identify relevant primary and secondary legal sources and to retrieve accurate legal information using paper and electronic sources

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/sxl-2210.html

Cydofynnol ar gyfer:

• SXL-2213: Legal System England & Wales

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• M101: LLB Law (2 year) year 2 (LLB/LAW2)
• M1M0: LLB English Law and French Law year 2 (LLB/UKLFL)