Unit name | Advanced Tort |
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Unit code | LAWD20042 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Stanton |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
LAWD10011 Law of Tort |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The Unit aims to develop students’ understanding of the theories underlying tort law and of the scholarship relating to the operation of this area of law. It thus builds on the elementary law taught in the first year Tort unit. The unit will address a number of contemporary issues relating to the development of the role of the law of tort in the light of developments in the EU and under the European Convention on Human Rights. The unit will also introduce students to important areas of commercial tort law. The unit will develop students’ skills in analysing and evaluating this area of private law and legal developments and policy initiatives relating to it.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
10 lectures and 8 two-hour seminars, plus 10 lectures in the Foundations of Legal Research programme
A mandatory formative essay (1,000 words) will be used in the first teaching block to assess the development of the students’ knowledge of the theories of tort liability and of the operation of different models of accident compensation systems used in different jurisdictions.
The first summative assessment (2,000 words 50% choice of four titles) will assess the contextual and critical skills learned in the first teaching block in relation to different accident compensation systems and the theories of compensation.
The second summative assessment (2,000 words 50% choice of four titles) will assess the students’ legal and critical skills in relation to the topic of commercial torts and the impact on tort liability of the EU, European Private Law and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The first summative assessment will assess intended learning outcomes 1, 3 and 5.
The second summative assessment will assess intended learning outcomes 2, 4 and 5.