Law

Course summary

Why should I study Law? Believe it or not, everything we do relates to law; from the years we must spend at school, to the calorie content of the food we eat. Law is a vast area of expertise, covering a wide range of disciplines, from the basic understanding of how laws are created and passed, to the finer details of consumer, property and criminal law. Law is a fascinating field in which judicial precedence creates laws for society going forward. For example, the famous case of Donoghue V Stevenson paved the way for negligence laws and made sure that companies provided a duty of care. What does the course look like? Students will study six mandatory units: • The legal system • Criminal Law • Law making • The Law of Tort • The Nature of Law • Human Rights Law