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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesCoursera

    The Syllabus

    Videos
    • Welcome to the course!
    • Welcome to Week 1
    • Key features of English law
    • The origins of common law
    • Common law and equity
    • Themes in common law
    • End of Week Summary
    Readings
    • Terminology Explainer
    • A note about Community Mentors, Role and Responsibilities
    • What is law?
    • The Magna Carta
    • Recent legal history
    • Historical traditions
    • Common law and civil law systems
    • Types of law and classifications
    Practice Exercises
    • Key dates in legal history
    • End of Week 1 Quiz

    Videos
    • What is a constitution?
    • The sources of the British constitution
    • Rule of Law
    • Separation of Powers
    • End of Week Summary
    Readings
    • Parliamentary Sovereignty
    • Optional activity: Lord Bingham and the Rule of Law
    • Entick v Carrington and the principle of legality
    • Optional Activity: Professor Jowell and the Rule of Law
    • Optional further reading
    Practice Exercises
    • The British constitution
    • End of Week 2 Quiz

    Videos
    • Welcome to Week 3
    • The structure of the courts
    • The civil courts
    • The criminal courts
    • Online courts: The courts of the future?
    • End of Week Summary
    Readings
    • Structure of the courts diagram
    • The Supreme Court
    • More on the civil courts
    • More on the criminal courts
    • Tribunals
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Mediation
    • Optional further reading
    Practice Exercises
    • Name the ADR method
    • End of Week 3 Quiz

    Videos
    • Welcome to Week 4
    • What is a statute?
    • The problem of language
    • The traditional approach of the courts
    • The modern approach of the courts (1)
    • End of Week Summary
    Readings
    • Constitutional statutes
    • How are statutes made?
    • More on how statutes are made
    • The modern approach of the courts (2)
    • Making statutes simpler
    • Optional further reading
    Practice Exercises
    • Name the type of legislation
    • Name the approach to statutory interpretation
    • End of Week 4 Quiz

    Videos
    • Welcome to Week 5
    • What is case law?
    • Advantages and disadvantages of precedent
    • Judges and the law
    • End of Week Summary
    Readings
    • What is judicial precedent ?
    • Reading case law
    • Top tips
    • Optional further reading
    Practice Exercise
    • End of Week 5 Quiz

    Videos
    • Welcome to Week 6
    • Background of the European Union
    • The nature of the European Union: a unique legal order
    • The European Union’s institutions
    • The impact of EU Law on English law
    • Leaving the European Union
    • Overview of the ECHR and the HRA
    • Human Rights Act 1998
    • End of Week Summary
    • Conclusion
    Readings
    • A note on Brexit
    • Activity: European Union institutions
    • Direct participation in the European Union?
    • Activity on EU Member States
    • Sources of law in the European Union
    • The supremacy of EU law
    • Activity: Triggering Article 50
    • Brexit: the transition period
    • What are Human Rights?
    • Optional further reading
    Practice Exercises
    • European Citizens' Initiatives
    • EEC/EU Membership
    • End of Week 6 Quiz

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