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At the conclusion of this module, students should be able to: demonstrate a detailed knowledge of:
major events in the development of fundamental rights at common law; the legal history of the protection of personal liberty; ,the legal history of freedom of expression; the history of the Penal Laws and the right of religious liberty in Ireland; of the evolution of the principal institutions of the criminal trial; and of the rights of defendants in the criminal process.
Students should, through undertaking a research-based essay in legal history, have acquired an appreciation of the sources and techniques of legal historical research.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 125 |
Total | 145 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: A research based essay in a prescribed legal historical topic (3,000 words) | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Examination: A two hour examination designed to test understanding of, and reading associated with, legal historical topics covered in the module. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback for the assignment will be delivered in the form of individualised feedback (on request by email). Feedback for the examination will be in the form of commentary on each of the questions. This commentary will identify material that the examiners expected to be included in the answers, as well as common errors.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Thomas Mohr | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |