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LAW30810

Academic Year 2024/2025

Comparative Law (LAW30810)

Subject:
Law
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Law
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Laurent Pech
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This is a generic module descriptor that will cover different summer schools involving the School of Law. At present two US Law Schools, Fordham and Tulsa, offer such programmes and discussions are on-going with a number of US Law Schools about a bespoke programme offered at UCD in which their students could participate alongside a Chinese Law School. Each summer school will cover areas of comparative law and will be led by members of staff of the UCD School of Law and/or our partner Schools of Law in the United States and China.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module students will be able to:
• Demonstrate their skills in researching legal materials across a number of jurisdictions;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the particular area of law;
• Discuss the points of comparison and contrast in the particular area of law in differing jurisdiction;
• Elaborate on the reasons for the points of contrast and their impact on the nature and scope of the particular area of law in differing jurisdictions.
• Reflect on the development of their skills in the presentation of legal argument.

These learning outcomes will be demonstrated through the completion of the assessment in the modules selected by the student.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

24

Autonomous Student Learning

125

Total

149


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a module where UCD students join the Fordham Law summer School sharing the classroom with Fordham and Queens University Belfast law students . Law students learn to engage with approaches to law in a comparative context with student centred learning through class discussion and reading.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
LAW30760 - Legal Placement


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay: An essay as set by the leaders of the modules taken by the student (2000 words) Week 12 Graded No

100

No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

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