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

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2421yesCoursera

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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