Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
5109LAWSL-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To provide students with an understanding and critical awareness of the law relating to the vulnerable person.
2. To provide both a doctrinal and social and legal approach encouraging students to think about law in its wider context.
3. To critically examine conflicting policies and laws affecting the vulnerable person with a particular focus on mental health anti-social behaviour and social housing.
4. To build upon the knowledge of criminal and public law developed as a result of having completed the core modules ‘Criminal Law’ and “Public Law” at Level 4.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an awareness of the various aspects of law relevant to the vulnerable person and how they relate to one another.
2.
Show an appreciation of the concepts of rights and responsibilities in law relevant to the vulnerable person.
3.
Demonstrate an ability to present clear arguments in written form using appropriate legal terminology and language.
4.
Develop their independent learning by taking responsibility for the preparation of work for workshops and coursework, the management of personal study time and the use of a wide variety of information sources.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The below is an indicative syllabus of the course, which will dynamically adapt to topical issues for discussion on law and the vulnerable person in society.
The following may be covered:
Contextual overview of issues relating to the relationship between vulnerability and the law.
Mental Health and Detention
Rights, Responsibilities and Behaviour in Social Housing
Safeguards and Dispute Resolution
The course may include topics of special interests such as:
Sex Trafficking
Refugees
Education Law
The Elderly Client
Module Overview:
This option offers you an insight into the mind of the perpetrator and victim of antisocial behaviour. It explores conflicting policies and practices of those agencies of the State who aim to include the vulnerable, but also exclude them because of their behaviour and/or disabilities. It relates these issues to other areas of law including Community Care and Education Law.
This option offers you an insight into the mind of the perpetrator and victim of antisocial behaviour. It explores conflicting policies and practices of those agencies of the State who aim to include the vulnerable, but also exclude them because of their behaviour and/or disabilities. It relates these issues to other areas of law including Community Care and Education Law.
Additional Information:This option offers you an insight into the mind of the perpetrator and victim of antisocial behaviour. It explores conflicting policies and practices of those agencies of the State who aim to include the vulnerable, but also exclude them because of their behaviour and/or disabilities. It relates these issues to other areas of law including Community Care and Education Law. L&VP should be of particular interest to anyone with an interest in social welfare. It also provides a background for related subjects on the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at JMU, for those interested in becoming a solicitor and continuing their studies here.