Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Law
Learning Methods
Seminar
Module Offerings
7132LAWPL-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To provide students with an understanding of current global challenges presented by terrorism and organised crime.
2. To provide students with knowledge and critical analysis of key themes of terrorism and organised crime set against an international backdrop.
3. To provide students with an understanding of the relationship between political and legal responses to terrorism and organised crime.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate critical knowledge and awareness of contemporary issues in the area of terrorism and organised crime.
2.
Demonstrate conceptual understanding and evidence critical evaluation, current research and advanced scholarship in the area of terrorism and organised crime.
3.
Make use of a range of both primary and secondary sources to investigate an issue of interest pertaining to terrorism and organised crime.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Terrorism and the threat to global security.
2. Responses to terrorism: A case study of the UK.
3. Transnational responses to terrorism.
4. Radicalisation and recruitment to terrorist groups.
5. Transnational organised crime and the threat to global security.
6. Responses to organised crime: A case study of the UK.
7. Transnational responses to organised crime.
Module Overview:
The module aims to:
The module aims to:
- introduce you to the basic concepts, institutions and processes of international law
- build knowledge in the themes of crime, justice and security within a global legal context
- provide you with an appreciation of selected contemporary issues of global concern in the context of conceptual themes of crime, justice and security
Additional Information:This is an Option Module
Assessments
Essay