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Level 4 Diploma in Law

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

LAW404 · Public Law — Week 13 of 16

CourseLAW404
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the nature and purpose of written and unwritten constitutions.
  • 1.2 Analyse various types of constitution and constitutional conventions.
  • 1.3 Explain the separation of powers.
  • 2.1 Analyse the relationship between the two houses of UK Parliament.
  • 2.2 Describe the relationship between parliament and government.
  • 2.3 Evaluate the concept of Parliamentary sovereignty.
  • 3.1 Explain the role of the Judiciary.
  • 3.2 Analyse how the judiciary upholds the separation of powers.
  • 3.3 Assess the role of the judiciary as a means of controlling government bodies.
  • 3.4 Analyse the nature and purpose of judicial review.
  • 3.5 Explain the grounds for judicial review.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: What is a constitution? Written and unwritten, rigid and fl…
  • Week 2: Federal, unitary, republican and monarchical constitutions;…
  • Week 3: The three branches of state
  • Week 4: Parliament as legislature: House of Commons and House of Lo…
  • Week 5: The executive and prerogative powers
  • Week 6: Parliamentary sovereignty, devolution, the ECHR and the Hum…
  • Week 7: The judiciary: independence, impartiality and its place in …
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The judiciary as a check on government: administrative law,…
  • Week 10: Nature and purpose of judicial review
  • Week 11: Grounds of judicial review: procedural unfairness, legitima…
  • Week 12: Applying Public Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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