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Land Law

  • Module code: LL5301
  • Year: 2018/9
  • Level: 5
  • Credits: 30
  • Pre-requisites: None
  • Co-requisites: None

Summary

Land law studies the nature of land, the history of the current legislative structure and third party interests in, on or over private land in England and Wales. It introduces the concepts behind ownership and use of private land.

Aims

  • To enable students to recognise the nature and extent of private land
  • For students to be able to coherently analyse the terms and effects of third party interests in, on or over private land
  • That students undertake activities that develop self-reflective and effective learning both independently and as part of a group
  • That students develop and recognise their employability skills

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  • Identify and analyse the nature and extent of private land both individually and as part of a group
  • Recognise and analyse the nature and effects of third party interests over private land both individually and as part of a group
  • Recognise their strengths and developments needs relating to employability

Curriculum content

  • The nature of private land in England and Wales
  • The extent and effect of third party rights over private land in England and Wales
  • Trusts and the family home
  • Mortgages

Teaching and learning strategy

The module is delivered weekly with a one-hour feedback/feedforward session and two-hour workshop. The workshop is action learning, based on advising a client, with students in 'firms'. The firm deals with a topic each week that is advised to them via a memo from the client. They use the session to research and prepare notes for the answer, then meet as a firm outside the class hours to produce a finished and polished piece. There are two presentations: one formative in the pitch to the client; and one summative in the report to client, with an executive report of work undertaken. There is a formative exercise with the bundle early in the module and students are then required to respond to feedback/feedforward throughout the rest of the module.

Due to the experiential nature of the learning on this degree, and the importance of professional development enabling students to develop practical skills, learn from and interact with others, attendance is compulsory. Any students not attending a minimum of 80% of their timetabled sessions will be at risk of academic failure or termination from the course.

Breakdown of Teaching and Learning Hours

Definitive UNISTATS Category Indicative Description Hours
Scheduled learning and teaching 66 hours 22 hours of feedback/feedforward sessions 44 hours of workshop
Guided independent study 234
Total (number of credits x 10) 300

Assessment strategy

The strategy with assessment is to give students the opportunity to work in a group and produce a bundle of advice to their client (much as a law firm would in the real world). The bundle is their coursework. There is formative assessment which provides detailed feedback/feedforward which the students must then refer to in the bundle for each exercise. There is an individual examination of two and a half hours which enables students to demonstrate that they have gained the knowledge necessary from the module. There is a presentation included in the module. There is a formative presentation to KU Talent from which the students receive feedback/feedforward in order to improve at a final summative assessment in front of a local practitioner and KU Talent.

Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment Strategy (Indicative)

Learning Outcome Assessment Strategy
1) Identify and analyse the nature and extent of private land both individually and as part of a group Exam and coursework
2) Recognise and analyse the nature and effects of third party interests over private land both individually and as part of a group Exam and coursework
3) Recognise their strengths and development needs relating to employability Coursework and presentation

Elements of Assessment

Description of Assessment Definitive UNISTATS Categories Percentage
EXWR Exam 50
CWK Coursework 40
EXT Presentation 10
Total (to equal 100%) 100%

Achieving a pass

It IS NOT a requirement that any major assessment category is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.

Bibliography core texts

S Clarke and S Greer, Land Law Directions (Oxford University Press)

Blackstones' Statutes on Property Law

Bibliography recommended reading

K Gray and S Gray, Elements of Land Law (Oxford University Press)

M Thompson, Modern Land Law (Oxford University Press)

J Bray, Unlocking Land Law (Hodder Arnold)

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