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Core Module Information
Module title: Family Law
SCQF level: 07:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: LAW07112
Module leader: Rob Clucas
School The Business School
Subject area group: Law
Prerequisites

N/A
Description of module content:

Sources of family law, relevant human rights, commencement of legal personality, legal capacity of children, parental responsibilities and rights, adoption, state intervention in family life, formation and legal effects of marriage and other adult relationships, financial and other provision made on termination of adult relationships.
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Describe the law regulating parental responsibilities and rights.
LO2: Outline the law concerning state intervention in family life.
LO3: Describe the law regulating the constitution, consequences and termination of adult relationships and children’s rights and capacity.
LO4: Consider family law problems, identifying and applying appropriate solutions.
LO5: Understand the basic social, moral and ethical context in which family law operates and the fundamental human rights and protections applicable to the field.
LO6: Communicate and sustain argument in written form.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Rob Clucas
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 24
Face To Face Tutorial 12
Face To Face Guided independent study 162
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 2
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Practical Skills Assessment 40 LO 1-5 10 HOURS= 01.30
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 60 LO 1-6 14/15 HOURS= 02.00
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
LAW07112 - Family Law
 

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