Course content summary English legal system • Nature of law • Law and Society • Law and morality • Law and Justice • The rule of law • Parliamentary law-making • Delegated legislation • Statutory interpretation • Judicial precedent • Law reform • The civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution • The criminal courts and laypeople • Legal personnel and the judiciary • Access to justice and funding Crime • The rules of criminal law • Theory in criminal law • General elements of liability • Murder & Manslaughter • Assault/Battery/ABH/GBH • Theft/Robbery/Burglary • Preliminary offence • Defences- capacity defences • Defences – necessity defences Tort • The rules of tort law • Theory of tort law • Liability in negligence for physical injury to people and damage to property • Liability in negligence for economic loss and psychiatric injury • Occupiers’ liability • Nuisance and the escape of dangerous things • Vicarious liability • Defences • Remedies Human Rights • Rules in Human Rights Law • Theory in Human Rights • Human Rights in International Law • Human Rights in the United Kingdom before the Human Rights Act 1988 • Human Rights in the United Kingdom after the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 • The European Convention on Human Rights 1953 – Article 2 • The European Convention on Human Rights 1953 – Article 5 • The European Convention on Human Rights 1953 – Article 8 • The European Convention on Human Rights 1953 – Article 10 • The European Convention on Human Rights 1953 – Article 11 • Restrictions • Enforcement • Human rights and English law reform