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I choose? LLB Law This three-year course provides you with a rigorous academic training in the discipline of law. It enables you to develop a critical awareness of the nature of law within its social, political and economic contexts, and encourages you to develop an approach to the discipline so that you can see each subject area as part of an integrated whole.
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This course emphasises an awareness of the place of the law of England and Wales in its European and international frameworks. It allows you to develop critical, analytical, research, problem-solving, and transferable skills. You will also acquire the ability to construct a logical argument and to communicate that argument clearly, both orally and in writing, as well as to consider, evaluate and respond to alternative and, possibly, conflicting points of view.
Why study law?
Although a law course may be the first step towards a career in law, it is not a purely vocational programme and many graduates pursue non-law careers. Law is an enjoyable and stimulating subject in its own right, whether or not you decide to become a lawyer. As well as giving you a knowledge and understanding of the law, a law course will develop your intellectual and critical faculties, encourage you to think independently and teach you to present rational, coherent and accurate arguments orally and in writing. A law course will equip you with skills which will be useful in all walks of life and which will be valued by any employer. It will provide you with an excellent foundation for any career.
As a law student, not only will you learn legal rules, but you will also consider the function of law in society, the philosophy of law, policy issues and law reform. You will, for instance, have to address the rights of consumers, family members, prisoners, householders, workers and children. You will have to consider not just domestic law, but the law of the European Union and international law, in particular the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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You will be taught how to reason, how to communicate precisely and accurately and how to carry out research. If you are taking the three-year LLB Law course, during your second and final years you will also have an opportunity, if you wish, to follow modules in other schools, departments and centres in the University. We are looking for applicants with a critical interest in the world around them. You do not need to have A-level Law to study at Essex.
What is the School like? We are a school with an international reputation for our research, and we are strongly committed to providing a legal education of the highest quality. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has awarded us an ‘excellent’ for our teaching, and 90 per cent of our research has been rated as of ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘internationally recognised’ quality in the last Research Assessment Exercise (2008).
We offer six undergraduate LLB courses. These are ‘qualifying’ courses, enabling you proceed to the professional stage of training to become a solicitor or barrister. Also available are three-year ‘non-qualifying’ courses, combining law with politics, philosophy and human rights.
LLB Law and Philosophy This four-year course offers you the opportunity to study a wide range of philosophical and legal topics. The philosophy modules provide an introduction to the major topics of philosophy, while the legal modules analyse the major divisions of common law (contract, tort and crime) and the relation between the citizen and the state (public law).
This joint course provides you with a thorough academic training in the two disciplines and develops your critical, analytical, and argumentative skills. This will enable you to apply methods of philosophical analysis to legal issues and foster an awareness of the legal dimensions of moral and ethical issues. By the end of this course, you will be equipped with highly developed skills of critical thought, analysis and argumentation.
LLB Law and Politics This four-year course provides you with thorough training in the complementary disciplines of law and politics. You will develop critical, reflective and analytical skills that are common to both disciplines. In addition to emphasising aspects common to both subjects, this course
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