LAW8582 : Financial Law and Financial Technology
LAW8582 : Financial Law and Financial Technology
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Abdul Karim Aldohni
- Owning School: Newcastle Law School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Pre Requisite Comment
N/A
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
This module aims to provide the students with a comprehensive grounding of the principles of financial law and regulations. The course will focus on the national and international dimensions of financial law and regulation and their practical applications in the context of banking and finance. The module aims to develop students’ knowledge of a range of transactional areas and to provide the students with critical and detailed understanding of these issues from institutional and consumers perspectives. The module will engage the students with the challenges that financial technologies has brought to the legal and regulatory framework and the recent developments in this regard.
Outline Of Syllabus
- Core principles of financial law and regulation
- Regulatory architecture in the UK
- The transactional dimensions of finance: credit consumers and investors
- An overview of the technological groundings of some of the financial technologies
- The legal and regulatory challenges brought by cryptoassets and crypto currencies
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
- Critical understanding of the underlying principles of financial law and regulations
- Detailed insight into the transactional dimension of financial law
- Critical understating of the underlying digital technologies of some of the financial technological innovations
- Critical understanding of the evolution of financial law and regulation to address some of the challenges brought by financial technologies.
Intended Skill Outcomes
- The ability to analyse complicated financial rules and polices
- The ability to apply regulations to complicated financial products
- The ability to research, synthesise and provide an argument.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 60:00 | 60:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 18 | 1:00 | 18:00 | In person lectures |
| Structured Guided Learning | Academic skills activities | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | MCQ – for knowledge testing |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | In person seminars |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | In person, available in the office to follow up the session and address any issues arsing from the session |
| Total | 92:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The lectures are used to provide detailed examination to some complicated concepts, while the seminars allow the students to apply their learning from the lectures to practical examples. The drop-in sessions are designed to fill any gaps in the students’ knowledge following the lectures and seminars.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 1440 | 2 | A | 100 | 24 Hour take-home paper. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
It allows to test students understanding, critical analysis and research skills through a mix of problem based questions and essays.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- LAW8582's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- LAW8582's past Exam Papers
General Notes
N/A
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