Law
Choose Law as part of your Combined Honours degree. Gain an understanding of legal knowledge and build transferable skills that will prepare you for your career
About the programme
UCAS Code: BA Combined Honours (Y001)
Build strong transferable skills and prepare for a career as a solicitor, barrister, or other profession.
Studying the Newcastle as part of your Combined Honours degree you'll learn about the law and develop practical legal skills such as:
- case analysis
- legal drafting and writing
- legal research
- client negotiation
- client interviewing
- mediation
Stage 1
Select the module code for specific module information including the module summary and aims, knowledge and skills you'll gain, and the module leader.
Students MUST study the compulsory module:
| Module Code | Module Title | Credit Value | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW1210 | Legal Institutions and Method (Compulsory) Note: This includes engagement with the Foundations of Legal Skills Sessions |
20 | 1 |
Students study a further 20 or 40 credits from the list below:
| Module Code | Module Title | Credit Value | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW1220 | Constitutional Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW1221 | Contract Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW1230 | Law and Ethics | 20 | 2 |
| LAW1240 | Administrative Law and Human Rights (Pre-requisite LAW1220) Note: Cannot be taken alongside LAW1262 |
20 | 2 |
| LAW1262 | The UK and the EU (Pre-requisite LAW1220) Note: Cannot be taken alongside LAW1240 |
20 | 2 |
| LAW1054 | Introduction to Business Law | 20 | 1&2 |
Stage 2
Students study either 40, 60 or 80 credits from the list below, noting that the following Stage 3 Semester 2 modules are available at Stage 2.
| Module Code | Module Title | Credit Value | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW2222 | Land Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW2260 | Criminal Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW2261 | General Principles of Tort (pre-requisite is either LAW1221 or LAW1220 and LAW1240) | 20 | 1 |
| LAW2263 | Equity and Trusts | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3013 | Criminology and Criminal Justice (capped at 100) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3015 | Environmental Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3017 | Public International Law | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3024 | Medicine, the Law and Bioethics (capped at 160) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3032 | Legal Theory (pre-requisite either LAW1221 or LAW1220 & LAW1240) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3035 | Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Law (pre-requisite LAW1220, LAW1240 and LAW2260) (capped at 160) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3036 | Family Law (capped at 160 – please contact Combined Honours if interested in studying) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3038 | Law and History | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3041 | Law and Gender | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3054 | Sports Law (capped at 100) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3055 | Global Intellectual Property Law and Policy | 20 | 1 |
Stage 3
You should select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the below table. You may opt to replace one of these modules by a module offered in Stage 2.
| Module Code | Module Title | Credit Value | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW3010 | Company Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3013* | Crimonology and Criminal Justice (capped at 100) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3016 | Evidence (pre-requisites LAW2260) | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3017* | Public International Law | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3024* | Medicine, the Law and Bioethics (capped at 160) | 20 | 2 |
| Law and Literature | 20 | 1 | |
| Succession (pre-requisite LAW1210 AND one of the following: LAW1221, LAW2222, LAW2263 OR LAW2261) (capped at 160) | 20 | 1 | |
| LAW3032* | Legal Theory (pre-requisite is either LAW1221 or LAW1220 & LAW1240) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3034 | Fundamentals of Human Rights Law | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3035* | Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Law (pre-requisites LAW1220, LAW 1240, LAW2260) (Capped at 160) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3036* | Family Law (capped at 160 – please contact Combined Honours if interested in studying) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3038* | Law and History | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3041 | Law and Gender | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3047 | Commercial Law (pre-requisites LAW1221 and LAW2263) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3052 | Mediation and Commercial Dispute Resolution | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3054* | Sports Law (capped at 100) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3055* | Global Intellectual Property Law and Policy | 20 | 1 |
| LAW3098 | Dissertation (open to Students studying Law as a Major Subject and who are performing at 2.1 level or above across the Law Modules studied at Stage 2) | 40 | 1&2 |
| LAW3253 | Private Law Remedies (LAW1221, LAW2261 and LAW2263) (capped at 100) | 20 | 2 |
| LAW3254 | Animal Rights (pre-requisites LAW1210 and LAW1230) | 20 | 1 |
| HSS3500** | Combined Honours Final Year Project | 20 | 1&2 |
| HSS3099** | Combined Honours Final Year Project | 40 | 1&2 |
* Must not be taken at Stage 3 if already studied at Stage 2.
**Undertake an in-depth, independent research project with flexibility to select a topic related to one or all your subject areas, and the option to deliver a written or creative output. Supervisors are assigned from the Combined Honours academic team, and you can choose which subject(s) you want the credits to go towards.
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If you have any questions about choosing this subject as part of your Combined Honours degree, contact us and we'll be more than happy to help.
Subject Adviser
Francesco De-Cecco - Newcastle Law School