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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Explain in a detailed manner the legal principles applying to Land Law.

Analyse factual scenarios relating to land law and apply critically the principles of land law to those scenarios.

Undertake independent research on aspects of the law and engage critically with debate and different views on the current law, possible problems and possible reforms.

Evidence an ability to analyse critically a diverse range of legal materials and integrate them to form new perspectives.

Show an ability to explain the operation of the law to those that do not have a legal background.

Argue the application of the law to parties in dispute – presenting each party’s case and evaluating which is the more persuasive argument.

Communicate the results in writing effectively at an academic level using the relevant terminology and appropriate citation of material.

Apply existing knowledge in a detailed manner to new scenarios.

Show an understanding of the key aspects of land law, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline.

Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline.

Devise and sustain detailed arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline.

Describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline.

Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge.

Manage their own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

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