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On completion of this module students should, at a minimum, be able to:
- Categorise each constitutional right appropriately.
- Explain the general relationship between constitutional and international human rights.
- Recognize what rights might be at stake in a simple hypothetical problem.
- Analyse the general reasoning process that a court should use to decide such a case.
- Formulate specific arguments that might be made in that context.
- Evaluate, defend or dispute general propositions of, or concerning, constitutional law.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 4 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 128 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Essay: 750 words | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Assignment: Written assignment, 1200 words | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Students will be provided with individual feedback on their coursework, normally highlighting a few main points that may help them do better in future. The class will be provided with a brief report on the answers given to the examination question, at the same time the provisional results are released. Tutorials given students the opportunity to give feedback on each other's work in the context of class discussions and to receive feedback from tutors.
Name | Role |
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Professor Eoin Carolan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Thomas Mohr | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr John O'Dowd | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |