LLB Law with Criminology

This module will enable you to develop an understanding of the English legal system and how it works in order to provide a foundation for the further study of law. You will examine the nature and function of legal institutions and the role of the legal profession within the English legal system and explore the provision of legal services and methods of alternative dispute resolution. You will become familiar with, and be able to use, legal skills and knowledge in respect of issues and problems involving the English legal system.

This module provides you with a sound knowledge and understanding of the law of contract, focusing on the main principles, cases and statutory provisions relevant to contract law. This will act as a firm foundation for subsequent law modules as well as for postgraduate and professional study after the course. The module will help in developing your competence in the analysis and solution of legal problems, develop your legal research skills and recognise the relationship between the law of contract and other areas of English and European law. This is a core module and is a requirement of the professional bodies.

This module will broaden and expand your understanding of the common law system, legal reasoning, case analysis, the judicial hierarchy, handling precedents and statutory interpretation. After studying this module, you will comprehend the basic principles and debates underpinning the position of the courts in the UK constitution, appreciate how to read a case, and be able to pick out its material facts and ratio, as well as distinguish this from obiter dicta and develop an understanding of the different rules and approaches that courts use to interpret statutes. The module will provide you with a grounding in legal ethics so as to instil a basic understanding of a lawyer's duties toward their clients and the court.

This module will examine general principles relating to the UK Constitution and the organisation and powers of the State. You will gain an awareness of the law and practice relating to the control of the Administration of the UK State and will consider the law relating to Human Rights and aspects of Civil Liberties in the UK. 

This module aims to enable you to acquire a sound knowledge and understanding of criminal law, including a detailed knowledge of the key principles, cases and statutory provisions relevant to criminal law. You will develop skills in the analysis and solution of legal problems and in researching case law and statute law in relation to criminal law, while recognising the relations between criminal law and other areas of law. This is a core module and is a requirement of the professional bodies.

This module aims to enable you to acquire a sound knowledge and understanding of the various torts such as negligence claims, defamation, misuse of private information, trespass, nuisance and product liability. This is a core module and is a requirement of the professional bodies.

This module aims to develop student’s knowledge and understanding of key theoretical ideas and debates in criminology. It requires students to reflect on what putting issues such as power and rights at the centre of criminological theory and practice might mean for crime, justice and punishment. The module will cover developments and trends influencing criminological discussion, debates and research and these developments and trends are assessed in relation to emerging social, political and cultural patterns. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of how criminological theory is constructed and will be required to apply theoretical knowledge to a range of contemporary issues and trends of prominent criminological interest and concern.

This module aims to provide a thorough understanding of the legal system of the European Union (EU) and of the rules and principles governing the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the EU’s internal market. You will apply knowledge of EU law to the analysis of legal issues and develop your skills of information retrieval from a range of sources. The module includes the study of the history and development of the EU, the EU’s institutional framework, sources of EU law and law-making procedures, the main substantive principles underlying EU Law and the relationship between EU law and national law. An exhaustive overview of the jurisdiction of the EU courts will also be offered. This is a core module and is a requirement of professional bodies.
Please note that you must select EU Law as an optional module if you want to study the Barristers Training Course after graduating because EU Law is currently a requirement of the academic component of Bar training to become a barrister.

This module aims to provide an opportunity to become familiar with the dispute resolution role of the lawyer and to acquire the skills relevant to that role. It will provide an opportunity for you to engage with key techniques, strategies, theories, values and cultural issues relating to the negotiation process, and will provide an understanding of the place of Alternative Dispute Resolution within the legal system.
You will also have the opportunity to critically evaluate aspects of the theoretical basis for mediation as a means of dispute resolution and the place of mediation with the legal system. This module is limited to 16 students selected by the programme team.

This module will build upon your knowledge of legal principles by bringing these together with rules of trust law and principles of equity, including the ethical principles which govern the role of a trustee as fiduciary and principles relevant to the quantification of damages and availability of assets for their recovery.

You will develop your critical understanding of the law of trusts and equitable principles, and your ability to present and argue positions in relation to issues of equity and trust law. You will analyse practical problems accurately and debate issues at a high level of understanding. This is a core module and is a requirement of the professional bodies.

This module provides a critical understanding of the law in the context of dealings in land. The module will build upon your knowledge of legal principles by bringing these together with rules of land law. Your ability to evaluate issues, including ethical issues, and to solve land law problems at a high level of understanding is enhanced, together with your personal and professional development and employability skills.

This module will discuss the dynamics of violence from a gender-informed perspective, how it is used by perpetrators, controlled, and used to control. The module highlights the interconnections between violence, gender, sexuality and crime, and illustrates the blurred boundaries between interpersonal, self-inflicted, community and structural violence. On completing the module, you will explore and learn about the social and spatial parameters of violent crime, theoretical and layperson perspectives on violence, the links between sex, sexuality and violence, and how violence is gendered.

A year-long non-credit bearing option module taken in addition to other modules when suitable work experience is found by you.

The module will explore key policy topics linked to crime, deviance, harm and criminal justice across different global contexts. It aims to support students in developing a critical awareness of how and why policy is designed and implemented and how it impacts offending, victimisation, harms and criminal justice responses. It will critically explore different areas of society, such as education and gender and citizenship, to develop knowledge and understanding of the links between contemporary policies and criminological outcomes. In response to the topics explored, students will develop an awareness of alternative approaches and ideological perspectives.

This module will provide an understanding of contemporary issues in police investigations. It is centrally concerned with how new developments including in investigative psychology have informed our understanding of the tools we have in investigations.
Psychological knowledge will be applied to investigations, understanding how it can assist in getting cooperation, accurate recall and a reduction in deception in suspects as well as victims and witnesses. We will discuss how the mind works and how memory can be impacted by the trauma of some of the events under investigation, how that affects police work and how we can enhance memory recall. We will talk about deception in suspect interviews and what does and what does not work as a cue to deception.

Placement learning will link academic work with the 'real world' situation in order to conceptualise the meaning of theory in the wider world context. You'll be encouraged to reflect upon your areas of knowledge and how they apply to the placement learning experience as well as developing personal knowledge through a review of your learning.

The placement learning experience provides for two types of placement; standard placements and project-based placements. The placement experience gives you the opportunity to enhance your skills of self-expression, communication, self-reliance and co-operation, and embeds your transferable and graduate skills required for future career paths and employment. Subject to Programme Leader’s consent and subject to the placement taking place in an appropriate professional environment.

The full-time three-year mode will become four years if you go on a study year abroad or undertake this 120-credit placement in your third year and then return to Middlesex University for your fourth and final year.

The team includes academics, professional practitioners, and technical staff. Graduate teaching assistants or trained postgraduate research students may also have input into your teaching under the supervision of the module leader.

You will learn your subject by attending mini lectures, seminars and practical workshops.

Seminars and workshops are a great opportunity to discuss what you have learnt with your peers and tutors. Most seminar groups have between 25-30 students.

Here you will learn to analyse legal principles and apply them to practical situations, assess competing arguments and choose between alternative approaches.

Group work and moots (mock trials) will hone your verbal arguing and presentation skills. Personal and career development as well as group work are reinforced through workshops.

For one-to-one support, you will meet with either your academic advisor or module leader. You will also have full access to our library of online resources.

Your work will be divided into credits. Each credit is equal to 10 hours of study time. You will complete 120 credits per year of study, which are broken down into modules of typically 30 credits each.

We aim to make timetables available to students at least 2 weeks before the start of term. Some weeks are different due to how we schedule classes and arrange on-campus sessions.

Year 1 - weekly timetable 

During your first year, your weekly timetable will typically consist of: 

• 6 hours of interactive workshops 

• 6 hours of seminars 

Teaching sessions will be spread over no more than three days per week. On top of these formal teaching and learning sessions, you should also budget a few hours independent study time for each module per week. 

Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through self-study which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations and exams. 

Your independent learning is supported by the library and study hub, laptop hire, and with online materials in MyUniHub. 

Whether you are studying full or part-time – your course timetable will balance your study commitments on campus with time for work, life commitments and independent study. 

Our excellent teaching and support teams will help you develop the skills relevant to your degree from research and practical skills to critical thinking. And we offer free 24-hour laptop loans with full desktop software, free printing and Wi-Fi to use on or off campus, even over the weekend.

The course will provide you with opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding informally through ‘formative’ assessment. This will be completed before your formal ‘summative’ assessment which will count towards your final marks. Each module normally contains at least one piece of formative assessment from which you will receive feedback from your tutor. Formative assessments are developmental and any grade you receive from formative assessment does not count towards your final marks. 

There is formal ‘summative’ assessment as part of the module, usually towards the end of the module. The grades from the summative assessments count towards your module mark. Summative assessments comprise authentic assessments mimicking what you could expect in a range of real-life scenarios, and include, amongst others, coursework, presentations, moots (mock trials) and a few multiple-choice tests. Each module will have no more than two summative assessments. Assessments are reviewed annually and may be updated based on student feedback, to suit content or based on feedback from an external examiner. 

To help you achieve the best results, we will provide regular feedback.