LLB (Hons) Law Bachelor's degree at the University of Nottingham

Understand the basic principles of tort law, including negligence, trespass and nuisance. This module provides detailed knowledge of specific torts and introduces techniques for analysing legal problems.

Start your journey into law with this module, which introduces the English legal system, explores key theoretical perspectives and investigates the relationship between law and society. Develop academic and disciplinary study skills, including legal reasoning and critical thinking, setting the foundation for a successful future in law.

Discover the essentials of contract law, including how contracts are formed, their contents and remedies for breaches. This module helps you understand and apply contract principles, equipping you with the skills to analyse and critique legal issues.

Explore the relationships between government branches and individuals in the UK. Understand key concepts of constitutional and administrative law, including judicial review and individual rights. This module provides a comprehensive introduction to UK public law.

Explore the principles of criminal law, studying serious offences, defences and modes of participation. This module helps you to understand, apply and critique the law with reference to academic literature and the leading proposals for reform.

Learn about the legal ownership of land in England and Wales, focusing on the creation and transfer of estates and interests. Examine third-party interests and their protection. This module encourages critical analysis of current laws and proposals for reform.

An in-depth study of various topics in tort law. Topics studied each year reflect the interests and expertise of the teaching team and may include vicarious liability, remedies, product liability, defamation and privacy.

Understand private and public child law including guiding principles, relationships with parents and third parties and state involvement. Identify social policies influencing legal development.

Understand the role of law in protecting consumers and regulating unfair practices. Learn about consumer protection, enforcement and the rationale for legal intervention.

Examine pre-trial criminal justice issues, including investigations, prosecution and procedure. Understand the roles and responsibilities of key actors and the broader context of criminal justice.

Explore employment law, addressing issues like precarious work, the gig economy and work-life balance. Study individual employment law, equality, wages, job security and business reorganisations.

Develop an understanding of the European Convention on Human Rights system. Evaluate the role of the European Court of Human Rights and its interpretation of protected rights.

Critically analyse the law relating to spouses, civil partners and cohabitants. Study occupation rights, domestic abuse remedies, property distribution and financial provision for children. Understand the social implications of family law.

Learn about international criminal justice institutions, substantive law and procedures. Study core international crimes, liability modes and the role of the International Criminal Court.

Understand the foundations of public international law, including statehood, recognition, jurisdiction and state responsibility. Analyse the evolution of international legal doctrines.

Study key principles and policies of secured transactions under English law and the Cape Town Convention. Explore security interests, perfection modes, priority regimes and enforcement. Analyse international and comparative perspectives.

Address the decline in biological diversity and examine global treaties protecting wildlife and habitats. Discuss species, ecosystems and conservation issues.

Analyse law in economic terms, focusing on efficiency and minimising social interaction costs. Challenge rational choice theory with perspectives from sociology and psychology.

Learn foundational principles of company law including corporate personality, limited liability, directors' duties and members' rights. Understand complex issues in company formation and operations.

Examine the role of law in improving the lives of the poorest. Study international institutions, development instruments and social issues like health, food security and gender equality.

Understand the legal order of the EU, its institutions and enforcement of EU law. Study core areas of the single market, including free movement of goods and persons and Brexit implications.

Discuss bioethical frameworks and patient rights in healthcare. Analyse drug licensing, public health and legal controls over infectious diseases. Examine treatment rights for children and parents.

This module consists of an essay set in a module the student will usually have already studied. It is intended to test the depth of the student's knowledge of that subject area but does not require significant independent research.

Study the law related to maritime casualties, including limitation of liability, collisions, oil pollution and salvage. Understand the relationship between various maritime law topics.

Learn about the creation, protection, transfer and persistence of personal property. Understand key principles of personal property law.

This module will give you a clear understanding of the principles and enforcement of privacy and data protection law, including their extra-territorial impact. You will critically compare and analyse the differences between privacy and data protection laws and reflect upon the extent to which and how these laws protect different interests, values, or rights. You will develop a keen understanding both potential for, and limitations of, these laws to address the misuse of private information or pe

Learn about laws and regulations for online settings and IT. Explore UK and other perspectives to regulating e-commerce, online content, data protection, AI and emerging technologies. Analyse different approaches to online regulation.

Experience practical legal work in a simulated law clinic. Conduct client interviews, write letters, negotiate and observe court hearings. Develop legal and employability skills and reflect on your performance.

Explore English justice from 1000 to 1250 and the emergence of the English common law. Analyse topics such as the movement from trial by ordeal to trial by jury, lordship and law, and the issuing of Magna Carta. Investigate the birth of modern property rights and the creation of 'crime' as a concept in English law.

Study how plaintiffs can compel defendants to return enrichment gained at their expense. Examine the law of mistake, failure of consideration and restitution for wrongs.

Explore the impact of the Human Rights Act (1998) and its application in UK courts. Understand human rights norms and their enforcement. Reflect on the idea of human rights and their role in resolving disputes.

Examine the creation and validity of express private trusts. Study trustee and fiduciary duties and liability for breach.