Law Unicaf - Liverpool John Moores

Overview

Key features

Within the context of the University's mission statement and responsiveness to national and international needs, curriculum innovation and continuing quality enhancement, the programme objectives are to: 

• Provide students with knowledge and critical analysis of key themes of law and criminal justice. 

• Provide advanced legal knowledge and skills directly relevant to law and criminal justice through the delivery of intellectually stimulating course content underpinned in many areas by internationally recognised research. 

• Provide critical analysis of the complexities arising in the fields of law and criminal justice using challenging and informing global and comparative perspectives. 

The Master of Laws at Unicaf - Liverpool John Moores is underpinned by the significance of engagement with existing and emerging research and advanced scholarship. Develop originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline. 

Alternative Exit/ Interim Award Learning Outcomes - Postgraduate Certificate A student who is eligible for this award will be able to: 

Show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry may be used to create and interpret knowledge in relevant areas of law. 

Have a systematic understanding and critical awareness of current problems and contemporary issues and/or insights into the changing nature of UK and international corporate business organisations operating within a multi-national framework. 

Demonstrate skills associated with problem-solving and decision making based on own research and analysis demonstrated through legal writing and communication skills. 

Develop an ability to exercise initiative when faced with novel and/or complex problem situations. 

Apply critical and analytical skills associated with legal analysis to identified scenario and situations.