Legal Theory 733518
Generic Skills
On completion of this subject students should have further developed the following generic skills:
- attitudes towards knowledge that include valuing truth, openness to new ideas and ethics associated with knowledge creation and usage
- the capacity for close reading and analysis of a range of sources, including legal theory texts, other legal sources and interdisciplinary work
- the capacity to engage in critical thinking, independent thought and reflection
- the capacity to articulate knowledge and understanding of complex ideas in oral and written forms
- the ability to write effectively in descriptive, analytical, critical and reflective modes
- the ability to consider appropriate ethical responses to unfamiliar or challenging issues
- the ability to participate constructively as a member of a team
- intercultural sensitivity and understanding.
Cognitive Legal Skills
On completion of the subject, students should have further developed the following cognitive legal skills:
- the ability to critically analyse rhetorical argument and logical reasoning
- the ability to communicate legal analysis and argument orally and in writing
- the ability to identify, formulate and investigate legal questions of a theoretical nature
- skills in finding, reading, comprehending and using legal materials, notably primary sources and reliable secondary sources
- skills in finding, reading, comprehending and using interdisciplinary and theoretical materials that contribute to an understanding of law
- skills in legal writing, including skills in developing a conceptual argument
- skills in identifying relevant local, national, regional and international materials of law, and using them in the presentation of a conceptual argument
- skills in identifying and responding to ethical dilemmas.
