Law
Law and Development
Module code: M3112
Level 6
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay
On this module, you’ll examine the role of law and the legal system in human development within developing countries. You’ll explore:
- how law influences a country’s development
- how modes of development drive legal change
- the history and theory of law and development, including post-colonial critiques.
Specific topics include:
- access to justice
- human rights in the development process
- governance, democracy, and development
- technical legal assistance
- foreign direct investment.
This module encourages critical thinking about the complex interplay between law, development and post-colonial contexts.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the history and theory of law's impact on `development processes'.
- Evaluate the operation of the law in `development processes' and the impact of `development' on the operation of legal systems.
- Use both legal and non-legal research resources in order to complete a piece of independent research which relates to the course.
- Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the debates in relation to the concept of `development' and the role of human rights in relation to the concept of `development' and `development processes'.