Law and Development (M3112)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

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.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.