Law and Human Rights (1BLH1)
The four-year Bachelor of Civil Law (Human Rights) is an innovative and unique programme – the first of its kind in Ireland. It offers students the opportunity to combine a full undergraduate law programme with the study of human rights.
Subjects in this course are:-
Year 1- Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)
- Human Rights: Theories, Concepts and Selected Issues (10 credits)
- Understanding the Law (10 credits)
- Constitutional Law (10 credits)
- Contract Law (10 credits)
- Tort Law (10 credits)
- Optional Modules (10 credits)
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- Family Law (10 credits)
- Critical Thinking for Lawyers (10 credits)
- Language: Legal French/ Legal German/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
Year 2- Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)
- Criminal Law I & II (10 credits)
- European Union Law I & II (10 credits)
- European Human Rights Law - Systems & Themes I & II (10 credits)
- International Protection of Human Rights I & II (10 credits)
- Mooting (5 credits)
- Guided Research Essay (5 credits)
- Optional Modules (10 credits)
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- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Environmental Law I (5 credits)
- Environmental Law II (5 credits)
- Language: Legal French/ Legal German/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
Year 3- placement/study abroad
Year 4- Compulsory Core Modules (35 credits)
- Company Law (10 credits)
- Equity Law (10 credits)
- Land Law (10 credits)
- Module to be confirmed (5 credits)
- Optional Streams 25 credits:
- The Legal Professions
- Administrative Law I (5 credits)
- Jurisprudence I (5 credits)
- Evidence I & II (10 credits)
Choose a module from another stream (5 credits)
Human Rights, Crime and Equality
- Criminology (5 credits)
- Family Law (10 credits)
- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Housing Law & Policy (5 credits)
- Comparative Disability Law (5 credits)
- Public International Law (10 credits)
- Applied Legal Theory (5 credits)
Business and Commercial Law
- Banking Law (5 credits)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (5 credits)
- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Commercial Law (5 credits)
- International Trade Law (5 credits)
- Law and Economics (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Comparative Competition Law (5 credits)
- Law and Innovation (5 credits)
Public Law, Risk and Regulation
- Environmental Law I (5 credits)
- Environmental Law II (5 credits)
- Criminology (5 credits)
- Housing Law & Policy (5 credits)
- Information Technology Law (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Admin Law II (5 credits)
- Law and Innovation (5 credits)
International, Comparative and Transnational Law
- Comparative Disability Law (5 credits)
- Public International Law (10 credits)
- Comparative Competition Law (5 credits)
- International Trade Law (5 credits)
- Applied Legal Theory (5 credits)
Language
Students who choose a language must also choose 15 credits worth of modules on other streams to meet credit requirements.
Legal German / Legal French/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
