Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Identify key issues in the practice of statutory and constitutional interpretation.
• Critique the leading justifications for the imposition of punishment.
• Evaluate the proper relation of popular morality to legal normativity.
• Assess leading theories of the nature of the rule of law.

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	2
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	100
Total	126

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		0%
University scheduled written examination		100%	120 minutes
Other		0%
Total		100%	120 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Penalties: Standard Maynooth University Department of Law penalties apply in instances of ethical violation, plagiarism, late submission of any coursework, and failure to attend class satisfactorily.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• 40% pass mark.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? Yes
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

• LW354

You must take LW354 Jurisprudence and LW358 Jurisprudence II in order to get the exemption for the King’s Inns (Barrister course). You do not need these modules for the purposes of the Law Society (Solicitor course).

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