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This module introduces the Scottish Legal System and considers its distinctive nature. It develops legal and study skills appropriate for further study.

This module will provide you with knowledge of the civil law, the civil justice system and tort law.

This module will introduce you to criminal law and its role within the legal system of England and Wales.

This module is an ideal introduction to the social sciences –  criminology, geography and environment, politics and international studies, economics and sociology.

Explore the legal context of social work, reviewing legal frameworks, principles, structures and processes, which shape and regulate social work practice.

This contemporary module focuses on global governance in a progressively changing world through the lens of two fields of international law – international environmental and space law.

Explore the law of evidence in England and Wales and its wider social and legal contexts.

Explore business structures and employment relationships through the study of law, policy and practices in England and Wales.

This module introduces you to family law and its role within the legal system of England and Wales.

This module introduces the key issues and debates relevant to Contract Law with a focus on the transactional stages of contracts and the rules that regulate contracts.

This module explores the past, present and future of UK constitutional, administrative and human rights law, including from the perspective of the UK nations.

Examine the multiple ways in which criminology seeks to explain problems of crime and question the role of criminal justice and the experiences of victimisation.

This innovative and flexible module allows you to count different types of learning such as OpenLearn towards a formal OU qualification.

This module engages in an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between law, society and culture using a variety of cutting edge examples.

This module introduces you to many aspects of land law and covers what land is and how it is owned and regulated.

This module innovatively teaches and puts trusts law and principles into a critical context regarding society, history, capitalism, technology, and the environment.

This introduction to European Union law combines skills development with a contemporary study of the subject.

This module will support your research of your chosen topic, and help you present your findings as a research methods report and in poster format.

Explore the relationship between crime and harm, criminalisation processes and the role of the state in social problems.