Starting with law
Offered By: OpenLearn
Course Description
Overview
This free course, Starting with law, explores key legal concepts such as legal capacity and the rights and responsibilities of the individual. You will examine how laws are made, and how they affect us at different points in our lives. It is an ideal course if you are a beginner or returning to study.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What is law and why does it matter?
- 1 What is law and why does it matter?
- The definition of law
- 2 Starting to think about rights and responsibilities
- 2 Starting to think about rights and responsibilities
- Legal cases
- 3 Learning skills – reading efficiently and with purpose
- 3 Learning skills – reading efficiently and with purpose
- Reading for gist or substance
- Reading for specific information
- Reading to reformulate
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
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