Legal Studies

This course offers a basic introduction to the field of law. Topics include: the law and its functions; sources of law; legal norms; interpretation and application of the law; the legal resolution of conflicts; learning about the law and the legal professions.

This course provides an overview of working in the United Kingdom and of the current economic situation in the country. It further discusses how the economic situation affects the workplace, how students can integrate into British working life, and how they can make the most of their internship placements. Topics include current political and economic climate, national legal framework, structure and workflow, integration of immigrants into the workforce, discrimination in the workplace, and comparison between U.K. and U.S. work experiences.

This course provides, to citizens of a society under the rule of law, an understanding of their rights and obligations, and examines how to learn to act in accordance with the law while protecting their legal rights. It also covers how to respect the rights of others, how to handle their relationship with others and society, and how to play a positive role in the process of social rule of law.

This course draws on the essence of jurisprudence, constitutional law, administrative law, civil law, marriage and family law, criminal law and procedural law, and is designed with students as rights subjects and social masters. Its main content revolves around the rule of law, citizenship and rights, and how to take those rights seriously.

The protection of the global environment has become one of the major challenges of the international system. This course explores the main concepts and principles of international environmental law. It examines how international environmental law has emerged and developed, in particular by emphasizing the role and contribution of international courts and tribunals. The course also deals specifically with the legal regimes that have been shaped in order to preserve the global environment in different fields. With the emergence of the concept of sustainable development, international environmental law is now at the crossroads of different regimes. In this context, the course analyzes the relationship between international environmental law and international trade and/or investment law as well as the relationship between international environmental law and human rights.

This course examines the basic elements of public international law. Special attention is given to the historical and dynamic characteristics of the juridical order, with a particular focus on the Spanish legal system.

The course provides a foundation to the study of law. Before any in-depth analysis of any type of law subject, one needs to have a fundamental understanding of how the legal system works and of the basic legal vocabulary involved. This first part of this course provides students with this knowledge, paying particular attention to five topics:
the constitution, the legislation, EU law, the Irish courts system, and access to the courts.