Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Description This module has two aims: to equip students with the law regulating familial and inter-personal relationships and challenge students to critically assess the role of this law. Students will learn to:- identify the sources & principles of family law; understand the extent to which this family law regulates familial and inter-personal relationships; and apply family law to hypothetical and actual case studies. Students are expected to attend lectures and to engage in online learning activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Define the social and legal concept of the family and identify different sources of family law 2. Evaluate the State's interest in the legal regulation of interpersonal relationships 3. Apply family law to hypothetical and real life scenarios 4. Determine what family law reforms are necessary and politically feasible 5. Appreciate how this module relates to other modules such as Constitutional Law and International Human Rights Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
IntroductionStudents are given an overview of the module content and the differences between family law and other law modules.MarriageStudents examine the development of the law of marriage and the legal requirements for a valid marriage.Marital BreakdownStudents examine the legal options open to a couple after their marriage has broken down, namely legal separation, judicial separation or divorce.Duty of Court to make Proper Provision in Judicial Separation & DivorceStudents examine the duty of a court to make proper provision and the financial and property orders available to a court.CohabitationStudents consider how the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 regulates the breakdown of a cohabiting couple's relationship.Domestic AbuseStudents examine how the Domestic Violence Act 2018 regulates domestic abuse.Parents & Children: Guardianship, Custody & AccessStudents discover how family law regulates the parent and child relationship. Students examine the concepts of guardianship, custody and access. Students consider the court's approach to parental disputes involving guardianship, custody and access.Child Neglect & AbuseStudents consider the constitutional duty of the State to protect children against parental neglect and abuse. Students examine the roles of the Child and Family Agency and the District Court under the Child Care Act 1991 to protect children against parental neglect and abuse.International Child AbductionStudents consider how EU law and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction tackle the problem of parents who take their child to another State or retain their child in another State.Legal Regulation of Assisted Human ReproductionStudents consider the proposed legal regime contained in the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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