Regulation, Governance and Policing (VS1) (U03594)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LAW-3-LAW

This course takes a socio-legal perspective to the study of policing, governance, and regulation. It looks at the different institutions that regulate behaviour, particularly the police. It also looks at how regulatory agencies (like the police) are themselves regulated, e.g. made to be accountable. We will explore regulatory processes in several areas, including the police and the development of the nation state, sex offenders, food, and art.

? Keywords : Policing, regulation, governance

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03297

? Co-requisites : None

? Prohibited combinations : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will:
--Be able to identify and describe the institutional and legal structures governing the operations of the police and other key agencies and markets.
--Possess the theoretical tools for critically analysing these structures and processes
--Understand the historical, social, and political context of selected regulatory agencies
--Have had practice critically engaging with the issues in oral and written forms, and in individual and small group settings.

Assessment Information

Assessed 10 page essay (100%). Format of pages must be as follows:
Paper: A4 size, portrait form
Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
Margins: All 1 inch (2.54 cm)
Line spacing: 1.5
Footnotes/endnotes font size: 10
Page numbering: All pages should be numbered in the following style: "Page x of y" where x represents the page number and y the total number of pages. Such numbering should appear either at the very top or very bottom of each page.