Amendments to Module Materials
In this section you will find information relating to this module: this consists of amendments to your module materials. It will be updated regularly - please refer to this section on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of important developments.
Please note carefully that you can be assessed on information found in the "Amendments to Module Materials" section in both eTMAs and examinations.
1. Manual 2 Units 11-13 Activity 86 p 213
Please note the final sentence of Point 3 in the COMMENT box on this page should read as follows:
“Some consider that proportionality may ultimately replace irrationality in non-European areas of law.”
2. W201 Manual 2 Unit 14
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3. Manual 2 Units 11-13 Section E p 179
Please note that the full citation for the case listed as “Bradbury 1987” on this flowchart should read “Bradbury v Enfield LBC [1967] 1 WLR 1311”.
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1. Manual 3 Unit 21 Page 222 Activity 115
Students should read the whole of Sir Igor Judge’s judgment rather than just paragraphs 5-10 inclusive and 29.
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March 2012
1. W201 Manual 2 Unit 7 Activity 4
The introduction to this Activity states that the Human Rights Act incorporated, amongst others, Articles 1 and 2 of the Sixth Protocol (relating to the abolition of the death penalty). This is incorrect as these Articles were not incorporated; the correct Article relating to the abolition of the death penalty which was incorporated is in fact Article 1 of the Thirteenth Protocol.
Accordingly, in the comment on p.17 the reference to Protocol 6, Articles 1 and 2 should be deleted and replaced by:
Protocol 13
1 Abolition of death penalty.
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2. Manual 1 Units 3 & 4, Page 139, Paragraph 1.1
Although the third bullet point correctly refers to the European Council, the first and second bullet points should refer instead to the Council of the European Union.
As you may be aware from your previous study of EU law, the Council of the European Union and the European Council are (despite their similar names) separate bodies. Essentially, the Council of the European Union consists of a representative from each EU Member State at ministerial level and has a rotating presidency held by each Member State for a period of six months. Specific membership of this body varies according to the subject-matter of its meetings: if, for example, the subject-matter is agriculture, the representatives will be the agriculture ministers of the Member States. The European Council consists principally of the Heads of States or Government of the Member States and typically meets around four times per year. Its meetings are chaired by the President of the European Council.
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February 2012
1. Manual 1 Unit 5 Section B Activity 68 p 175
Please note there is an error in the COMMENT section on p175, the first sentence should read as follows:
“The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 provides some degree of separation of personnel between Parliament and the executive…..”
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2. Manual 2 page xi Table of cases and Manual 2 Unit 14 page 275
Please make the following amendment:
“R (on the application of Jackson) v. Attorney-General [2005] UKHL 20, [2005] 4 All ER 1253”
should read
R (on the application of Jackson) v. Attorney-General [2005] UKHL 56, [2005] 4 All ER 1253
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3. W201 Manual 1 Unit 1 Activity 20 p 37
Please note that since this Manual was updated the JUSTICE website has undergone changes and there is now no obvious reference/link to the 50th anniversary section. However, for the purposes of this course, sufficient detail on the draft manifesto appears in the COMMENT section on p38.
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4. W201 Manual 1 Unit 2 Activity 27 COMMENT section p 59
An entry has been omitted in the COMMENT section to this Activity, please insert the following text:
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
“This Act is one of the major pieces of legislation dealing with the powers of the police and is particularly relevant therefore to civil liberties. It provides the police with extensive powers of arrest, search and detention, but also contains important procedural safeguards designed to ensure the proper exercise of such powers.
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5. Manual 1 Units 3 and 4 Activity 58 p134
Please note that the page reference to Allen and Thompson in the second to last line of the COMMENT box to Activity 58 on p 134 should read
“p. 194” and not p. 209
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6. Manual 1 pages 1 and 2
Page 1
On the first page of your manual, in the introduction, the last sentence of the paragraph entitled Module aims and learning outcomes should be deleted.
Page 2
Please note that provocation is now known as “loss of control” (see 3rd bullet point).
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7. Manual 1 Unit 2, page 92
In the last line of the COMMENT under Statement (a) Principle, please note that T.R.S. Allan’s argument is in Unit 1, Part C
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8. Manual 1 Unit 5, page 162
The first sentence of the fifth paragraph under 1.1 Duration and functions of Parliament should read as follows:
Each Parliament is divided into ‘sessions’, which usually run from November of one year to November of the next.
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9. Manual 1 Unit 6, page 227
In Activity 93, please note that the Glossary is in Appendix 2 (and not in Appendix 1).
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