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Law and business
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR017
25
555*
LL.B. (Law and
Business)
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
OC3/HD3 Mathematics
GCSE
Grade B Mathematics
See also:
TR004:
Law, page 87
TR018/019: Law and French/German, page 90
TR020:
Law and political science, page 94
TR034:
Management science and information
systems studies (MSISS), page 124
Course overview
This joint degree aims to give students a firm grounding in
the disciplines of law and business and to develop a critical
understanding of both the legal framework of business
activity and the economic and commercial context in which
law operates. Students will have the opportunity to focus
upon the many areas of overlapping interest between the two
disciplines; for example, the structure of companies and other
forms of business organisation, competition law and regulation
of markets, consumer law, labour law, finance and financial
markets, taxation, the protection of intellectual property and
international perspectives on law and business.
Is this the right course for you?
Historically, the disciplines of business and law have been
closely associated in both the public and private sector. In our
global economy, businesses now deal with more complex issues
concerning government regulations and international trade
policies. Conversely, the law has had to grapple with constantly
evolving commercial organisations and business practices. With
the growth in the size of legal practices and the expansion of the
work of the legal profession into areas of mergers, acquisitions
and taxation, the work of legal graduates and business
graduates have blended in many aspects. This course is aimed
at individuals seeking a career defined by the application of
legal principles and management practices. The programme will
provide students with a firm grounding in law along with strong
management skills, enabling students to choose from a wide
range of career opportunities or further study.
Course content
In the Junior Freshman (first) year students take six modules,
each equal to 10 ECTS credits. Students take three mandatory
law modules: The Irish legal system, Law of contract, and
Law of tort. Students take two mandatory business modules:
Introduction to organisation and management, and Introduction
to economic policy. In addition, students can choose between
Mathematics and statistics or a language module (French,
German, Russian, Spanish or Polish).
In the Senior Freshman (second) year students take six
modules. The three mandatory law modules are: Criminal law,
Constitutional law I and Land law. The three mandatory business
modules are the core business discipline modules: Management
1 (Organisational behaviour, Marketing management),
Management 2 (Introduction to accounting, Financial analysis),
and Management 3 (Introduction to finance, Introduction to
operations management).
In the Junior Sophister (third) year students take a combination
of modules, of which 1/3 must be from the Business School
and 1/3 from the Law School. One of the law modules must be
European Union law. The remaining business modules may be
drawn from a list of optional modules as follows:
Human resource management; Operations management;
Financial and management accounting; Marketing management;
Applied finance; Organisational theory and change; Business
and society
The remaining Law modules may be drawn from a list of optional
modules as follows:
Administrative law, Commercial law, Company law, Comparative
law, Conflict of laws (private international law), Constitutional
law II, Corporate governance, Criminology, Environmental law,
Equity, Evidence, Family law, Economic and legal aspects of
competition policy, Employment law, European human rights
law, Intellectual property law, International human rights law,
International practice in law, Jurisprudence, Labour law, Land
law II, Legislation and regulation, Planning law, Private law
remedies, Public interest law, Public international law, Refugee
law, Research dissertation, Sports law, Tax law, Transnational
contract law, Media law, Broad Curriculum (see page 14),
Child law, Contemporary issues in the philosophy of law,
Critical perspectives on law, European Union food law,
International trade law, Private international family law.
In the Senior Sophister (fourth) year students may choose from
a range of module options and may choose to either combine
business and law modules in this year, or alternatively, to
specialise entirely in either law or business modules. Module
options include:
Business:
Strategic management: Theory and practice; International
business; Exploring organisational experiences; Financial
reporting and analysis; Advances in marketing theory and
practices; Managing non-profit organisations; Managing
new product development; Financial markets and the
corporate sector; International finance and risk management;
Entrepreneurship: A commercial and social perspective.
Law:
Administrative law, Advanced European Union law, Commercial
law, Company law, Comparative law, Conflict of laws (private
international law), Constitutional law II, Corporate governance,
Criminology, Environmental law, Equity, Evidence, Family law,