This module provides an opportunity for students to explore issues arising in counter terrorism and media law. It is concerned not only with substantive matters in these areas but with the relationship between the two areas, where issues such as transparency, open justice, accountability, freedom of speech, and access to information arise in counter-terrorism contexts.
Pre-requisite modules
- None
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
The aim of this module is module to develop knowledge and understanding of counter terrorism law and media law, with a particular focus on the ways that contemporary challenges arise and are addressed by the institutions of the state, by the media, by lawyers, and by groups and individuals acting in the public interest. It is concerned not only with substantive matters in these areas but with the relationship between the two areas, where issues such as transparency, open justice, accountability, freedom of speech, and access to information arise in counter-terrorism contexts. In exploring these concerns students will be required to address the practicalities that arise in meeting contemporary challenges and the ways that different, looking at how issues or goals might be prioritised and how decisions might best be made. The module aims to develop skills that can be applied in wider contexts; in particular, we will consider skills of research, reflection, analysis, argument and critique, building students' ability to articulate, support and defend positions that draw on and deploy appropriate evidence.
By the end of the module, you should be able to demonstrate
The module content will cover matters such as the following:
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
None
For the written submission students may do an essay or a law reform submission or a legal advice.
Full details will be provided on the VLE.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
The module is taught primarily through two-hour workshops. Workshops serve as a forum for you to develop and exchange your ideas in discussion, learn from each other and explore issues in preparation for assessment. In workshops there will be regular feedback from the tutor as well as exercises in peer-feedback. There will be written feedback on assessment task submitted in week 5 and on the essay (within four weeks as per the university policy). Students will also be given the opportunity to submit a proposal for an essay topic before or during week 6; oral and/or written feedback will be provided within ten days.
There is not a core text for this module, but some useful texts are set out below. Journal articles will be available via the module reading list on the Yorkshare VLE and you will receive additional instructions about essential reading for workshops.
Mark Hanna and Mike Dodd, McNae's Essential Law for Journalists, 25th ed (Oxford University Press 2020)
Genevieve Lennon and Clive Walker (eds) Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism (Routledge 2015).
Christiane Rabenstein and Marnie Ratcliffe, Blackstone's Counter Terrorism Handbook, 4th ed (Oxford University Press 2019)
Kent Roach, The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism (Cambridge University Press 2011).
Clive Walker, Blackstone’s Guide to the Anti-Terrorism Legislation (2nd edn, Oxford University Press 2009).
The web site of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation: https://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/