Anti-Corruption Law and Practice (M3037)

15 credits, Level 6

Autumn teaching

On this module, you'll explore the developing new discipline of corruption studies. You'll look at this from a criminal justice and human rights perspective with an emphasis on the practical application of legal rules.

You’ll examine:

• the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption as a way for the Council of Europe to fight corruption
• how the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) works
• how GRECO identifies deficiencies in national anti-corruption policies
• how UN human rights bodies, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Human Rights Committee, promote human rights
• the scope of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), particularly on the prevention and criminalisation of corruption. This allows you to analyse measures adopted by state parties and reflect on the effectiveness of the UNCAC.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 130 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Law (Graduate Entry) LLB
• Law LLB
• Law with American Studies (with a study abroad year) LLB
• Law with Business and Management LLB
• Law with Criminology LLB
• Law with International Relations LLB
• Law with Politics LLB
• Law with Psychology LLB
• Law with a Language LLB