Psychology in Law (M3202)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

This module brings law and psychology together, examining how psychological factors shape and influence legal processes.

You'll discover how biases, perceptions, emotions, and social influences affect legal actors such as judges, juries, lawyers, and witnesses.

You'll look at case studies to illustrate how cognitive limitations, decision-making patterns, and behavioural tendencies can impact legal judgments and outcomes.

By grounding psychological ideas in concrete legal contexts, you'll develop an appreciation of the human element in law and its implications for justice and fairness.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 24 hours of contact time and about 126 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 with Psychology LLB