Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:33
This course provides students with a knowledge and understanding of certain key points in Scottish legal history. Seminar topics have been chosen to show students how to evaluate primary material as well as to engage with academic debate. Students will also in some seminars engage with research projects based at Aberdeen.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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Course Aims: This course aims to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of certain key points in Scottish legal history. Main Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding. By the end of the course, students should have acquired: (1) Knowledge of aspects of Scottish legal-historical development and the relevant sources; (2) An awareness of the nature of legal-historical debate and of legal historiography. Subject-Specific Skills and Concepts. By the end of the course students, should have acquired: (1) First-hand experience dealing with legal-historical sources from various periods; (2) The ability to successfully carry out individual research on questions of legal-historical interest, including the ability to locate and evaluate relevant legal-historical source material. Key Skills (Transferable). By the end of this course, students should have inter alia the following generic skills: (1) A developed analytic ability; (2) The ability to communicate clearly complex ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing; (3) The ability to work effectively as a group and as an individual; (4) The ability to extract, analyse and apply information from a variety of sources. Content: This course examines various important issues in Scottish legal history, and offers students the opportunity to engage directly with the research expertise of the teaching staff.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour exam (100%). Resit: None.
Essay (2,000 words for LL.B. students; 2,500 words for M.A. students).
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