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This course will introduce students to the main points of Scottish legal history from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In weeks one to eight, lectures and tutorials will provide a general overview as well as more detailed coverage on particular topics e.g. the legal literature and notable jurists, the development of the courts and procedure, and periods of flux and reform of the law. Workshops held in weeks nine and ten allow students to work on a (non-counting) group project charting the history of a legal rule.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will introduce students to the main points of Scottish legal history from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries (eg. the legal literature and notable jurists, the development of the courts and procedure, periods of flux and reform). It will also introduce them to the method of doctrinal legal history.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination.
In or around week three, students will be required to complete an online multiple-choice quiz, for which they will receive feedback instantly through myAberdeen. In or around week ten, students will be required to submit one non-counting answer of around 500 words to a question examined in the workshops. A model answer to the question will be provided and the students' work returned with written comments thereon. A feedback lecture will be held after the exam results are returned.
Feedback will also be provided on an ongoing basis in tutorials in the form of tutors' responses to students' contributions in class.
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