Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
The course provides firstly a map of private law as drawn from the institutional scheme. It then progresses to an equivalent of the medical student’s study of anatomy in the sense that, concentrating on the law of property and obligations, it examines the main concepts of private law and how they operate together as a system to solve everyday legal problems.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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An introduction to the substance, system and method of Private Law - working from the common core of institutions of the countries which follow the Civil Law tradition, with special attention to the Scottish variant of this tradition. Emphasis is on the Law of Property and Law of Obligations, but some consideration is also given to the other branches of Private Law. Some time is devoted the teaching of the historical foundations of the Civil Law tradition and its reception in Scotland and world-wide.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Feedback to be provided via MyAberdeen within standard three weeks |
Word Count | 800 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Feedback to be provided via MyAberdeen within standard three weeks |
Word Count | 800 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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Online, open book exam questions to be answered and submitted in 48 hours. Feedback to be provided via MyAberdeen within standard three weeks |
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| Procedural | Understand | Obligations: Breach of voluntary obligations: remedies and title to sue. |
| Procedural | Remember | Obligations: Involuntary obligations: rules of liability for fault or culpa at common law. |
| Procedural | Apply | Obligations: Involuntary obligations: delicts involving wrongful interference with property, wealth (pure economic loss), reputation and bodily integrity. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Obligations: Obligations arising from unjustified enrichment. |
| Procedural | Apply | General Transferable Skills: Managing volume of legal sources and selecting key materials to construct written or oral answers to a problem. |
| Factual | Analyse | General Transferable Skills: Identifying the legal problem from information provided. |
| Procedural | Apply | General Transferable Skills: Addressing problems by reference to relevant material. |
| Factual | Apply | General Transferable Skills: Bringing together and integrating information and materials from a variety of different sources. |
| Factual | Apply | General Transferable Skills: Application of the law and problem solving in a legal context. |
| Procedural | Create | General Transferable Skills: Presenting arguments for and against propositions. |
| Factual | Apply | To be aware that arguments require to be supported by evidence, in order to meet legal requirements of proof by showing awareness of the need for evidence to support arguments. |
| Factual | Apply | Apply knowledge and analysis in a legal context. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Think critically and make critical judgments on the relative and absolute merits of particular arguments and solutions. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Reflect on own learning and seek to make use of feedback. |
| Procedural | Apply | Communicate orally and in writing using English language by: creating work in a permanent format that is understandable by the intended audience; using appropriate legal terminology in all matters. |
| Factual | Remember | Communicate information (including discussing technical and complex legal materials), ideas, advice and choices in an effective manner appropriate to the context, individually or with others |
| Procedural | Apply | Demonstrate an ability to organise and prioritise effectively the expenditure of time and effort in the performance of all aspects of student work. |
| Procedural | Understand | Core concepts: Sources of law, including statutory interpretation and the doctrine of precedent; relevance of law in context. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Property: The classification of property – heritable and moveable, corporeal and incorporeal. |
| Procedural | Understand | Property: Real rights: ownership (including joint or common ownership), lease, liferent, servitudes and burdens, rights in security. |
| Procedural | Understand | Property: Original and derivative modes of acquisition of ownership of different types of property. |
| Factual | Apply | Obligations: Voluntary obligations: contract formation and formalities, contractual terms and defective and illegal contracts. |
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