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LS2537: TORT IN A COMPARATIVE CONTEXT (2023-2024)

Last modified: 08 Nov 2023 15:46


Course Overview

The aim of this course, open to students who have already studied the Scots law of delict (and compulsory for those on the ‘Law with English Law’ programme), is to extend their knowledge of the law governing civil liability. More particularly, it aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the conceptual structure of the English law of torts in comparison with the corresponding branch of Scots law, and deals in detail with a few specific areas of tort liability, such as trespass, occupiers’ liability and nuisance.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 7.5 credits (3.75 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Jonathan Ainslie

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course builds upon the introduction to the key concepts regarding legal wrongs and the remedies therefore provided in Foundations of Private Law and Delict and Unjustified Enrichment. Students will learn the conceptual framework of the English law of tort and the Scots law of delict, and the differences between the two and the consequences which those differences have for the resolution of real-life legal problems as well as learning the essential elements of selected torts and delicts. The wrongs taught may include: property-related torts such as conversion, the economic torts/delicts, the law of libel and slander/defamation and verbal injury and the law of breach of confidence and privacy. The law of negligence, having been extensively covered in Delict and Unjustified Enrichment, will generally feature less prominently in this course than in Delict and Unjustified Enrichment, but areas where particular differences either exist or have been perceived to exist (e.g. as between the Scots rules on prescription and the English rules on limitation and as concerns the concept of non-feasance) will be considered. Human Rights, freedoms and protection shall be considered where relevant (e.g. in the context of the law of breach of confidence).


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Feedback

1,500-words with 10% leeway

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Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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Feedback

On-Campus Exam.

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed element in same format.

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Course Learning Outcomes

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