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QL1502: DELICT AND UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

This course introduces students to two of the key branches of the Scots law of obligations, namely Delict (which governs legal liability for situations such as the negligent infliction of harm upon others, or liability for breach of privacy) and Unjustified Enrichment (which is concerned with questions such as, if I pay you money in error, am I entitled to demand that you return it?).  The course will be taught primarily by means of lectures and tutorials. 

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Euan West

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

  • Master Of Arts In Business Management-Legal Studies (Qatar)
  • Programme Level 1
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

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 provides students with a knowledge and understanding of the key features of the law of unjustified enrichment and delict in Scots law. In particular, it considers the function and structure of the areas of law under discussion. The course will consider such topics as different forms of unjustified enrichment, the key principles of the law of negligence and breach of statutory duty, deliberate wrongs (including defamation and the intentional economic delicts), the law of damages and law of prescription and limitation as pertains to delict.

Associated Costs

DescriptionValue
Students are required to buy the set course textbooks and necessary IT equipment to participate in the course. GBP 0.00

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

Feedback to be provided via MyAberdeen within standard three weeks

Word Count 1000
Learning Outcomes
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Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Available for 48 hours with 2 hours to complete

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Online open-book exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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48-hour online, open book exam

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Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Written

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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The re-sit diet will consist of an exam counting for 100% of the overall course mark. It will not be possible to carry forward a mark from one of the above elements of assessment to the re-sit diet.

Feedback to be provided via MyAberdeen within standard three weeks.

Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandKnowledge and Understanding: The manner in which a wrongdoer may be held liable and the concepts of several, joint and several and vicarious liability.
FactualUnderstandKnowledge/understanding : - Rules of liability for fault or culpa at common law. - Liability for unintentional wrongdoing and the associated concepts of duty of care, causation/remoteness of damage
FactualUnderstandRules of liability for fault or culpa at common law, including: The special problems posed for the law by issues such as pure economic loss, the activities of public bodies and psychiatric injury.
ProceduralUnderstandKnowledge and Understanding: The defences of contributory negligence, ex turpi causa non oritur actio and volenti non fit iniuria, and prescription and limitation as the same pertain to delict.
ConceptualUnderstandThe principles governing the assessment of damages in personal injury cases, including liability to the family of the victim, and how to apply those principles to the facts of a given case.
FactualRememberThe principles governing the assessment of damages in personal injury cases, including liability to the family of the victim, and how to apply those principles to the facts of a given case.
FactualRememberDelicts involving interference with property, reputation and bodily integrity.
ConceptualUnderstandKnowledge and Understanding: Intentional economic delicts.
ConceptualUnderstandKnowledge and Understanding: The function and structure of the law of unjustified enrichment.
FactualAnalyseThe distinction between cases of deliberately conferred enrichment and other cases of enrichment.
FactualUnderstandIndividual causes of action in cases of deliberately conferred enrichment, in particular the condictio indebiti and the condictio causa data causa non secuta, the condictio ob turpem vel iniustam caus
FactualUnderstandKnowledge and Understanding: Remedies and the measure of recovery.
FactualApplyStudents will be able to apply their knowledge to specific legal problems of a complex nature and evaluate various approaches to common legal problems.
ProceduralRememberIdentify and retrieve up-to-date legal information using paper and electronic sources
FactualRememberUse primary and secondary legal sources
ProceduralApplyAct independently in undertaking tasks in areas of law already studied
ProceduralCreateUndertake independent research in areas of law not previously studied starting from standard legal information and read and discuss legal materials written in technical and complex language.
ProceduralAnalyseRead and discuss legal materials written in technical and complex language
FactualEvaluateDistinguish the relevant from the irrelevant
FactualCreateBring together information and materials from a variety of sources
FactualCreateProduce a synthesis of relevant doctrinal and policy issues in relation to a topic
ConceptualEvaluateMake a critical judgement of the merits of particular arguments and achieve a reasoned choice between alternative solutions
ConceptualAnalyseThink at a conceptual level
ReflectionEvaluateReflect on their own learning
ReflectionAnalyseSeek and make use of feedback
ProceduralApplyCommunicate effectively orally and in writing
ProceduralCreatePresent knowledge and a sustained argument in a way that is comprehensible to others and adapt this to suit a range of audiences.

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