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LX402X: DELICT (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:00


Course Overview

This course builds upon the introduction to Delict provided in LS2025 and LS1536 examines a number of aspects of the law of delict in greater detail.  Topics will be discussed in a comparative, historical and/or theoretical context.  The specific topics covered will vary on a year-by-year basis as the course aims to examine issues of topical interest.  Some of the topics covered in previous years include: causation; product liability; liability for breach of privacy; liability for pure economic loss; psychiatric injury; advocates' immunity and the liability of the police for negligently-conducted investigations.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor John Ford

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

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Legal Studies (Ma Honours) (LX)

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?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

Course Aims: The course aims to develop the students' existing knowledge of the law of delict by providing students with an opportunity to develop a deeper knowledge of selected areas of the law of delict. The course further aims to permit students to develop their critical and analytical skills by assessing the extent to which the law serves legitimate policy aims and is readily-determinable, coherent and just. Content: The course will explore and critically evaluate selected areas of the Scots law of delict. The particular topics selected will vary from time to time depending on factors such as current developments in the law and the research interests of staff involved, but are likely to include some or all of the following:

  • The law of causation;
  • The continued role of immunities for privileged classes of defenders in the law of negligence;
  • The principles governing the delictual liability of public authorities such as the police;
  • The principles governing liability for defective products;
  • The principles governing delictual liability for negligently-inflicted pure economic loss and/or psychiatric injury;
  • The law of defamation and verbal injury;
  • 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 33
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2,500-words.

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Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 33
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2,500-words.

Word Count 2500
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 34
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2,500-words.

Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resit Failed Elements in same format if due to extenuating circumstances

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralApplyStudents will be able to act independently in undertaking tasks in areas of law already studied
ProceduralApplyStudents will acquire or develop transferable skills, e.g. time management and inter-personal skills.
ProceduralUnderstandStudents will be able to use primary and secondary legal sources
ConceptualUnderstandStudents will be able to read and discuss legal materials written in technical and complex language.
ReflectionAnalyseStudents will be able to evaluate various approaches to problems in the areas studied.
ConceptualUnderstandStudents will acquire knowledge and understanding of a number of issues in the law of delict
ProceduralApplyStudents will be able to undertake independent research in areas of law not previously studied starting from standard legal information.
ProceduralUnderstandStudents will be able to identify and retrieve up-to-date legal information using paper and electronic sources
ConceptualApplyStudents will be able to apply their knowledge to specific legal questions of a complex nature
ConceptualAnalyseStudents will be able to identify accurately issues which require researching.

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