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QL1002: FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVATE LAW (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:00


Course Overview

The course provides firstly a map of private law as drawn from the Roman-law-derived 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 in the Roman-law-derived civilian tradition and how they operate together as a system to solve every day legal problems.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Thomas Green

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

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

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

An introduction to the substance, system and method of Private Law - working from the common core of institutions of the countries which follow the Roman-law-derived 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.


Contact Teaching Time

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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

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Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Online, open book exam questions

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Online, open book exam questions to be answered and submitted in 48 hours.

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberCommunicate information (including discussing technical and complex legal materials), ideas, advice and choices in an effective manner appropriate to the context, individually or with others
ProceduralRememberObligations: Involuntary obligations: rules of liability for fault or culpa at common law.
FactualApplyApply knowledge and analysis in a legal context.
FactualApplyTo 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.
ProceduralCreateGeneral Transferable Skills: Presenting arguments for and against propositions.
ProceduralUnderstandProperty: Real rights: ownership (including joint or common ownership), lease, liferent, servitudes and burdens, rights in security.
ProceduralApplyDemonstrate an ability to organise and prioritise effectively the expenditure of time and effort in the performance of all aspects of student work.
FactualAnalyseGeneral Transferable Skills: Identifying the legal problem from information provided.
ConceptualEvaluateThink critically and make critical judgments on the relative and absolute merits of particular arguments and solutions.
ReflectionEvaluateReflect on own learning and seek to make use of feedback.
ProceduralEvaluateObligations: Obligations arising from unjustified enrichment.
ProceduralAnalyseProperty: The classification of property – heritable and moveable, corporeal and incorporeal.
ProceduralUnderstandCore concepts: Sources of law, including statutory interpretation and the doctrine of precedent; relevance of law in context.
ProceduralUnderstandObligations: Breach of voluntary obligations: remedies and title to sue.
FactualApplyGeneral Transferable Skills: Application of the law and problem solving in a legal context.
FactualApplyGeneral Transferable Skills: Bringing together and integrating information and materials from a variety of different sources.
ProceduralUnderstandProperty: Original and derivative modes of acquisition of ownership of different types of property.
ProceduralApplyGeneral Transferable Skills: Managing volume of legal sources and selecting key materials to construct written or oral answers to a problem.
FactualApplyObligations: Voluntary obligations: contract formation and formalities, contractual terms and defective and illegal contracts.
ProceduralApplyObligations: Involuntary obligations: delicts involving wrongful interference with property, wealth (pure economic loss), reputation and bodily integrity.
ProceduralApplyCommunicate 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.
ProceduralApplyGeneral Transferable Skills: Addressing problems by reference to relevant material.

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