Undergraduate Course: Jurisprudence (LAWS08085)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Law |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Law |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course studies law as an institutional normative order within a philosophical and sociological context. Firstly it asks how law to be seen as a system. What does it mean to say that the law is normative and does that presuppose a particular standard of behaviour? Secondly it looks at concepts within the law such as property, contract, responsibility and analyses them within a philosophical and sociological context
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Due to a university holiday on Monday 21st September 2009, the first lecture will be on Thursday 24th September. Change of Venue on Monday 28th Sept - lecture will be in Appleton Tower, LT2 11am for this lecture only. Normal venue resumes after that. |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Due to a university holiday on Monday 21st September 2009, the first lecture will be on Thursday 24th September. Change of Venue on Monday 28th Sept - lecture will be in Appleton Tower, LT2 11am for this lecture only. Normal venue resumes after that. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to enable students (most of you from the Faculty of Law, but some from other faculties, and some from other Universities, whether in Europe or elsewhere) to form a wider understanding, each from your own point of view, of the nature and working of the law as a central feature of human societies. It is an important objective of the course that you should develop your own opinions about the subjects discussed; agreement with the opinions of those teaching the course is neither expected nor desired, far less required for the passing of examinations. On the other hand, opinions are expected to be well-informed ones, and therefore adequate knowledge of the theories and positions discussed in the course is a prerequisite of success.
1 To think critically about the law
2 To develop skills in working independently through the ability critically to read texts and gathering and analysing evidence to support arguments
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Assessment Information
100% Examination April diet
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
One written assignment (100%), 2,500 words |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Neil Walker
Tel:
Email: neil.walker@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
Email: Heather.Haig@ed.ac.uk |
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