Postgraduate Course: The Anatomy of Private Law (LAWS11222)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
Home subject area |
Law |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None |
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Course description |
The course helps the student to understand private law as a rational
tradition. In doing so, it tries to make sense from a conceptual point of view of aspects of our legal experience, an experience that takes the shape of a slow and imperceptible build-up of interrelated rules of law over time. A study of the process whereby these rules were created and expanded provides a fascinating glimpse of the legal past of Europe and permits scholars of private law to predict possible future developments. This course is concerned with the development of legal doctrine in European private law, both from the point of view of understanding how we got where we currently stand and from the point of view of the underlying justification(s) for this evolution and for the status quo. The main areas of investigation will be the law of property and of obligations where specific concepts such as ownership, possession, contract and delict will be discussed from a doctrinal perspective and will be related to conceptions of justice.
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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 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
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Weeks |
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
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No Classes have been defined for this Course |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes:
The course will help students develop:
(a) the ability to think about private law and its institutions on a more abstract level in such a way as to help both legal interpretation of positive law and the criticism of positive law
(b) conceptual tools that might help to bridge gaps in the private law of different legal systems and traditions and an appreciation of the comparative approach to legal-historical study;
(c) a deeper understanding of the ethical implications and commitments of spending a professional life helping to enforce private law and its main institutions.
(d) a critical knowledge and understanding of the history of private
law through study of specific topics. |
Assessment Information
One essay (100%) |
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Dr Claudio Michelon
Tel:
Email: c.michelon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lene Mccool
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: lene.mccool@ed.ac.uk |
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