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Postgraduate Course: The Anatomy of Private Law (LAWS11222)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  25
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar18-29 14:00 - 15:50
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
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%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserDr P Du Plessis
Tel: (0131 6)50 9701
Email: P.Duplessis@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk
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