Postgraduate Course: Law and the Enlightenment (LAWS11119)
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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines legal theorising in the Scottish Enlightenment. In particular, through a reading of source material students will consider debates over Natural Law (reason, will or moral sense), over justice and utility, and over governement, society and history. Eighteenth-century debates over liberty, property, wealth and virtue will be assessed. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Equivalent to Above |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate (1) a critical knowledge and understanding of the main debates in Enlightenment legal theory; (2) a knowledge of the views of selected thinkers; (3) the place of Scottish thinkers in the Enlightenment; (4) an ability to comment and engage in debate on the issues examined. |
Assessment Information
| 100% essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | Scottish Enlightenment, History, Virtue, Wealth, Liberty, Justice, Equity, Revolution, Adam Smith, D |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Cairns
Tel: (0131 6)50 2065
Email: John.Cairns@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk |
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