Undergraduate Course: The Age of Mercantilism: the Dutch Republic and the Law, 1648-1795 (LAWS10170)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | Economic and Social History |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main sources of Roman-Dutch law and to assess the contribution which Dutch legal scholarship made to the development of law in Western Europe and elsewhere. The course will also survey some of the most important doctrinal advances made by Roman-Dutch jurists and will contextualise Dutch legal scholarship within the broader legal-philosophical trends in European legal scholarship of the period. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. 1. Knowledge and Sources of Law:
Demonstrate and/or work with:
- Knowledge that covers and integrates most of the principal areas, features, boundaries, terminology and conventions of a subject discipline.
- A critical understanding of the principal theories, concepts and principles.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding in one or more specialisms some of which is informed by or at the forefront of a subject/discipline.
- Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the subject/discipline is developed, including a range of established techniques of enquiry or research methodologies.
2. Subject-specific Skills:
To obtain a working knowledge of the primary and secondary sources of Roman-Dutch law and how to use these;
To form an appreciation of the Legal, Philosophical and Intellectual currents which influenced the development of Dutch law during this period and the effect which these developments had on other legal systems, including Scotland.
3. General Transferable Intellectual Skills:
Critically identify, define, conceptualise, and analyse complex/professional level problems and issues.
Offer professional level insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
Critically review and consolidate knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a subject/discipline.
Demonstrate some originality and creativity in dealing with professional level issues.
Make judgements where data/information is limited or comes from a range of sources.
4. Key Personal Skills:
Knowledge and understanding as well as the practice of it, transferable cognitive skills, communication and ICT skills, autonomy, accountability and the ability to work with others.
5. Subject-specific Legal and Ethical Values:
An appreciation of the value of history in recreating the past and influencing the present. |
Assessment Information
| The course will be assessed by 2 essays, one due in the middle of the course (30%), the other at the end of the course (70 %). Essay 1 will be 2.500 words maximum, essay 2 will be 3.500 words maximum. Both are summative. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The following topics will be covered:
1. The legacy of the Eighty-years war
2. The revolt of the Netherlands
3. The political and constitutional structure of the Dutch Republic
4. Natural law in Europe
5. Roman Dutch law (with specific emphasis on Property and Obligations)
6. RDL ¿ Persons
7. RDL ¿ Property
8. RDL ¿ Contract
9. RDL - Delict
10. Scotland and the Dutch Republic |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
1 x 2 hour seminar per week |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Guido Rossi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2052
Email: Guido.Rossi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk |
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