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Postgraduate Course: The Anatomy of Public Law (LAWS11214)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting 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 sets out to understand the historical and philosophical foundations of the domain of public law. Historically, the course examines how the origins of the modern understanding of public law are bound up with the growth of the modern state, the development of a conception of 'constitutive' or constitutional law, and the emergence of a distinction between private and public domains of life and regulation. Philosophically, the course asks whether there are certain key conceptual and doctrinal elements that are definitive of and distinctive to public law (e.g. sovereignty, rights, judicial review, discretionary power) In a third and final section, the course looks at whether and how the idea of public law is affected by the development of many new forms of public authority which are no longer state-centred but are instead situated in trans-state, supra-state or sub-state domains.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  25
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course intends to provide a deep understanding of the historical and philosophical understandings of the modern branch of law known as 'public law'.

It also intends to familiarize students with contemporary debates about the current and future development of public law.


Students will be encouraged to develop their research skills in historical, philosophical and comparative dimension of legal inquiry.
Assessment Information
One essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Cormac Mac Amhlaigh
Tel:
Email: cormac.mac.amhlaigh@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk
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