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Postgraduate Course: The Law relating to Debt and Insolvency (LAWS11133)

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 descriptionAn examination of selected issues regarding the enforcement of debts including rights in security and security like devices, debt enforcement through diligence and execution of judgments, and personal and corporate insolvency processes and issue arising therein. The course will primarily focus on law within the United Kingdom and will take an advanced look at a variety of topics. Theoretical and comparative law material from a variety of systems and traditions will be used to examine the subjects studied.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have:
(a) a general understanding of the areas of debt, rights in security and security like devices, and insolvency processes discussed in the course;
(b) a detailed and specific knowledge of some particular areas of law within this broader framework;
(c) developed skills of reading and critical analysis of primary and secondary literature enabling them to evaluate the work of others;
(d) developed written and oral skills, including the clear and succinct expression of ideas.
Assessment Information
One Essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordslaw, commercial law, debt, insolvency, rights in security, trusts, bankruptcy
Contacts
Course organiserMr Scott Wortley
Tel: (0131 6)51 4307
Email: scott.wortley@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Amanda Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)50 6325
Email: amanda.mackenzie@ed.ac.uk
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