Postgraduate Course: The Canon Law of Marriage in Scotland: 1500 - 2006 (LAWS11290)
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 | History |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will offer an overview of the history of the Canon law of marriage in Scotland from the later middle ages to the present day. The central themes of the course will be the relationship between theology and law in medieval Canon law, the idea of the spiritual jurisdiction, the reception of Canon law into Scots law during the Reformation era, the gradual decline of Canon law principles in Scottish consistorial and family law from the nineteenth century onwards. The history of the courts by which family law was enforced in Scotland will be studied (i.e. pre-Reformation Officials' courts, post-Reformation commissary courts, the role of sheriff courts and the Court of Session from the nineteenth-century onwards). Other themes will include the centrality of the institution of marriage in Scottish society generally, and in peerage and feudal law specifically, and the effect of religious change on marriage law (i.e. setting law reform within the context of Scotland's transition from Catholic to Protestant to secular nation). |
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? | No |
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 |
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. Knowledge and understanding:
Demonstrate and/or work with:
&· Knowledge that covers and integrates most, if not all, of the main areas of a subject discipline $ú including their features, boundaries, terminology and conventions.
&· A critical understanding of the principal theories, principles and concepts.
&· A critical understanding of a range of specialised theories, principles and concepts.
&· Extensive, detailed and critical knowledge and understanding in one or more specialisms, much of which is at, or informed by, developments at the forefront.
&· A critical awareness of current issues in a subject/discipline and one or more specialisms.
2. Practice: applied knowledge and understanding:
Use a significant range of the principal skills, techniques, practices and/or materials which are associated with a subject/discipline.
Use a range of specialised skills, techniques, practices and/or materials which are at the forefront of, or informed by, forefront developments.
Apply a range of standard and specialised research or equivalent instruments and techniques of enquiry.
Plan and execute a significant project of research, investigation or development.
Demonstrate originality or creativity in the application of knowledge, understanding and/ or practices.
Practise in a wide and often unpredictable variety of professional level contexts.
3. Generic cognitive skills:
Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues which are at the forefront of, or informed by, developments at the forefront of a subject/discipline.
Identify, conceptualise and define new and abstract problems and issues.
Develop original and creative responses to problems and issues.
Critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills practices and thinking in a subject/discipline.
Deal with complex issues and make informed judgements in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data/information.
4. Communication, ICT and numeracy skills:
Use a range of advanced and specialised skills as appropriate to a subject/discipline,for example:
&· Communicate, using appropriate methods, to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge/expertise.
&· Communicate with peers, more senior colleagues and specialists.
&· Use a wide range of software to support and enhance work at this level and specify new software or refinements/improvements to existing software to increase effectiveness.
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Assessment Information
| 100% Essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
This course is designed to be an elective within the Ll.M (R) in History and Philosophy of Law. It is also available to students of Divinity and History at a PG level. |
| Syllabus |
11 Seminars (2 hrs each) covering a selection of the following topics:
Medieval Canon law and church courts in Scotland; the relationship between theology and the Canon law of marriage; the impact of the Scottish Reformation upon the administration of consistorial law and upon the law itself; the Commissary Courts and the courts of the Protestant Kirk; sources for the reconstruction of post-Reformation marriage law; the commissary courts and Scottish consitutional theory down to the Glorious Revolution; the nineteenth-century abolition of the Commissary courts; the history of the Canon law in Scotland during the twentith (and early twenty-first) century. |
| Transferable skills |
Engagement with primary sources, including unpublished material. Evaluation of secondary sources. |
| Reading list |
As per coursebook to be determined later. |
| Study Abroad |
N/A. |
| Study Pattern |
N/A |
| Keywords | Canon law Scots consistorial law Family law Medieval Papacy Church courts Commissary courts Scottish |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr P Du Plessis
Tel: (0131 6)50 9701
Email: P.Duplessis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk |
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