Undergraduate Course: Business Law (LAWS08058)

Course Outline
School	School of Law	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Sources and institutions of Scots Law; an outline of the Law of Delict, property, succession and diligence; the general law of contract; securities; sale and consumer credit transactions; agency; bills of exchange and cheques; bankruptcy; industrial property; insurance; restrictive practices; partnership; companies.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Business Entities (LAWS08134) OR Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127)	Other requirements	Non LLB students only

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students must not be studying law in their home jurisdiction.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 149 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Exam in December diet Visiting Student Variant: Assessment of 1 x 2,500-word essay due in December
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			3:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Exam in December diet Visiting Student Variant: Assessment of 1 x 2,500-word essay due in December
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
As in Course Guide

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	Business Law

Contacts
Course organiser	Miss Lorna Richardson Tel: (0131 6)51 5563 Email: Lorna.Richardson@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Krystal Hanley Tel: (0131 6)50 2056 Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk