Postgraduate Course: Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research (LAWS11104)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course is designed to give students an overview of the full range of types of and approaches to legal research, and to introduce them to thinking about the nature of legal research as intellectual endeavour. The material covered by the course ranges from traditional doctrinal research, through law in context work, to socio-legal and empirical legal studies, and theoretical and philosophical research on legal phenomena. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students will:
- have an understanding of the range of types of and approaches to legal research undertaken by legal scholars;
- developed intellectual tools to help them understand where the research which they undertake fits within these typologies;
- developed skills of reading and critical analysis enabling them to evaluate the work of others;
- developed written and oral skills, including the clear and succint expression of ideas
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Theory, Philosophy, Legal Research |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Claudio Michelon
Tel:
Email: c.michelon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk |
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