Postgraduate Course: The Anatomy of Public Law (LAWS11214)
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 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
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 |
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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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Cormac Mac Amhlaigh
Tel:
Email: cormac.mac.amhlaigh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Aimie Little
Tel: (0131 6)50 2010
Email: aimie.little@ed.ac.uk |
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