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Postgraduate Course: Comparative and International Trust law (LAWS11243)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course examines the essential nature of the trust, and also addresses specific issues in trust law, especially topical issues. It is not limited to any particular system of trust law, but is international and comparative in its approach. The mainstream trust jurisdictions are considered, including England. The 'offshore' trust systems are also looked at, as well as trusts and trust-like arrangements in traditionally 'civil law' systems.

This course does not require any previous knowledge of trust law. But it does presuppose a basic knowledge of the law of obligations, of property law, of insolvency law and of international private law.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  25
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% essay
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the advanced study of the law of trusts, and to encourage them to analyse national solutions to the problems of trust law in comparative perspective. Students will be encouraged in seminars to discuss problem areas and to suggest and evaluate the theories by which they may be resolved. They will not only develop oral skills in class discussion but they will also be assisted in refining legal writing skills, in the form of essay-based assessments.

By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate (1) a critical knowledge and understanding of the law of trusts; (2) an appreciation of the comparative approach to legal study; (3) an ability to comment critically and engage in debate on the issues examined; (4) problem-solving skills in formulating solutions to the problems considered.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf George Gretton
Tel: (0131 6)50 2003
Email: G.Gretton@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
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