Undergraduate Course: Trade, Commerce and Society in the Roman Empire (LAWS10174)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course offers an introduction to the legal framework of national and international trade and commerce in the Roman Empire of the first three centuries CE. Using primary and secondary sources in translation, it will explore the main features of Roman ¿commercial law¿ within its historical, institutional and societal contexts. The course will focus primarily on the evolution of legal structures (agency, transport, the collection of taxes) with a view to assessing the ways in which the law facilitated the growth of the Roman economy. |
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: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| 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 Sources of Law
Demonstrate and/or work with:
- Knowledge that covers and integrates most of the principal areas, features, boundaries, terminology and conventions of a subject discipline.
- A critical understanding of the principal theories, concepts and principles.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding in one or more specialisms some of which is informed by or at the forefront of a subject/discipline.
- Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the subject/discipline is developed, including a range of established techniques of enquiry or research methodologies.
2. Subject-specific Skills
- Synthesis of complex information and ability to subject to informed critique
- Offer professional level insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
- Critically review and consolidate knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a subject/discipline.
- Interdisciplinary understandings of complex problems
3. General Transferable Intellectual Skills
- Demonstrate some originality and creativity in dealing with professional level issues.
- Synthesis of complex information and ability to subject to informed critique
- Make judgments where data/information is limited or comes from a range of sources.
4. Key Personal Skills
Knowledge and understanding as well as the practice of it, transferable cognitive skills, communication and ICT skills, autonomy, accountability and the ability to work with others.
5. Subject-specific Legal and Ethical Values
- Appreciation of the value of history in recreating the past and influencing the present.
- Autonomy
- Critical self-reflection
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Assessment Information
| The course will be assessed by 2 essays, one due in the middle of the course (30%), the other at the end of the course (70 %). Essay 1 will be 2,500 words maximum, essay 2 will be 3,500 words maximum. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The course will focus on the development of the main features of Roman ¿commercial law¿. It will analyze Roman approaches to topics such as:
- Transport;
- Import and export duties;
- Taxes (regional and international);
- Agency;
This will be done against the backdrop of discussions surrounding the ancient economy and its main features.
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
One 2 hour seminar per week |
| Keywords | Trade Commerce |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr P Du Plessis
Tel: (0131 6)50 9701
Email: P.Duplessis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk |
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