Undergraduate Course: The Origins of Modern Commerce (LAWS10181)
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 provides an introduction to the main aspects of commerce during the early modern period. It surveys the main changes in the financial and economic structure of trade and the relevant legal instruments. The course will devote special attention to the development of the Netherlands and of Dutch commerce, so to understand the evolution from medieval to modern trade and the development of British commerce, which in many aspects followed the Dutch. Banking, corporations, insurance, negotiable instruments and public debt will be studied following their historical evolution and within the broader political, economic and institutional context. |
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 1, 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 |
15/09/2014 |
| 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:
Critically identify, define, conceptualise, and analyse complex/professional level problems and issues.
Offer professional level insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
Critically review and consolidate knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a subject/discipline.
3. General Transferable Intellectual Skills:
Demonstrate some originality and creativity in dealing with professional level issues.
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:
An appreciation of the value of history in recreating the past and influencing the present.
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Assessment Information
| 2 essays - one due in the middle of the course (30%)of 2,500 words, the other due at the end of the course (70%) 3,500 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The course will trace the main developments of commerce within the historical, social and economic framework of the early modern period. Specific attention will be devoted to the Netherlands. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
One two hour seminar per week |
| Keywords | The Origins of Mod Commerce |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Guido Rossi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2052
Email: Guido.Rossi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk |
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