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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: Law (LLB Hons) (UTLLBLAWHO1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Please note all compulsory courses are required for the award of LLB Honours on this programme. In addition, all compulsory courses are required for progression towards legal practice in Scotland.

    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08127 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment As available 10
    LAWS08126 Family Law (Ordinary) As available 10
    LAWS08125 European Union Law (Ordinary) A As available 10
    LAWS08123 Public Law of the UK and Scotland As available 20
    LAWS08139 Critical Legal Thinking As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:If you wish to study a law course 'Introduction to Criminology', 'Introduction to Criminal Justice', 'Civil Law Ordinary', 'International Law (semester one)' and 'Employment Law' will be available.
     


    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: All compulsory courses with the exception of Jurisprudence LAWS08129 are required for progression towards legal practice in Scotland. However, Jurisprudence LAWS08129 is required for the award of the LLB on this programme.

    Students not wishing to progress towards legal practice may substitute other law courses at level 8 for some or all of those courses not required for the award of LLB on this programme (Business Entities, Commercial Law Ordinary, Succession and Trusts Ordinary).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 9 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08129 Jurisprudence As available 10
    LAWS08133 Property Law (Ordinary) As available 20
    LAWS08132 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10
    LAWS08134 Business Entities As available 10
    LAWS08131 Commercial Law (Ordinary) As available 20
    LAWS08130 Succession and Trust Law As available 10
    LAWS08135 Delict As available 10
    LAWS08142 Criminal Law (Ordinary) As available 10
    LAWS08141 Evidence (Ordinary) As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:If you wish to study a law course 'International Private Law' and 'Revenue Law' will be available
     


    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students may carry no more than one 40 credit or one 20 credit course or two 10 credit courses into year three.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS10157 Advanced Legal Methods As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10189    Current Issues in EU Law   20  
    LAWS10186    Lords and Vassals in Medieval Scotland   20  
    LAWS10184    Negligence Law (Honours)   20  
    LAWS10183    Personality Rights: Scots Law in a European Context   20  
    LAWS10185    Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Scotland   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10188    Foundations of Modern Sovereignty   20  

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS10097 Dissertation in Law As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10189    Current Issues in EU Law   20  
    LAWS10186    Lords and Vassals in Medieval Scotland   20  
    LAWS10184    Negligence Law (Honours)   20  
    LAWS10183    Personality Rights: Scots Law in a European Context   20  
    LAWS10185    Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Scotland   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10188    Foundations of Modern Sovereignty   20  

     


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