Undergraduate Course: Law, Legitimacy and Globalisation (LAWS10197)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The core components of the course involve analysing changes in law and politics at national, transnational and international levels. In particular it looks at whether the current conceptual tools and models for law and legitimacy based on state sovereignty are adequate in understanding legal practice and legitimacy in globalised world. It will also analyse new models and proposals for reconceptualising law and mechanisms of legitimacy in a globalised world. Subject matter-wise, the course involves a blend of constitutional law, legal theory, international law with some elements of private law, private international law, human rights law and EU law. |
| Course description |
The proposed teaching outline is as follows:
1. Contemporary challenges to law and legitimacy
2. Case studies of the globalisation of law and legitimacy
3. Old Approaches to law in the international context.
4. New Approaches to legal theory 1: transnational legal theory
5. New Approaches to legal theory 2: Legal Pluralism.
6. New Approaches to legal theory 3: Constitutional Pluralism
7. Old Approaches to legitimacy: human rights, democracy and the rule of law
8. New Approaches to to legitimacy 1: Global Constitutionalism
9. New Approaches to to Legitimacy 2: Global Administrative law
10. New Approaches to Legitimacy 3: Global Democracy
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 29 |
| 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) |
100% Coursework, consisting of a book review of 1000 words counting for 20% of the final mark and one coursework essay of 4000 words worth 80% of the final mark. The emphasis in this assessment will be independent research and writing. |
| Feedback |
Students will have the opportunity to either write a critical summary of one of the prescribed readings for the course or provide a draft table of contents on the coursework essay for which they will receive critical feedback. Students will also receive feedback on the book review, and on the final essay. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Knowledge and Sources of Law: The course¿s primary aim is to develop student¿s ability to engage critically with: - catalysts for change in legal and political practice in the contemporary world - a better understanding of the conceptual assumptions underpinning contemporary law and politics - how changes in governance and society challenge our assumptions about law and legitimacy - critical insights into current developments on reconceptualising law and legitimacy - an appreciation of various areas of law including public law, private law, transnational law, international as well as how they contribute to legal and political change.
- Subject-specific skills: In this course students will learn how to master complex areas of law and how to critically analyse complex arguments on the topic of the course.
- General Transferable Intellectual Skills: Critical Analytical skills; Comprehension - Prioritization of points in argumentation; Writing skills, in particular summarizing information; Clear articulation of opinion as well as justification of that opinion
- Key Personal Skills: An ability to engage in contemporary debates involving the subject-matter of the course. An ability to clearly formulate opinions on complex materials as well as clearly and convincingly articulate their point of view.
- Subject-Specific Legal and Ethical Values: The course will foster reflection on the moral and political implications of globalisation.
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Reading List
Intimations of global law, Neil Walker 1960, Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press ;2015
Legality's borders: an essay in general jurisprudence, Keith Charles Culver 1969- Michael Giudice
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press ;2010
Authorities conflicts, cooperation, and transnational legal theory, Nicole Roughan, Oxford : Oxford University Press ;2014
Ruling the world? : constitutionalism, international law, and global governance, Jeffrey L. Dunoff 1960-; Joel P Trachtman, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ;2009
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Law,Legitimacy,Globalisation,Global Constitutionalism,Global Democracy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Cormac Mac Amhlaigh
Tel:
Email: cormac.mac.amhlaigh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Susan Leask
Tel: (0131 6)50 2344
Email: susan.leask@ed.ac.uk |
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