DPT: Law and Politics (LLB Hons) (UTLAWPO)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Students wishing to pursue qualification to progress towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indicated in the Degree Programme Table for the LLB Honours (years 1 and 2).

Before selecting any optional courses please ensure that you have met your Personal Tutor.

Please note, students who may be retaking a compulsory course, or has chosen to do so for professionally qualifying reasons, it is possible that there may be timetable clashes.

Students undertaking this programme submit a dissertation in Politics where, ordinarily on an LLB programme, they would submit a dissertation in Law.

Compulsory courses

Scottish Legal System

Must be passed

Public Law of the UK and Scotland

Must be passed

Contract and Unjustified Enrichment

Must be passed

Family Law (Ordinary)

Must be passed

European Union Law (Ordinary) A

Must be passed

Introduction to Politics and International Relations

Must be passed

Critical Legal Thinking

Must be passed

Political Thinkers

Must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Please note: To progress to Honours in Politics, students must achieve marks of 50% or better at the first attempts in their required Politics subjects in 2nd year.

Compulsory courses

International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond

Must be passed at 50%

International Law Ordinary (semester 1)

Must be passed at 50%

Comparative Politics in a Globalized World

Must be passed at 50%

Course options

Students intending to transfer to single honours Politics must take 'Introduction to Political Data Analysis PLIT08009'.

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Students wishing to progress towards legal practice should note that passes in the following courses are required to qualify as a solicitor in Scotland: 'Commercial Law (Ordinary) LAWS08131', 'Business Entities LAWS08134', 'Public Law and Individual Rights LAWS08132', 'Evidence (Ordinary) LAWS08141', 'Delict LAWS08135', 'Criminal Law (Ordinary) LAWS08142'; 'Property Law (Ordinary) LAWS08133', and 'Succession and Trust Law LAWS08130'. All 60 credits of optional courses can therefore be drawn from Law Level 8 courses.

It is recommended that students on this programme choose 'Public Law and Individual Rights LAWS08132' as one of their options.

Revenue Law

International Private Law Ordinary

Jurisprudence

Succession and Trust Law

Commercial Law (Ordinary)

Public Law and Individual Rights

Property Law (Ordinary)

Business Entities

Delict

Evidence (Ordinary)

Criminal Law (Ordinary)

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Please note: To progress to Honours in Politics, students must achieve marks of 50% or better at the first attempts in their required Politics subjects in 2nd year.

Students studying abroad in third year who opt to take Route A (Law dissertation option) are required to take the course "LAWS10214 Advanced Legal Writing (Online)" during their Study Abroad Year; students who opt to take Route B (Politics dissertation option) will be asked to find a replacement course for "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" during their third year abroad, or take it upon their return to Edinburgh in their fourth year.

Students intending to study a Dissertation in Law in year 4 must take "LAWS10202 Advanced Legal Writing" and select courses from group A.

Students intending to study a Dissertation in Politics must take "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" and select courses from group B.

Advanced Legal Writing

Research Design in Politics and International Relations

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Children's Rights: Policy and Practice

International Political Economy

War and Justice

US Government

Politics of the Middle East

Contemporary Russian Politics

Theories of International Relations

Global Justice and Citizenship

Core Texts in Political Theory

Human Rights in International Relations

Europe and International Migration

Understanding Indian Politics

Political Work

Global Security

International Politics of Money

Democracy and its Discontents

Public participation in democracy and governance

Public Policy: Agenda-Setting

Contemporary Issues in Political Science

Research Design in Politics and International Relations

Contemporary Issues in Political Theory

Gender, Power and Representation

The Politics of the End of Empire

Climate Justice

The Politics of the UK Constitution

Political Economy of Latin America

Political Parties in the 21st Century

Law, Violence, and Humanity

Global Food Politics

Social Movements and Collective Action in the Middle East

Gender, Peace and Security

Political Behaviour: Opinions, Choices and Movements

Designing and Doing Social Research

Doing Survey Research

Nations and Nationalism

Globalization

South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy

Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy

Applied Demographic Analysis

Contemporary Feminist Debates

Statistical Modelling

Using pre-existing data for your own research

The Internet and Society

Armed Force and Society

Energy Policy and Sustainability

Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment

Knowledge, Expertise and Policy

Gender and Environment

AND

Children's Rights: Policy and Practice

International Political Economy

War and Justice

US Government

Politics of the Middle East

Contemporary Russian Politics

Theories of International Relations

Global Justice and Citizenship

Core Texts in Political Theory

Human Rights in International Relations

Europe and International Migration

Understanding Indian Politics

Political Work

Global Security

International Politics of Money

Democracy and its Discontents

Public participation in democracy and governance

Public Policy: Agenda-Setting

Contemporary Issues in Political Science

Research Design in Politics and International Relations

Contemporary Issues in Political Theory

Gender, Power and Representation

The Politics of the End of Empire

Climate Justice

The Politics of the UK Constitution

Political Economy of Latin America

Political Parties in the 21st Century

Law, Violence, and Humanity

Global Food Politics

Social Movements and Collective Action in the Middle East

Gender, Peace and Security

Political Behaviour: Opinions, Choices and Movements

Designing and Doing Social Research

Doing Survey Research

Nations and Nationalism

Globalization

South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy

Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy

Applied Demographic Analysis

Contemporary Feminist Debates

Statistical Modelling

Using pre-existing data for your own research

The Internet and Society

Armed Force and Society

Energy Policy and Sustainability

Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment

Knowledge, Expertise and Policy

Gender and Environment

AND

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Students studying abroad in third year who opt to take Route A (Law dissertation option) are required to take the course "LAWS10214 Advanced Legal Writing (Online)" during their Study Abroad Year; students who opt to take Route B (Politics dissertation option) will be asked to find a replacement course for "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" during their third year abroad, or take it upon their return to Edinburgh in their fourth year.

Students who studied "LAWS10202 Advanced Legal Writing" will study a Dissertation in Law and select courses from group A.

Students who studied "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" will study a Dissertation in Politics and select courses from group B.

Dissertation in Law

Dissertation (MA Politics)

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