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Undergraduate Course: Commercial Law (Ordinary) (LAWS08131)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the law of commerce as it is in force in Scotland. The objectives are to provide members of the class with a basic knowledge of the subject, set in its business and economic context, and to develop, through a tutorial programme, powers of reasoning about, and skills in analysing, factual situations in terms of commercial law, with a view to advising on and writing about problems involving that branch of law. Students should be able to develop their oral and written skills in legal analysis and debate. The course is one that is normally taken in the second year of the LLB, and it builds on the knowledge and skills developed in the first year in such courses as Contract, and in second year courses such as Property law. The topics covered are necessary for admission to the legal profession in Scotland, so that the course is intended to play a part not only in the academic development of students but also in their professional formation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08094) OR Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127)) AND ( Legal Reasoning and Legal System (LAWS08106) OR Scottish Legal System (LAWS08128))
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Business Entities (LAWS08134) AND Property Law (Ordinary) (LAWS08133)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesThis course is only open to visiting students coming through a direct exchange with the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific Exchange). Exchange students outside of Law and independent study abroad students are not eligible to enrol in this course, with no exceptions. Students must have passed Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127) AND Scottish Legal System (LAWS08128) or comparable courses already taken in the home institution. Students must also be enrolled on Business Entities (LAWS08134) AND Property Law Ordinary (LAWS08133).
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  283
Course Start Semester 2
Course Start Date 11/01/2021
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 1.5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 50% written ¿take home¿ question with a limited time of no more than a week from the question being handed out to the question being submitted
50% examination which can be assessed in a variety of ways, including the potential use of multiple choice questions.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Sources of Law:

¿ knowledge and understanding of important aspects of Scottish Commercial Law (including sale and supply of goods, insurance, methods of payment, the law of intellectual property, competition law, the law of rights in security and cautionary obligations, the law of diligence, and issues in the law of corporate and personal; insolvency)
¿ consolidate knowledge and understanding of the hierarchies of legal sources in Scotland
¿ consolidate and encourage students to keep up to date with legal developments, and how to keep themselves up to date.
¿ knowledge of appropriate secondary and primary sources of law in the commercial law context
¿ gaining commercial awareness with an emphasis on future practical application
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills ¿ complex evaluative and critical problem solving
¿ ability to think creatively by applying knowledge to multifaceted problems and provide accurate answers in written and oral form
¿ ability to present arguments for or against a proposition in a dispassionate manner
¿ awareness of the relative weights that different arguments have in relation to one another and identifying matters of importance
¿ use of electronic and other resources to keep updated on the current programmes of law reform
¿ Development of doctrinal and taxonomical reasoning skills
¿ Numeracy skills are developed to a certain degree
KeywordsCommercial Law Ord
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jonny Hardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 2374
Email: Jonathan.Hardman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Ryan McGuire
Tel: (0131 6)50 2339
Email: Ryan.Mcguire@ed.ac.uk
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