Postgraduate Course: Principles of Insurance Law (LAWS11201)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course is designed to introduce students to the general principles of insurance law in the UK. This will include an overview of a range of topics which comprise the subject of insurance law, including insurable interest, the law of misrepresentation, breach of warranty, non-disclosure of material facts, the indemnity principle, subrogation, the proximate cause principle and European Insurance Law. Where relevant, the course will distinguish between English law and Scots law.
This course is particularly suitable for students who would like to understand the principles and rules that regulate the insurance and reinsurance industries and insurance brokers and agents. This is particularly important in the context of international trade, carriage of goods by air, rail, sea and road as well as in respect of shipping and admiralty.
Students from this course go on to work in insurance firms, shipping companies, large commercial firms and reinsurance. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Contract (LAWS10078) AND
Commercial Law (LAWS10086)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a general understanding of the areas of insurance law discussed in the course;
- Evidence a detailed and specific knowledge of some particular areas of insurance law within this broader framework;
- Understand major insurance law issues and debates;
- Utilise developed skills of reading and critical analysis enabling them to evaluate the work of insurance law scholars;
- Demonstrate developed written and oral skills, including the clear and succinct expression of ideas, and a basic grounding in research skills and techniques in insurance law.
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Reading List
| Students are recommended to read Chapter 6 of Commercial Law in Scotland (W Green, Edinburgh, 2016) by F Davidson, D Garrity, L Richardson and L Macgregor. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
The contribution of a legal practitioner specialising in insurance law for 4 or 5 seminars will be required. |
| Keywords | Insurance law,Commercial law,EC law |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Laura MacGregor
Tel: (0131 6)50 2034
Email: L.Macgregor@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Ayre
Tel: (0131 6)50 2002
Email: Lauren.Ayre@ed.ac.uk |
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