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Postgraduate Course: Human Rights (Practical Elective) (LAWS11440)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits5 ECTS Credits2.5
SummaryThis course aims to provide you with a practical approach and hands-on learning experience in relation to the law of human rights. It is designed to encourage in-class discussion, reflective learning, self-study and use of the ongoing skills acquired on the Diploma core courses.
Course description This course aims to develop your awareness of:

* The substantive content of the human rights guarantees in ECHR.
* The manner in which ECHR is given effect to in domestic law.
* Procedural requirements regarding who, when and how a human rights complaint can be raised.
* Topical issues where human rights complaints might arise

The objective of the course is to enhance your legal skills and knowledge in this area of law. It also aims to enhance and consolidation your knowledge, understanding and personal reflection on the Law Society of Scotland's PEAT 1 Mandatory and Core Outcomes, which you have already experienced and shall continue to experience on the Diploma core courses.

In particular, by the end of the elective, you should be confident that you will be able to:

- Determine which Articles of the ECHR are applicable to a given situation.
- Determine which aspects of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Scotland Act 1998 are relevant to a given situation,
- Identify the facts relevant to presenting a human rights argument.
- Evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and overall merits of a human rights argument;
- Develop an awareness of potential applications of non-ECHR instruments of supranational law.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 4 (Sem 2)
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 50 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 21, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Other Study Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 19 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) On average, students are expected to spend four hours a week completing independent study activities
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The Construction law elective is assessed by continuous assessment. Students will receive a percentage mark for the whole course. «br /»
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50% is based on performance in the 7 workshops. 50% is based on two written assessments.
Feedback Feedback is provided to student in various forms. Students will receive verbal feedback from tutors on in-class presentations, general comments on class assignments when these are handed back in class and, in general, on class performance, mainly looking at the class as a whole. Students also receive specific written feedback on assignments, where necessary.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Determine which Articles of the ECHR are applicable to a given situation.
  2. Determine which aspects of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Scotland Act 1998 are relevant to a given situation.
  3. Identify the facts relevant to presenting a human rights argument.
  4. Evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and overall merits of a human rights argument.
  5. Develop an awareness of potential applications of non-ECHR instruments of supranational law.
Reading List
Raitt on Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice, 3rd ed, Chapter 9 'Confession Evidence.'
Reed & Murdoch: Human Rights Law in Scotland, 4th Edition.
Renton & Brown 'Criminal Procedure' 6th ed, 24.33 - 40.
Renucci, Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights (Part I only).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills All elective courses on the Diploma require students to develop the following skills:

Skills and abilities in Research and Enquiry
- problem solving
- analytical thinking
- critical thinking
- independent research
- the ability to handle complexity and ambiguity

Skills and abilities in Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
- ethics and social responsibility
- self-awareness and reflection
- independent learning and development
- creativity and inventive thinking
- decision making

Skills and abilities in Communication
- interpersonal skills
- verbal communication and presentation
- written communication
- influencing and negotiation skills

Skills and abilities in Personal Effectiveness
- planning, organising and time management
- commercial / professional / situational awareness
- team working
- assertiveness and confidence
- flexibility
Additional Class Delivery Information Seven workshops, each lasting 3 hours.

Total of 21 contact hours.
KeywordsDiploma,Practical Elective,Human Rights
Contacts
Course organiserMs Laura McBrien
Tel:
Email: Laura.mcbrien@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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