Postgraduate Course: Principles of Commercial Law (LAWS11423)
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 | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Principles of Commercial Law provides students with an overview of selected aspects of Scots, English and UK commercial law. |
| Course description |
The course is split into four blocks of five seminars, with each block dedicated to a particular area of commercial law. Although specific topics are subject to change, indicative topics include:
- Commercial trusts
- Competition law
- Diligence and creditor protection
- Insurance law
- Rights in security
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 40 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
352 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course is assessed by two summative essays. The first essay will be 4000 words and counts for 40% of the overall mark. The second essay will be 6000 words and counts for 60% of the overall mark.
There is also a formative assessment available to students. Students will be invited to submit an essay plan (of no more than two A4 sides) on an essay topic drawn from the first block of teaching. Note that this essay title will not form part of the summative assessment, but instead be a discrete and standalone topic. |
| Feedback |
Students will receive written feedback on formative and summative essays.
Feedback on the formative assessment may be provided in various formats, for example, to include written, oral, video, face-to-face, whole class, or individual. The course organiser will decide which format is most appropriate in relation to the nature of the assessment.
Feedback on both formative and summative in-course assessed work will be provided in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course.
Feedback on the summative assessment will be provided in written form via Learn, the University of Edinburgh's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary theories and key sources of law in the relevant areas of commercial law;
- Critically analyse the foregoing theories and their internal coherence, and critically analyse the foregoing sources of law to establish their coherence with wider commercial law;
- Draw linkages between different areas of the course to establish their own perspective on the coherence of commercial law;
- Discuss in class their understanding of the subject matter, and prepare for written assessment;
- Utilise their own motivation to prepare for the various seminars and link the various topics of commercial law together.
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Reading List
| There is no text that covers the whole of this course. Individual reading lists will be circulated at least one week in advance of seminars. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students will develop skills for reading, critical analysis, written and oral skills. These skills, and the
knowledge learned from the course, have evident practical application. |
| Keywords | Commercial,Law,Postgraduate,Level 11 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew McLean
Tel:
Email: amclean3@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Hannah Ackroyd
Tel: (0131 6)50 2008
Email: hackroyd@ed.ac.uk |
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