Undergraduate Course: Jurisprudence (LAWS08129)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course aims to deepen students¿ understanding of law (as a social phenomenon), and improve their argumentative skills, by addressing some theoretical questions about law. These include questions about the relationship between law and morality such as whether we have a moral duty to obey the law (and, if so, why) and whether we need to engage in moral reasoning to determine the content of the law (and, if so, in what ways)? They also typically include questions about the relationship between law and: (i) language (exploring theories of legal interpretation); and (ii) adjudication (including how judges should and, sociologically, how they do, decide cases) |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This 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.
Pre-requisite: Scottish Legal System (LAWS08128). The Course Organiser may waive this pre-requisite if satisfied that the student in question has a sufficient level of understanding of relevant parts of this course.
Co-requisites: Critical Legal Thinking (LAWS08139) |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2024 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
67 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Examination
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 3:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and explain key legal theoretical issues, such as how law and morality relate to each other, how legal content is created by using language, and how disputes over the content of the law are (and should be) resolved.
- Form and articulate their own reasoned views on these issues, and justify their views through sound arguments
- Analyse and critically evaluate the positions on these key issues adopted by several well-known legal theorists, such as legal positivism, natural law theory, literalism and contextualism, legal formalism, and legal realism
- Demonstrate understanding of (and ability to apply) key philosophical methods used by legal theorists.
- Explain how different perspectives ¿ moral, linguistic, and sociological ¿ impact on our understanding of law
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research and enquiry; personal and intellectual autonomy; personal effectiveness; and communication |
| Keywords | Jurisprudence Ord |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Martin.Kelly@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren McCrory-Irving
Tel:
Email: lmccrory@ed.ac.uk |
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