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This course will introduce students to the main points of Scottish legal history from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In weeks one to eight, lectures and tutorials will provide a general overview as well as more detailed coverage on particular topics e.g. the legal literature and notable jurists, the development of the courts and procedure, and periods of flux and reform of the law. Workshops held in weeks nine and ten allow students to work on a (non-counting) group project charting the history of a legal rule.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will introduce students to the main points of Scottish legal history from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries (eg. the legal literature and notable jurists, the development of the courts and procedure, periods of flux and reform). It will also introduce them to the method of doctrinal legal history.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual feedback on essays will be provided through MyAberdeen. This will comment on both essay writing skills and on the substance of the students' answers. |
Word Count | 1250 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Analyse | Ability to work with primary source material to reconstruct legal historical develops and/or doctrinal developments. |
| Factual | Understand | Understand Scottish legal-historical developments and the relevant sources within the context of wider European trends. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual feedback on essays will be provided through MyAberdeen. This will comment on both essay writing skills and on the substance of the students' answers. |
Word Count | 1250 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Analyse | Ability to work with primary source material to reconstruct legal historical develops and/or doctrinal developments. |
| Factual | Understand | Understand Scottish legal-historical developments and the relevant sources within the context of wider European trends. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Analyse | Ability to work with primary source material to reconstruct legal historical develops and/or doctrinal developments. |
| Factual | Understand | Understand Scottish legal-historical developments and the relevant sources within the context of wider European trends. |
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