- Course Code
- LS 2028
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr A Simpson & Dr A Wilson
Pre-requisites
None.
Overview
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.
Structure
3 one-hour lectures per week for 8 weeks (24 in total), as well as three one-hour tutorials and two two-hour workshops.
Assessment
1st Attempt:1 two-hour written examination.
Resit:1 two-hour written examination.
Formative Assessment
In or around week three, students will be required to complete an online multiple-choice quiz, for which they will receive feedback instantly through myAberdeen. In or around week ten, students will be required to submit one non-counting answer of around 500 words to a question examined in the workshops. A model answer to the question will be provided and the students' work returned with written comments thereon. A feedback lecture will be held after the exam results are returned.
Feedback
Feedback will also be provided on an ongoing basis in tutorials in the form of tutors' responses to students' contributions in class.