Undergraduate Course: Public Law and Individual Rights (LAWS08092)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course builds on the study in Public Law of the relationship between law,government and the citizen in Scotland as a distinctive part of the United Kingdom.It concentrates on the protection of individual rights by Administrative Law and the law of Human Rights and Civil Liberties. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This course is only open to visiting students coming through a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus students on a Law Exchange). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Description |
Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
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Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Public Law and Individual Rights | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course students will:-
(a)have knowledge and understanding of Administrative Law including the law of judicial review,of the Human Rights Act and of selected areas of civil liberties law
(b)have further developed critical skills and skills of legal research and communication both oral and in writing. |
Assessment Information
| 100% 1st semester exam, 2 hours |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Cormac Mac Amhlaigh
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Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
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