Undergraduate Course: Delictual Liability (LAWS10134)

Course Outline
School	School of Law	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	The scope and function of the Law of Delict; possible alternatives thereto; analysis of such basic concepts as fault, duty of care, causation, remoteness; consideration of selected topics of current interest such as liability for financial loss, products liability, defamation, invasion of privacy, assessment of damages for personal injuries.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Delict Ordinary (LAWS08098) OR Delict (LAWS08135)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 1
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 38, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 351 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 5 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	70% Exam 25% Seen Problem 5% Class Presentation
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			3:00

Learning Outcomes
This course involves more advanced study of some aspects of the subject in which Delict (Ordinary) was the foundation course. It has these learning objectives: To develop knowledge and understanding of the Scots law of delict in comparative context. In so doing, to develop your abilities and skills in respect of: ż Using legal materials ż Practical reasoning ż Appreciation of the law in its social, economic and historical contexts ż Evaluation and criticism of the law ż Research, gaining knowledge and understanding which may be applied and adapted in future; and ż Transferable skills: (a) communication skills, oral and in writing; (b) intellectual skills, of collecting, organising, evaluating, synthesising and presenting material and arguments, and including the ability to question assumptions, to frame and test hypotheses, to detect fallacies and to think autonomously; (c) general skills, in managing time, working independently, and taking responsibility for your own work. Whilst the course does not presuppose that students will be proceeding to the Diploma in Legal Practice, it will be of value of those who do take that step.