Undergraduate Course: International Private Law Ordinary (LAWS08119)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The general academic aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the legal issues inherent in situations involving a foreign (ie non-Scottish) element and the basic concepts and principles of Scots international private law. More particularly, attention will be given to the rules which establish when the Scottish courts have jurisdiction in any case involving a foreign element. The course will also consider the applicable law in cases involving international elements heard before a Scottish court and the rules on recognition and enforcement of judgments in certain contexts. The International private law rules in relation to contract; delict; marriage; divorce and nullity; parent and child; property; insolvency; and succession will be covered in this course. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
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). |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
15/01/2018 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% written examination |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding of the principal features of the subject, i.e. he or she should be able to demonstrate knowledge of a substantial range of major concepts, principles and rules of international private law.
- Demonstrate a basic ability to apply his or her knowledge to a situation of limited complexity in order to provide arguable conclusions for hypothetical problems involving international private law.
- Demonstrate a basic ability to identify and retreive up-to-date legal information, using paper and electronic sources and to use primary and secondary legal sources relevant to international private law.
- Demonstrate a basic ability to recognise and rank issues in terms of relevance and importance; to bring together information and materials from a variety of different sources and to make a critical judgement of the merits of particular arguments.
- Demonstrate a basic ability in writing to use English language proficiently in relation to international private law matters; to present an argument in a way which is comprehensible to others; and to discuss legal materials which are written in technical and complex language.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
tutorial attendance is required |
| Keywords | International Private Law |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Gerry Maher
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Susan Leask
Tel: (0131 6)50 2344
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