Undergraduate Course: Trusts and Succession Law (LAWS10096)
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 | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is divided, approximately equally, between the Law of Trusts and the Law of Succession. The focus is on Scots Law but there will also be a comparative element. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| 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: 24 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 38,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
351 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
67 %,
Coursework
33 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Essay and exam |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
This course will build on the foundation laid in the ordinary part of the LLB curriculum and in particular on the work done in property law (ordinary), a pass in which is a prerequisite for this course. Students skills in the following areas will be developed:
- using legal materials; practical reasoning;
- appreciation of the law in its social, economic and historical contexts; evaluation and criticism of the law;
- research, gaining knowledge and understanding which may be applied and adapted in future;
- transferable skills such as: (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 own work
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Trusts hons |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Daniel Carr
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Susan Leask
Tel: (0131 6)50 2344
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