Undergraduate Course: Business Law (LAWS08058)
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 1 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Law | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Sources and institutions of Scots Law; an outline of the Law of Delict, property, succession and diligence; the general law of contract; securities; sale and consumer credit transactions; agency; bills of exchange and cheques; bankruptcy; industrial property; insurance; restrictive practices; partnership; companies. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Visting students must not be studying law in their home jusisdiction. | 
 
| 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 | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 3:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 3:00 |  |  |  
 
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  |  15:00 - 15:50 |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| As in Course Guide | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Exam in April/May diet 
 
Visiting Student Variant: 
Assessment of 1 x 2,500-word essay due in December |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Gillian Black 
Tel: (0131 6)50 9541 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056 
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