Undergraduate Course: Family Law Ordinary (LAWS08101)
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 | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Law | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course provides the student with basic and up-to-date knowledge and undertsanding of the rules governing Scots Family Law as they relate to spouses, same-sex couples, co-habitants, and parents and children. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  Students MUST also take:   
Legal Reasoning and Legal System (LAWS08106)  
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students taking this course must also take Legal Reasoning and Legal System (U02831/2)as a co-requisite. | 
 
| 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 |  |  12:10 - 13:00 |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  |  12:10 - 13:00 |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	tutorial attendance is required | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours:Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Family Law Ordinary | 2:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
To permit the student to apply the rules of Family Law to detailed and realistic situations; 
 
To allow the student to see the socio-political consequences of the rules, and to encourage the student to adopt a critical analysis of the rules; 
 
To give the student a basic knowledge of the subject matter, and to stimulate an interest in all aspects of Family Law | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| 100% degree exam, 1st semester |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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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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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Anne Griffiths 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2057 
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Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053 
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