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Degree Programme Table: Law and German (LLB Hons) (UTLAWGE)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students wishing to pursue qualification to progress towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indicated in the Degree Programme Table for the LLB Honours (years 1 and 2).


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08123 Public Law of the UK and Scotland As available 20
    LAWS08127 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment As available 10
    LAWS08126 Family Law (Ordinary) As available 10
    LAWS08125 European Union Law (Ordinary) A As available 10
    LAWS08139 Critical Legal Thinking As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCG08001     German 1A     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCG08002     German 1B     (40 credits)

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment.

    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCG08006 German 2 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08134    Business Entities   10  
    LAWS08122    Evidence and Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08131    Commercial Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  
    LAWS08135    Delict   10  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Students wishing to progress towards legal practice should note that passes in the following courses are required to qualify as a solicitor in Scotland: Delict, Public Law and Individual Rights, Business Entities, Evidence and Criminal, Property, Commercial, Succession and Trust Law. All 80 credits of optional courses can therefore be drawn from Law level 08 courses.
     


    Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment

    Please see note under year 4 re classification


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    XXXX10008 Compulsory year abroad (full year) - level 10 As available 120




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 4, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment

    For the purposes of classification the average over 100 credits on the language side and 140 credits on the law side is used. The 140 law credits comprise 60 credits from year 3 (translated marks) and two 40 credit courses taken in year 4. The 100 language credits are all from courses taken in year 4, which have different credit weightings only for the purpose of classification, such that Language paper 1 counts for 40 credits, Language paper 2 counts for 20 credits, the Oral counts for 20 credits and the option remains at 20 credits.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCG10016 German Language Paper 1 As available 10
    ELCG10017 German Language Paper 2 As available 10
    ELCC10014 Oral for German As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from European Languages and Cultures - German Level 10 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10111    International Private Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10072    History of Scots Law   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  

    Notes:May include the Dissertation in Law
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10155    Unjustified Enrichment   20  
    LAWS10154    Taxation of transactions   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10152    Law, Information and Technology   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10150    Contemporary issues in Competition Law and the Single Market   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10161    Entertainment Law   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10159    Law in the Digital Economy   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10170    The Age of Mercantilism: the Dutch Republic and the Law, 1648-1795   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  

     


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