Postgraduate Course: Principles of Insurance Law (LAWS11201)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | The course is designed to introduce students to the general principles of insurance law in the UK. This will include an overview of a range of topics which comprise the subject of insurance law, including insurable interest, the law of misrepresentation, breach of warranty, non-disclosure of material facts, the indemnity principle, subrogation, the proximate cause principle and European Insurance Law. Where relevant, the course will distinguish between English law and Scots law. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed    
Contract (LAWS10078) AND   
Commercial Law (LAWS10086)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    By the end of the course, students should have:  
(a) a general understanding of the areas of insurance law discussed in the course;  
(b) a detailed and specific knowledge of some particular areas of insurance law within this broader framework;  
(c) an understanding of major insurance law issues and debates;  
(d) developed skills of reading and critical analysis enabling them to evaluate the work of insurance law scholars; 
(f) developed written and oral skills, including the clear and succinct expression of ideas; and  
(f) a basic grounding in research skills and techniques in insurance law. 
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Special Arrangements | 
The contribution of a legal practitioner specialising in insurance law for 4 or 5 seminars will be required. | 
 
| Keywords | Insurance law, Commercial law, EC law | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr David Cabrelli 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2068 
Email: david.cabrelli@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Ginny Spencer 
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246 
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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