University of Aberdeen
School of Law
2005-2006
Prospectus
for the Degree of
LLB with Honours
HONOURS COPY DISK/PROSP2003
Contents
THE DEGREE OF LLB WITH HONOURS ..................................................................................................... 4
CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO HONOURS ................................................................................................ 4
PAST HONOURS RESULTS ...................................................................................................................... 4
RESTRICTION ON STUDENT NUMBERS .................................................................................................... 5
APPLICATION AND CHOICE OF HONOURS COURSES ................................................................................. 6
APPLICATION AND CHOICE OF HONOURS COURSE STUDENTS ABROAD...................................................... 6
HONOURS COURSES
A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE (LS4546) .......................................................................................... 7
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (LS 4021) ................................................................................... 8
ANIMAL WELFARE LAW (LS4039) ...................................................................................................... 8
CIVIL LIBERTIES (LS 4535) ............................................................................................................ 9
COMMERCIAL LAW (LS 4521) - NOT OFFERED IN 2005-2006 ...................................................... 9
COMPARATIVE LAW (LS 4040) ...................................................................................................... 10
CONVEYANCING (LS 4523) ........................................................................................................... 10
COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND ALLIED RIGHTS (LS4548) ...................................................................... 11
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LS 4538) ....................................................................................................... 11
CRIMINAL LAW (LS 4035) ............................................................................................................. 12
CRIMINOLOGY (LS 4023).............................................................................................................. 12
CURRENT ISSUES IN LEGAL THEORY (LS 4036) .............................................................................. 13
DELICT (LS 4024) ........................................................................................................................ 13
DISSERTATION (LS4025) .............................................................................................................. 14
EC INSTITUTIONS AND LAW (LS 4026) - NOT OFFERED IN 2005-2006 ....................................... 14
EMPLOYMENT LAW (LS4041) .......................................................................................................... 15
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (LS4549) .................................................................................................... 15
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW (LS4050) ............................................................................................. 16
EVIDENCE (LS 4528)..................................................................................................................... 17
FAMILY LAW (LS 4529)................................................................................................................. 17
FEMINISM AND LAW (LS4544) ....................................................................................................... 18
FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW (LS 4027) ............................................................................................ 18
GOVERNMENT AND LAW (LS 4047) ................................................................................................ 19
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EU LAW (LS4545) ...................................................................................... 19
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW (LS4043) ............................................................................................ 20
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (LS4550) .............................. 20
LAW AND AUTHORITY (LS 4537) .................................................................................................... 21
LEGAL ISSUES IN CORPORATE MANAGEMENT (LS 4531) ................................................................... 21
LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVING ART AND ANTIQUITIES (LS4044) ............................................................ 22
MARITIME LAW (LS 4532).............................................................................................................. 22
MOVEABLE PROPERTY (LS 4028) - NOT OFFERED IN 2006-2007 ................................................ 23
PEOPLES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND MINORITIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (LS4049) ........................ 23
PLANNING LAW (LS4547) .............................................................................................................. 24
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (LS 4533) ...................................................................................... 24
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (LS 4534) ........................................................................................ 25
ROMAN LAW (SALE) (LS4048) ........................................................................................................ 25
RURAL LAW (LS 4045).................................................................................................................. 26
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SCOTTISH LEGAL HISTORY (LS4037) .............................................................................................. 26
SPACE LAW (LS 45__) .................................................................................................................. 27
SUCCESSION (LS 4031) ............................................................................................................... 27
TAXATION LAW (LS4551) .............................................................................................................. 28
UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT (LS 4032) ........................................................................................... 28
APPENDIX: HONOURS RESULTS 2000-2003 .......................................................................................29-32
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The Degree of LLB with Honours
The degree of LLB with Honours allows students an opportunity to examine particular subjects
in depth through individual research and extended written work. Entry into honours is offered
to students at the end of their second year of study. Admission is dependent upon academic
performance during the first two years.
Honours courses require from students an additional degree of commitment, preparation,
independence, and participation over courses in the Ordinary curriculum. A student will
typically prepare upwards from ten hours for a two-hour seminar, and will be expected to
contribute actively to seminar discussions. Students are expected to read widely and consider
the subject matter of the course beyond the particular seminar topics. Assessment is more
rigorous than in the Ordinary curriculum, with the highest marks going only to those who have
shown an extra measure of engagement with the subject.
Following admission to honours, a student must complete six honours courses and prepare a
dissertation of approximately 10,000 words on an approved topic.
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Criteria for Admission to Honours
The decision as to whether a student should be admitted to Honours is made by the Student
Progress Committee (Law), which is a sub-committee of the Undergraduate Programme
Committee (Law).
The criteria for admission to Honours are as follow:-
1. A candidate who has obtained 240 credits points over 2 years of full-time study or its
equivalent of part-time study will be submitted to Honours.
2. A candidate who has not obtained 240 credit points over 2 years of full-time study or
its equivalent may be admitted to Honours only in exceptional circumstances, for
example, on the grounds of medical or other personal circumstances. Each case will
be considered on its individual merits and candidates should ensure that any such
circumstances, properly vouched, be drawn to the attention of the Convenor of the
Undergraduate Programme Committee in Law.
3. A candidate who has been denied admission to the LL.B. Honours Programme on the
ground that he or she has failed to obtain the necessary number of credit points at the
main meeting of the Student Progress Committee in July will have his or her application
reconsidered in the light of performance in the resit diet and any other changed
circumstances. This reconsideration will take place no later than the end of the month
of September following the Student Progress Committee‘s original decision.
As academic record is not always a sufficient guide to ability or potential, it is extremely
important that candidates for admission to the LL.B. Honours Programme inform their Advisers
of Studies of circumstances which may have affected adversely their performances in degree
examinations and assessments during first and second years. Candidates should be assured
that considerable weight will be given to such circumstances revealed in Advisers‘ reports
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Past Honours Results
A table of past honours results is attached as an Appendix to this Prospectus. The table shows
results in the three past years. In addition, the Head of Department‘s reports on course
evaluations are available on the General Noticeboard.
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Restriction on Student Numbers
A maximum of forty eight students are permitted to enrol for a given honours course. An
individual seminar will typically be attended by no more than sixteen students. In exceptional
cases these restrictions may be relaxed on the approval of the Head of Department. Students
will be allotted to courses in each module in the following manner:
1. All seniors will be allotted to one course, according to the choices expressed on the honours
forms. If a student‘s choice is not available, his or her next choice will be considered.
2. All juniors will then be allotted to one course, according to the preferences expressed on
the honours forms. If a student‘s choice is not available, his or her next choice will be
considered.
3. All seniors will then be allotted to a second course, according to the choices expressed on
the honours forms. If a student‘s choice is not available, his or her next choice will be
considered.
N.B. Where, at any stage of the selection process, there are more applicants than available
places, selection will take place on the basis of academic merit, eg. if there are 8 places left on
course X and there are 14 Senior Honours candidates looking for a 2nd course, who have
placed the course second on their list of preferences, 8 will be chosen by lot where course X is
their next choice, the best 8 academically will be allocated the places.
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Application and Choice of Honours Courses
Second year students who wish to apply for admission to Honours are required to complete an
―Application Form for Admission to Honours.‖ Junior Honours students who wish to select the
Honours courses they would like to take in Senior Honours, are required to complete a ―Senior
Honours: Choice of Course Form.‖ These forms will be available early in the Summer term.
All students will be required to indicate, in order of preference, seven courses for each module.
From these selections, Senior Honours students will be allocated to two courses in each
module, and Junior Honours students to one in each module.
Students may be bound by the preferences they express on these forms, although at the
beginning of each half-session movement may be permitted into courses which are not yet
full.
The attention of students is particularly drawn to the submission dates indicated on these
forms. Failure to adhere to these dates will, in the event of a competition for places in a
particular taught course, result in the loss of any right of priority which a student may
otherwise have had.
NB Junior Honours students are required to submit their approved dissertation titles
with their Choice of Course Forms. If this is not done, any right of priority which a
student may otherwise have had will be lost.
The details of each course are described at the end of this Prospectus.
Please note that all of the courses described in this Prospectus may not be offered in
any given academic year. The specific courses to be offered in the academic year
2006 – 2007 will be intimated on the notice board early in the Summer term 2006.
Application and Choice of Honours Courses: Students Abroad
Students who are participating in the ERASMUS exchange programme in 2005, and who wish
to be considered for admission to Junior Honours, should ensure that they collect an
―Application for Admission to Honours Form‖ before they leave Aberdeen and that this form is
submitted to the Adviser of Studies by the date indicated.
Students who are registered for an LL.B. (with foreign law options), and who expect to spend
their third year abroad, should complete an ―Application for Admission to Honours Form‖,
marking it clearly ―Deferred Entry.‖ The section asking for Honours course selections should
be ignored. These students will then be contacted at some point during the Summer term of
their year abroad, when they will be invited to select their courses for the Junior Honours year.
Students who fall into either of the above categories should ensure that a contact address has
been left with Adviser of Studies.
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Honours Courses
A Constitution for Europe (LS 4546) Ms Carole Lyons
Offered in the second module
This course builds upon knowledge of EU law and in particular of current events occurring
within the realm of what might be broadly described as European Union Constitutional
Law. The focus is on recent developments centring around fundamental questions of
governance of, and participation in, the EU, essential constitutional questions. Whether
the EU will have or should have an actual written constitution (in the traditional, nation-
state meaning of the term) or not is the central question, posed within the broader
framework which considers the nature of the polity and its relationship with the people of
Europe.
The course will be composed of 6 seminars, outlined as follows:
1. Introduction
2. The idea of a Europe Constitution
When did we first begin to perceive the EC/EU through the lens of
constitutionalization? Does the EU need a constitution or does it already have one?
3. Governance in the EU
The Commission‘s White Paper on Governance put in context
4. The Convention of the Future of Europe
We will examine the topics under discussion in the Convention and consider the
Convention‘s potential to produce a Constitution for Europe.
5. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
This seminar will build upon your knowledge of the development of EU fundamental
Rights by the ECJ. Has that process now stopped and what is its relationship with
this still non-binding declaration of rights?
6. The IGC process - the real Constitution?
We ask questions about participation in and reception of the IGC process and about
the relationship between constitutionalization and reorganisation of the Treaties.
What is happening at a constitutional level in the EU in 2003-2004 is, without doubt, one
of the most significant legal and political developments in the last 200 years. In taking
this course, you will be in the unique position of studying developments as they actually
occur at EU level. Many of you will also have completed essays on constitutional
subjects for your second year EU law course; this new Honours course will allow you to
build upon your research for this essays and, more generally, to enhance your knowledge
of the key constitutional foundations of the European Union.
For assessment, the emphasis is on coursework with a 50% assessed essay and one 2
hour exam.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS2011 or similar
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American Constitutional Law (LS 4021) Dr Metzger
Offered in first module
The aim of the course is to provide interest and information in the examination of United
States Supreme Court cases. This will grant some insight into a ‗foreign‘ legal system.
Selected topics may change. In the past they have included federalism; judicial review;
racial discrimination (including affirmative action); abortion; freedom of speech. Mixture
of lectures and seminars. Prior and further reading is considered important. One three-
hour exam.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: LS1012
Additional teachers: Mr M Plaxton
Mr D Jenkins
Animal Welfare Law (LS 4039) Mr. Radford
Offered in first module
What is the nature of the responsibility (if any) that we owe to animals? Can the
relationship between humans and other species be effectively regulated by legislation?
The aim of this course is to investigate objectively and dispassionately the factors which
influence animal welfare legislation; the policy underlying the law; and its effectiveness
in practice. Topics covered include the philosophical and moral considerations which
influence and shape the substantive law; the historical development of animal welfare
law in the United Kingdom; and the substantive law in a number of specific areas. The
course focuses in the main on the law of the United Kingdom and the European Union,
but also includes consideration of the impact of the World Trade Organisation and the
Council of Europe. In addition to providing an introduction to the relevant law, the
course also embraces other disciplines, including history, animal welfare science, and
ethics.
Assessment: An essay on a topic to be determined in association with the course
participants (25%); three hour examination (75%).
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: Available only to
candidates for LLB
with Honours
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Civil Liberties (LS 4535) Dr. Lardy
Offered in second module
The course examines in detail some of the rights and freedoms (protected by the
European Convention on Human Rights) which may be considered pre-requisites of a
democratic society. In the investigation of particular rights and freedoms, the emphasis
will be on the extent to which these are, and ought to be, protected by the law of the
United Kingdom, especially in Scotland and on the import of the Human Rights Act
1998pm those liberties. . Topics covered in seminars include: freedom of assembly;
freedom of expression; freedom from discrimination; privacy and surveillance, and the
Human Rights Act.
Teaching will take the form of the small-group seminar.
Students will be expected to participate fully in all seminars, and may be asked to take a
leading role (e.g. debate, short presentation) in one seminar.
Assessment will be by written examination (70%) and essay (30%).
Continuous assessment: one essay of not more than 5,000 words, worth 30% of the
overall assessment, to be submitted no later than the Monday of the third week of the
summer term.
Contact hours: 12 hours
Prerequisites: available only to
candidates for LLB
with Honours or MA
Honours in European
Studies
LS1512
Commercial Law (LS 4521) Prof Forte
Not offered in session 2005-06
The course aims to examine in greater detail some of the topics already studied in
Commercial Law (LS 2013). It also introduces students to aspects of these topics which,
because of their complexity, are not covered in LS 2013. All topics are chosen for their
topicality and intellectual content.
Topics to be covered in the seminars are: Drafting Commercial Documents (eg Retention
of Title Clauses); Debt (Finance Leases; Debt Factoring; Invoice Discounting) Personally
Secured Lending (Comfort Letters); Financial Risk Allocation (Contract Guarantees;
Performance Ponds; Insurance; Cautionary Obligations).
Teaching takes place in weekly two-hour seminars. Each student will be asked to
prepare a short position paper for the various seminars and discussion centres around
the issues raised.
There is a three-hour exam which is an open folder exam. Students must answer three
questions. There is no continuous assessment, but there is a compulsory diagnostic
essay of 2,000 words.
Contact hours: 20
Prerequisites: Available only to LLB
candidates
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Comparative Law (LS 4040) Prof Evans-Jones
Offered in the first module
This course aims to give some understanding of the comparative method and the way
the law works in some foreign countries and to relate this to the Scottish position in
respect of certain selected topics including aspects of property law and privacy. In
addition to seeking to impart knowledge of the relevant substantive law the course aims
to make students aware of the general differences between the systems concerned. The
course covers aspects of the law in Germany, France, the USA, South Africa and England
and Scotland.
At each seminar up to three students will present papers on aspects of the topic set out
in a handout which students are given at the registration meeting. All students are
expected to prepare for seminars and after each paper the matter is opened up to the
floor for discussion. The course coordinator acts as chairman. The exam is a three-
hour written one.
Over the period of the course all students must hand in at least two written papers/.
These can be papers presented at seminars or, with the consent of the course
coordinator, they can be on other relevant subjects.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: none
Conveyancing (LS 4523) Prof. R. Paisley
Offered in the second module.
The course examines in more depth some topics already dealt with in the Conveyancing
course, or in Trusts and Succession. These are (I) security transactions; (ii) the law of
the tenement; (iii) servitudes; (iv) real burdens; (v) warrandice; and (vi) land
registration.
Teaching will take the form of small-group seminars, to which all students are expected
to contribute.
There is one essay to be handed in in the first week of the summer term.
There is one three-hour examination.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS 3007
Additional Teachers: Prof. D.L. Carey
Miller
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Copyright, Designs and Allied Rights (LS4548) Mr P Masiyakurima
Offered in the second module.
The course would cover the United Kingdom and European Union laws of copyright,
industrial designs, and the rights considered allied to copyright and designs, such as
performers‘ rights, moral rights, and broadcast rights. Copyright would be subdivided
into the substantive-law of artistic, musical, and literary copyrights, with consideration of
licensing, assignment, infringement and performance issues. Design rights will be
divided into procedural and substantive issues, such as registration applications, design
searching, eye appeal, and licensing. The allied rights will be considered primarily in
their international and European contexts.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: None
Criminal Justice (LS 4538) Dr Leverick
Offered in the second module.
This course analyses elements of Scottish criminal justice against a background of
theoretical and comparative models of the criminal process. The course comprises an
examination of various forms of pre-trial, trial and post-trial proceedings. It also
considers the role of the major participants—including the prosecutor, the accused, the
victim and the court —in the investigation, prosecution and punishment of crime. The
course concludes with an examination of different models of criminal process, including
continental ‗inquisitorial‘ procedures.
The course is taught by means of a two-hour seminar per fortnight.
There is a two-hour written examination (2/3 of the assessment) and an essay of 3,000
words (1/3 of the assessment).
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS 1009
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Criminal Law (LS 4035) Mr J Chalmers
Offered in the first module.
The course consists of six seminars of two hours each. The course builds upon the basic
understanding of criminal law acquired in LS1009, although it is important to understand
that the topics are approached from a more theoretical perspective. It examines in
detail selected principles of criminal liability, including the role and limits of the criminal
law, the act-omission distinction, the mental element in crime and defences.
Comparative material from a variety of jurisdictions is included.
Full reading lists are provided for every seminar
No lectures are given, since candidates are taken to be familiar with Scots criminal law
from the first-year course they must already have taken.
The final (two-hour) examination is of the ‗closed book‘ type and counts for two-thirds of
the final assessment.
No presentations are required from candidates, but the opportunity exists for candidates
to make such informal presentations as they may desire, given the seminar approach
adopted. The sole item of set course work consists of the assessed essay. This must
be word processed, and is expected to be about 3,000 words in length. Continuous
assessment: one set essay—personally researched on a given title—counts for one third
of the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS1009/LS1003
Criminology (LS 4023) Prof. Duff
Offered in the first module.
The course comprises: two introductory lectures (What is Criminology? and Criminal
Statistics); five fortnightly lectures, each of which is followed by a one-hour tutorial, the
class being split into four groups (five major theories as to why people commit crimes);
one concluding lecture (Punishment v Rehabilitation—the implications of the various
theories of deviance). Essentially, therefore, the course concentrates upon the sociology
of deviance—or explanations of crime. As such, it is sociological in content and approach,
rather than legal.
There are two essays; neither counts towards the final assessment.
There is a three-hour exam.
Contact hours: 13
Prerequisites: none
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Current Issues in Legal Theory (LS 4525) Mr. Scott Styles and Dr. Heather
Lardy
Offered in the second module.
The courts, and the legal system generally, form a central mechanism by which modern
Western society addresses difficult social and moral problems. This course aims to
consider a variety of such problems from a philosophical perspective. The course will
focus on the theoretical problems and arguments underlying examples of judicial
decisions and legislation drawn from different Western jurisdictions. The cases studied as
examples raise issues of legal theory pertaining to the following themes: justice, rights,
equality, autonomy, property, citizenship.
There will be six two-hour seminars.
There will be a two-hour examination worth 50% of the final assessment.
Continuous assessment: written course work: two essays (50%).
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS 2007
Delict (LS4543) Dr Fiona Leverick
Offered in the second module
The course builds on the introductory material covered in the level one course on delict
by examining a number of topics relating to the law of delict in greater detail. The
specific topics covered will vary on a year-by-year basis as the course aims to examine
issues of topical interest and importance. Some of the topics covered in previous years
include: the duty of care; causation; the purpose of damages, vicarious liability of
employers; product liability; and psychiatric injury.
Teaching will consist of small-group seminars.
Students will be assessed by means of one three-hour examination.
In addition each student will be required, at some point during the course, to prepare an
answer to a practice examination question. This is intended to assist students in their
preparation for the examination and does not count towards the final assessment for the
course.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS1503 / LS1515
Additional Teachers Ms Sarah Arnell
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Dissertation (LS 4025) Prof Carey Miller
Please see separate handout ―The LLB Honours Dissertation: Guidance for Students‖.
EC Institutions and Law (LS 4026) Prof Beaumont
Not offered in session 2005-06
The main aim of the course is to address the question whether the European Court of
Justice has engaged in unacceptable judicial activism. To help to achieve that aim the
content of the course will focus not only on the specific academic writings about that
issue but also examine areas of the Court‘s jurisdiction where accusations of activism
have been made: fundamental human rights, direct effect, indirect effect of directives
and damages for individuals against the State. Areas where the Court can be argued to
have exercised judicial restraint will also be explored: limiting the scope of its mandatory
jurisdiction under Article 234(3) EC, not granting horizontal direct effect to directives and
giving very limited locus standi to non-privileged applicants under Article 230 EC. A
subsidiary aim is to analyse whether the European Parliament has the appropriate mix of
powers in the lawmaking process in the EC.
Each seminar will begin with one or more student presentations. Students may well be
expected to cooperate in dividing up the work of the seminar between them in preparing
their oral presentations. Students who are not making a presentation in a particular
seminar will be expected to have read at least the minimum reading prescribed and to
participate in discussion. A written essay of a maximum of 3,000 words on any of the
topics covered in the six seminars is required.
The final exam lasts three hours and it carries 100% of the final Honours mark for the
course.
Contact hours: 13
Prerequisites: LS 2011
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Employment Law (LS 4041) Dr. Xiadong Yang
Offered in the first module
The purpose of the course is to examine in depth, selected areas of employment law
together with the social, political and economic issues that help to structure and drive
employment law. The areas that will be focused upon will be a selection of the
following:-
the contract of employment
unfair dismissal
vicarious liability of the employer
redundancy
transfer of undertakings
discrimination
the work / family balance
trade unions and industrial action
health and safety
stress in the workplace
employees‘ privacy
The course will comprise a number of lectures in order to introduce the student to this
area of the law, and small group seminars in which the particular areas will be focused
upon.
Students will be assessed by means of an essay (3,000 words in length) which counts for
one third of the final assessment and a two hour examination which counts for two thirds
of the final assessment.
Contact hours: Lectures – approx 18
hours;
Seminars – 10 hours
Prerequisites: none
Environmental Law (LS4549) Dr. Kathryn Last
Offered in the second module
This course will examine the key concepts shaping environmental law and identify
different approaches and techniques for environmental regulation. It will then assess the
strengths and weaknesses of these techniques in the context of three specific areas of
environmental regulation: pollution control, marine and coastal protection, and
terrestrial wildlife protection.
Teaching will take the form of small-group seminars.
Assessment will be by an essay of not more than 3,000 words worth 40% of the final
assessment and a two-hour ―seen‖ exam worth 60% f the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: None
Additional Teachers Ms Anne Michelle
Slater
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European Economic Law (LS 4050) Professor F Becker
Offered in the first module.
Constitutional framework of the EU intervening into the economic system; basic
assumptions on the relationship of state(s) and economic systems; fundamental rights
and freedoms (of services, goods and capital) as a framework of economic activity;
selected topics of EU economic law: state aids, state owned companies, public
procurement; economisation of other areas of EU-law (eg environmental law).
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (100%).
Resit: Resit candidates will normally take the element or elements of assessment not
taken at the first diet, or take such other form of assessment approved by the Head of
the School of Law and the Academic Standards Committee.
Contact hours:
Prerequisites: LS1011, LS2517.
Available only to
Honours Students in
LLB and MA (Legal
Studies)
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Evidence (LS 4528) Mrs Ross
Offered in the second module
The course aim is to teach aspects of the law of evidence at a more advanced level,
extending knowledge of theory and encouraging critical analysis while developing written
and oral communication skills. The course topics be drawn from: analysis of evidence—
methods of proof and probability; the accused‘s right to silence and inferences which
may be drawn from silence; methods of dealing with extra-judicial admissions; hearsay;
protection of vulnerable witnesses in the context of the open trial; corroboration—
requirements and relaxations; growth and analysis of expert evidence.
There is an introductory class followed by six two-hour seminars. Students are given
lists of essential reading and are directed to the main sources of academic literature in
this field. Seminars are student centred, involving student led group work and debate.
Students are encouraged to form their own views of the material and to express those
cogently, rather than to be dependent upon the tutor‘s knowledge and interpretation of
the material.
Students are required to submit a maximum of two pieces of written work, one of which
counts for one third of the course mark overall. There is a two hour exam which
accounts for two thirds of the course mark.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: Evidence LS3002
Family Law (LS 4529) Mr Lessels
Offered in the second module.
The aims of this course are to provide a deeper and more critical analysis of some of the
topics covered in the level 2 course of Family Law; to extend students‘ knowledge of
Family Law by examining a range of topics which were not covered in the Level 2 course;
to identify weaknesses in current Family Law; to consider proposals for improving the
law through law reform; and to improve research and writing skills through essay work.
This course examines a range of topics in depth and in a critical manner, including: the
evolution of contemporary Scots family law; regulation of cohabitation outside marriage;
the meaning and application of the welfare test in disputes concerning children;
mediation procedures on breakdown of marriage; children‘s capacity to consent to
medical treatments; reform of the grounds for divorce; transsexualism and the law; and
future developments in Scots family law.
There are 7 two-hour seminars and the course is assessed through a three-hour
examination. There is a 3500-word essay which does not count towards the final
degree mark.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: LS 2503
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Feminism and Law (LS 4544) Ms Carole Lyons
Offered in the second module
This course will be taught in the second semester; the course will be divided into six two-
hour seminars which will take place on Fridays, between 10 and 12 p.m. It will be jointly
taught by Carole Lyons, Fiona Leverick and Margaret Ross and other staff to be notified
and it is possible that some of the seminars will be ‗team taught‘.
The essential theme/framework is based on examining different aspect of law/legal
scholarship from the perspective of feminist legal theories. In essence, the teachers will
take subjects which are closely related to our published research and, with you, study
them closely to see what can be learned about them if they are viewed through the lens
of feminist theory as opposed to traditional ‗black letter‘ law. A first, introductory
seminar will focus on the basic theories which form the foundation of the course. This
will be followed by specialist seminars on Dispute Resolution, Women and Lawyering,
Abortion, Discrimination and Feminism and the Criminal Law.
The course places emphasis on coursework with a 50% assessed essay. It also has
introduced an innovative ―open-book‖ examination format whereby all notes, books etc
may be brought into the examination hall.
It is stressed that this course is open to all honours students, male and female:
male students as well as female ones, have an important contribution to make to an
understanding of law from a feminist perspective and are strongly encouraged to
consider joining the course. Please contact the Co-ordinator (Carole Lyons) if you want
more information or encouragement.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: None
Additional Teachers: Mrs Margaret Ross
Ms Fiona Leverick
Financial Services Law (LS 4027) Mr. P Masiyakurima
Offered in the first module
The course examines why and how financial markets and transactions are regulated.
The emphasis is on the system of regulation put in place by the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000. Topics covered in seminars include: the concept of regulation; the
regulation of financial institutions; the FSMA 2000; marketing and investment advice;
compliance, complaints and compensation; and insider dealing. Consideration is also
given to the important influence of EC law in this field.
Teaching is by seminar, for which prior reading is essential. The organisation and
allocation of seminar papers is dependent on student numbers.
The exam requires three questions from six to be answered.
Compulsory course work is one essay of 2,500 words (not part of the assessment).
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: available only to
candidates for LLB
Honours
Co-requisites: None
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Government and Law (LS4047) Mr. Radford
Offered in the first module
It is self-evident that the source, nature and scope of the state's powers, the way in
which they are exercised and by whom, and the degree to which they are controlled and
held to account, are all matters which are of fundamental importance to our society, for
together they define the character of the state, and the relationship between it and the
individual citizen. The aim of the course is to investigate in depth some of the principal
issues which arise from our (changing) constitutional arrangements, especially the very
significant reallocation of power currently taking place within the body politic. It is
anticipated that the course will focus on topics such as: devolution in Scotland; the
constitutional significance of the Human Rights Act 1998; the effectiveness of the
doctrine of ministerial responsibility; the development of judicial review; access to
official information; and the state of parliamentary supremacy. However, these case-
studies may be subject to change in the light of events and topicality.
Assessment: An essay on a topic to be determined in association with the course
participants (25%); three hour examination (75%).
Co-requisites: None.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: Available only to LLB
Candidates
LS1012, LS1512
Individual Rights in EU Law (LS4545) Dr. Campbell
Offered in the second
This course intends to cover selected areas where EU rights arise – eg citizenship, equal
treatment, positive action for women, and free movement of goods, but topics may
change. The approach is a critical analysis of the case law of the ECJ. Some reference
may be made to the ECHR.
Contact hours: 10
Prerequisites: None
Additional Teachers: Ms C. Lyons
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Industrial Property Law (LS4043) Dr. T.Hays
Offered in the first module.
The course will cover the United Kingdom and European Union laws of patents and trade
marks. The general division of both fields of law is into their procedural and substantive
aspects. Procedural aspects include trade mark and patent searches using electronic
data bases, trade-mark registration applications, and patent specification drafting and
prosecution, administrative procedure before the United Kingdom Patent Office and the
European Patent Office, opposition procedure, and administrative appeal procedure. The
substantive law aspects of the course include prior use of trade marks and actions for
passing off, exhaustion, patentability, priority, infringement, licensing, assignments, and
the European competition laws.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: none
Additional Teachers Mr P Masiyakurima
International Economic Law: The World Trade Mr R Dunbar
Organization (LS 4550)
Offered in the second module.
The course will begin with a consideration of the institutional history of the WTO and of
the historic development and theoretical underpinnings of the GATT. The nature of the
WTO and its norms will be considered and critically assessed. The course will then
consider the core principles of the GATT, the principle exceptions to those core principles
and the theoretical bases for such exceptions. Particular attention will be given to the
interaction between trade law and other matters of international concern, and the ―trade
and …‖ controversies – trade and the environment, trade and human rights, trade and
labour rights, trade and culture – will be considered. Time permitting, consideration will
be given to the expansion of the WTO norms into new areas such as trade in services
and trade and intellectual property rights, and to the nature of dispute resolution in the
WTO.
Assessment
1st Attempt: One 2500 word essay (25%) and 1 three-hour degree examination (75%).
Resit: Resit candidates will normally take the element or elements of assessment not
taken at the first diet, or take such other form of assessment approved by the Head of
the School of Law and the Academic Standards Committee.
Contact hours:
Prerequisites: Available only to
Honours Students in
LLB
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Law and Authority (LS 4537) Dr Metzger
Offered in the second module.
Liberalism is the branch of legal and political philosophy which seeks to understand the
limits on a state‘s power to exert its authority. Liberal theorists attempt to construct a
liberal legal order, under which people live under an essentially benign state and are
allowed the widest autonomy in conducting their private and professional lives.
Liberalism is to a large extent an ‗interdisciplinary‘ philosophy, taking in not only law but
politics and economics; the intellectual adversaries of liberalism are the authoritarians of
the Right and the collectivists of the Left.
The course will take up several key ideas in legal liberalism and its opponents: the rule
of law, positive and negative liberty, the minimum state, private property, the principle
of utility, and evolutionary legal order. Reading may be taken from the following
authors, among others: Adam Smith, David Hume, Isaiah Berlin, Friedrich Hayek, Karl
Popper, and Joseph Raz.
Continuous assessment: an optional essay of approximately 2,000 words but not more
than 2,500 words.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites: LS2007
Legal Issues in Corporate Management Ms McKenzie Skene
(LS 4531)
Offered in the second module.
The course involves consideration of a number of current issues in corporate
management including, for example, financial interests in companies, duties and
liabilities of directors, corporate governance and the impact of insolvency on company
management.
Teaching is by way of one two-hour seminar per week with structured gap weeks. A
guest speaker will normally be invited to participate in at least one session, to introduce
students to topical and practical aspects of the syllabus. A reading list is given for each
seminar, but students are encouraged to use the library facilities to discover for
themselves further material of relevance to the topics being studied. The work of one
seminar will involve group presentations by members of the class. Students are
expected to participate fully in all seminars.
At the start of the course, and partly by way of preparation for the assessed piece of
coursework, students will be required to complete a short written exercise (not counting
towards assessment). The assessed coursework takes the form of an essay not
exceeding 2,500 words. In preparing for both the assessed coursework and the short
written exercise, students are expected to research the topics independently and to
compile relevant bibliographies.
A revision seminar will be held before the examination. The exam will consist of three
questions selected from a total of seven, and constitutes 75% of the assessment.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: LS2502
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Legal Issues Involving Art and Antiquities Dr. Kathryn Last
(LS4044)
Offered in the first module
This course will examine in detail the law and policy relating to the protection of art and
antiquities at both a national and international level. Topics covered in the seminars
include: claims for repatriation of works of art and antiquity (including claims for works
looted during WWII), restrictions on trade in works of art, and the protection of
terrestrial and marine archaeological sites and finds.
Teaching will take the form of small-group seminars.
Assessment will be by an essay of not more than 5,000 words worth 50% of the final
assessment and a two-hour open folder exam worth 50%of the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: None
Maritime Law (LS4042) Mr Styles
Offered in the first module
This course provides an introduction to Shipping Law. It will include topics from Carriage
of Goods by sea (bills of lading, limitation of liability, etc.); Marine insurance;
Enforcement of rights and Remedies in the Courts (jurisdiction, maritime liens, the action
in rem); incidents of navigation such as pilotage, collision, salvage, general average, and
marine pollution.
One two-hour seminar per week.
There will be one three-hour examination and two essays.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS1509 and LS2009
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Moveable Property (LS 4028) Prof Carey Miller
Offered in the first module. NOT OFFERED IN 2006-2007
Course subject matter is concerned with the law of Scotland in respect of derivative
acquisition at common law and under the Sale of Goods Act, prescription, accession
(including ‗fixtures‘) and specification, protection of ownership and possession, the bona
fide purchaser and competing purchasers, security and reservation of title.
At each seminar up to three students will present papers on aspects of the topic set out
in a handout which students are given at the registration meeting. All students are
expected to prepare for seminars and after each paper the matter is opened up to the
floor for discussion.
The exam is a 3-hour written one.
Over the period of the course all students must hand in at least two written papers.
These can be the papers presented at seminars or, with the consent of the course
coordinator, they can be on other relevant subjects.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: LS1011
Additional teachers: Mr. Alexander Green
Peoples, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities in Mr R Dunbar
International Law (LS 4049)
Offered in the first module.
The course will begin with a consideration of the institutional history of the theoretical
basis for the protection of groups and/or members of groups in law. The course will then
consider the development of group protection, from the minorities system created after
World War One, the relevance of major post-World War Two instruments, to the norms
which have emerged since the fall of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The
course will consider the development of the international law of indigenous peoples, and
the relevance of the concept of self-determination to group issues. Finally, the potential
tensions between protection of groups and different aspects of individual human rights
will be critically assessed.
Assessment
1st Attempt: One 2500 word essay (25%) and 1 three-hour examination (75%).
Resit: Resit candidates will normally take the element or elements of assessment not
taken at the first diet, or take such other form of assessment approved by the Head of
the School of Law and the Academic Standards Committee.
Contact hours:
Prerequisites: Available only to
Honours Students in
LLB and MA (Legal
Studies)
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Planning Law (LS 4547) Ms Anne Michelle Slater
Offered in the second module.
This course provides a critical overview of planning law and its institutions. It considers
how the landmark post war planning legislation has developed and the social and
political context in which it is required to operate. There will be two introductory lectures.
Five two hour seminars will then deal with particular topics in detail: when is planning
permission required?; the law governing decision making; legal restraints and gains from
planning decisions; enforcement and special criteria and controls (eg. Listed Buildings).
Two two hour introductory lectures
Five two hour seminars
Continuous assessment :One essay worth 33.3% of the final assessment
One two hour examination worth 66.6% of the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS2008 Property Law
LS3007
Conveyancing
Additional Teachers: Dr. K Last
Private International Law (LS 4533) Prof Beaumont
Offered in the second module.
The aim of the course is to focus on the contribution of international conventions and EC
legislation to private international law in the United Kingdom and Europe. In doing so
the working methods of and the significance for private international law of the Hague
Conference on Private International Law and the European Union will be assessed.
Specific conventions and EC legislation in the areas of divorce, custody, child abduction,
adoption, jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and
commercial matters will be analysed.
Prior to each seminar students are expected to read at least the items on the reading list
which have an asterisk. The course tutor will lead a discussion of the reading materials
at the seminar. All students should take part in the discussion at the seminars. There
is one three thousand word non-assessed essay.
There is a three-hour final examination.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: LS2507
Additional Teachers: Dr. P. McEleavy
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Public International Law (LS 4534) Prof Lyall
Offered in the second module.
This course considers the nature of sovereignty, the problems which an undue emphasis
on state sovereignty, and ways in which these problems are ameliorated. Two model
areas are considered; sovereignty in respect of airspace and sovereignty over land and
similar territory. Topics will include:
1. The emergence of the concept of airspace sovereignty,
2. Its impact in commercial aviation - bilateral air transport agreements and recent
developments;
3. The role of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in civil air transport matters.
4. Sovereignty, Natural Resources and Expropriation.
5. Common Natural Resources and Cooperation: Non-Navigable uses of International
Watercourses.
6. Natural Resources and Common Heritage
There are no prerequisites, but some familiarity with Public International Law is useful,
and may be gained by the prior reading of an elementary text. The course is conducted
by seminar. One essay is required. The assessment is by examination only.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: None
Roman Law (Sale) (LS 4048) Dr E Metzger
Offered in the first module.
There will be seven seminars: one introductory seminar and thereafter six seminars
each devoted to a different aspect of the Roman law of sale, including its influence on
modern legal systems. The six seminars will include studies of: the sale of free persons;
the operation of conditions and terms; the development of liability for defects; the
influence of Roman law on the Scots and South African law in the matter of aedilitian
remedies.
Assessment: 1 three-hour examination (100%). There is a compulsory class essay of
3000 words which does not count towards the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: Available only to
Honours Students in
LLB and MA (Legal
Studies)
LS1011 and LS2008
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Rural Law (LS 4045) Ms Slater
Offered in the first module.
An introductory lecture will consider the role of law in countryside organisation and
management together with a detailed examination of the institutions involved in rural
law. This will provide a context for a critical examination of the law of: land use
planning; land reform; recreation (including access and national parks) and nature
conservation (habitat and species protection) in 6 two hour seminars.
Assessment: 1 three-hour written examination (75%) and continuous assessment
(25%).
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: Available only to
Honours Students in
LLB and MA (Legal
Studies)
LS1011 and LS2008
Scottish Legal History (LS 4037) Prof. A.D.M. Forte
Offered in the first module.
Why does Scotland have its own legal system and laws? How do they relate to the
European legal tradition? This course places Scots law in a historical perspective, and
traces its development within the framework of European history from the foundation of
the Kingdom of Scotland in the medieval period onwards. The course will examine the
main influences upon the growth of a Scottish common law over the centuries, together
with the evolution of law courts responsible for the administration of justice in Scotland,
including Parliament and the Court of Session. In particular consideration may be given
to the historical sources of Scots law and the influence of Roman law, the English
Common Law, customary Celtic Law, Medieval Canon Law, continental Feudal Law,
doctrines of Natural Law, customary international Mercantile Law and Enlightenment
ideas of codification and the relationship between law and society. The emphasis is upon
answering questions about the creation and development of a distinctive national legal
system which by the eighteenth century was valued sufficiently to be preserved and
guaranteed under the Treaty of Union in 1707. The course will provide a broad overview
of the historical development of Scots law in its European context, rather than a detailed
treatment of any one area of substantive law.
Teaching is primarily by small-group seminars, interspersed with introductory lectures.
Recommended reading in academic journals and books will be provided for each
seminar. Students may be required to give a short presentation once during the
course on topics scheduled for seminars, and to write two short essays. Assessment is
by one three-hour examination.
Introductory Reading: W.D.H. Sellar, ‗A Historical Perspective‘ in The Scottish Legal
Tradition, ed. S.C. Styles
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: None
Additional Teachers: Dr. F. Pedersen
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Space Law (LS 45__) Prof Lyall
Offered in the second module.
The course is an introduction to major areas of Space Law. Likely topics are
1. The Sources of Space Law
2. The Boundary question—where is the division between air and space law?
3. The Outer Space Treaty, 1967,
4. The obligations of states as to their control of space activities, the registration of
spacecraft and as to liability for accidents.
5. The International Telecommunications organisations, and their successors: ‗public
service‘ or ‗service to the public‘.
6. The regulation of the use of radio frequencies for space purposes (the International
Telecommunication Union;
7. Remote Sensing - argument, rules and practices.
There are no prerequisites, but some familiarity with Public International Law is useful,
and may be gained by the prior reading of an elementary text. The course is conducted
by seminar. One essay is required. The assessment is by examination only.
Contact hours: 16
Prerequisites: None
Succession (LS 4031) Prof. Paisley
Offered in the first module.
The course relates to the Scottish law of succession and is aimed at encouraging original
thought and development of analysis in relation to aspects of the law of succession and
to possible law reform. Reference is made to other legal systems such as the English
and commonwealth legal systems. The format of the course comprises six tutorials
(each lasting two hours) at which several of the students assist the tutor in giving
presentations. Students are encouraged to participate in tutorials. Students are
required to submit two essays for comment during the module. The essays are returned
with comments thereon. The students are required to sit a written examination. The
examination requires the completion of three essays within a period of three hours. The
essays relate to topics which have been discussed and, in addition, a number of general
issues. Revision of the course structure is presently ongoing with a view to including in
the final assessment an essay written by a student outwith exam conditions on a general
topic relating to the law of succession. There is considerable reading required for the
course and the materials consulted range from primary sources such as statutes and
decided cases to reports of the various law commissions and articles.
Continuous assessment: two essays are submitted by each student and assessed but the
mark will not count towards the final assessment.
Contact hours: 12
Prerequisites: LS 2508
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Tax Law (LS 4551) Mr W Craig
Offered in the second module.
Students will acquire an understanding of taxation theory as it relates to law. Study will
focus on current areas of interest and potential dispute within the context of the current
model and through self-motivated research, will engender deep understanding of these
issues. Skills will be developed through group discussions. Presentation and analysis of
both oral and written submissions will assist students in this process. In particular the
course will assist in developing transferable skills such as:- Problem solving; research;
information analysis; writing; and time and project management.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (66.6%) and one 3000 word essay (33.3%).
Resit: Resit candidates will normally take the element or elements of assessment not
taken at the first diet, or take such other form of assessment approved by the Head of
the School of Law and the Academic Standards Committee.
Contact hours: 14
Prerequisites:
Unjustified Enrichment (LS 4032) Prof Evans-Jones
Offered in the first module
The law of unjustified enrichment in Scots law is undergoing rapid development. It has
given rise to a vigorous debate concerning the direction which that development should
take which itself raises issues concerning the nature and quality of the modern Scottish
legal system as a whole. The course looks at the structures and substance of this
important area of private law. The approach is partly comparative and partly historical.
Considerable attention is paid to the debate concerning the nature and structure of the
law. The course should be of interest to persons who regard themselves as black letter
private lawyers and who are interested in a dynamic and challenging area of modern
Scots law. Teaching is by seminar. There is likely to be at least one extra seminar at
which a presentation will be made by a visitor who has contributed to the formation of
the law as it presently stands.
Continuous assessment: essay of 5,000 words contributes 25% of final assessment. A
written examination of three hours constitutes the remainder of the assessment
Contact hours: minimum 12
Prerequisites: none
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2000-2001
HONOURS RESULTS
st rd
Semester Class Class 1 2:1 2:2 3 or
Total (18+) (15-17) (12-14) less
(11-)
Second Civil Liberties 39 0(0%) 21(54%) 18(46%) 0(0%)
Second Commercial Law 10 0(0%) 5(50%) 5(50%) 0(0%)
Second Comparative Law 12 3(25%) 8 (67%) 1(8%) 0(0%)
Second Conveyancing 36 3(8%) 28(78%) 5(14%) 0(0%)
Second Criminal Justice 30 1(3%) 19(63%) 10(34%) 0(0%)
Second Criminal Law 43 3(7%) 22(51%) 15(35%) 3(7%)
First Criminology 47 2(4%) 31(66%) 12(26%) 2(4%)
Second Current Issues In Legal Theory 9 0(0%) 8( 89%) 1(11%) 0(0%)
First Delict 46 4(9%) 42 (70%) 8(17%) 2 (4%)
First EC Institutions and Law 17 3(18%) 9(53%) 5(29%) 0(0%)
Second EC Single Market 32 5(16%) 24(75%) 3(9%) 0(0%)
Second Evidence 13 2(15%) 5(39%) 6(46%) 0(0%)
Second Family Law 41 8(19%) 24(59%) 9(22%) 0(0%)
First Financial Services Law 10 0(0%) 7 (70%) 2 (20%) 1 (10%)
First Government and Law 17 3(18%) 9 (53%) 5(29%) 0(0%)
Second Issues in Corporate Management 11 0(0%) 3(27%) 7(64%) 1(9%)
Second Law and Authority 13 3(23%) 8(62%) 2(15%) 0(0%)
Second Legal Ethics 27 3(11%) 21(78%) 3(11%) 0(0%)
First Moveable Property 15 4(27%) 8(53%) 3(20%) 0(0%)
Second Private International Law 9 1(11%) 6(67%) 1(11%) 1(11%)
Second Public International Law 28 0(0%) 23(82%) 4(14%) 1(4%)
First Scottish Legal History 14 1(7%) 10(71%) 3(22%) 0(0%)
First Space Law 46 7(15%) 35(76%) 3(7%) 1(2%)
First Succession 47 6(13%) 22(47%) 19(40%) 0(0%)
First Unjustified Enrichment 10 0(0%) 4(40%) 5(50%) 1(10%)
Dissertation 103 7(7%) 54(52%) 34(33%) 8(8%)
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2001-2002
HONOURS RESULTS
st rd
Semester Class Class 1 2:1 2:2 3 or
Total (18+) (15-17) (12-14) less
(11-)
First American Constitutional Law 40 0(%) 27(68%) 13(32%) 0(0%)
First Animal Welfare Law 10 2(20%) 7(70%) 1(10%) 0(0%)
Second Civil Liberties 47 2(4%) 29(62%) 15(32%) 1(2%)
Second Commercial Law 15 1(7%) 9(60%) 5(33%) 0(0%)
Second Comparative Law 2 0(0%) 2(100%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Conveyancing 19 4(21%) 13(68%) 2(11%) 0(0%)
Second Criminal Justice 45 2(5%) 28(62%) 15(33%) 0(0%)
First Criminal Law 51 2(4%) 35(69%) 14(27%) 0(0%)
First Criminology 40 0(0%) 26(65%) 14(25%) 0(0%)
Second Current Issues In Legal Theory 20 0(0%) 13( 65%) 7(35%) 0(0%)
First EC Institutions and Law 14 5(36%) 7(50%) 2(14%) 0(0%)
Second EC Single Market 44 7(16%) 32(73%) 4(9%) 0(0%)
Second European Legal History 2 1(50%) 1(50%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Evidence 15 1(7%) 11(73%) 3(20%) 0(0%)
Second Family Law 44 11(25%) 26(59%) 7(16%) 0(0%)
First Government and Law 24 3(13%) 17(70%) 4(17%) 0(0%)
First Intellectual Property 45 4(9%) 35(78%) 6(13%) 0(0%)
Second Law and Authority 12 1(8%) 7(59%) 4(33%) 0(0%)
Second Legal Ethics 37 1(3%) 30(81%) 6(16%) 0(0%)
Second Legal Issues in Corporate Management 9 1(12%) 4(44%) 4(44%) 0(0%)
Second Maritime Law 6 4(67%) 2(33%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
First Moveable Property 17 4(24%) 12(70%) 1(6%) 0(0%)
Second Private International Law 7 1(14%) 4(57%) 2(29%) 0(0%)
Second Public International Law 22 5(23%) 17(77%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
First Scottish Legal History 10 1(10%) 3(30%) 6(60%) 0(0%)
First Space Law 25 2(8%) 22(88%) 1(4%) 0(0%)
First Succession 31 3(10%) 13(42%) 15(48%) 0(0%)
First Unjustified Enrichment 5 0(0%) 5(100%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Dissertation 100 11(11%) 55(55%) 26(26%) 8(8%)
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2002-2003
HONOURS RESULTS
st rd
Semester Class Class 1 2:1 2:2 3 or
Total (18+) (15-17) (12-14) less
(11-)
First American Constitutional Law 46 7(15%) 36(78%) 3(7%) 0(0%)
First Animal Welfare Law 14 2(14%) 11(79%) 1(7%) 0(0%)
Second Civil Liberties 18 2(11%) 12(66%) 3(17%) 1(6%)
Second Commercial Law 23 2(9%) 15(65%) 5(22%) 1(4%)
First Comparative Law 16 4(25%) 10(62%) 2(13%) 0(0%)
Second Criminal Justice 44 3(7%) 29(66%) 12(27%) 0(0%)
First Criminal Law 48 5(10%) 24(50%) 18(38%) 1(2%)
First Criminology 44 4(9%) 24(55%) 16(36%) 0(0%)
Second Current Issues In Legal Theory 13 0(0%) 13(100%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Delict 45 4(9%) 30(67%) 11(24%) 0(0%)
First EC Institutions and Law 15 6(40%) 4(27%) 4(27%) 1(6%)
Second EC Single Market 51 11(22%) 37(72) 3(6%) 0(0%)
Second European Legal History 4 3(75%) 1(25%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Evidence 24 5(21%) 16(66%) 3(13%) 0(0%)
Second Family Law 54 11(20%) 31(58%) 12(22%) 0(0%)
Second Feminism & Law 20 6(30%) 13(65%) 1(5%) 0(0%)
First Financial Services 8 0(0%) 3(38%) 4(50%) 1(12%)
First Government and Law 22 4(18%) 14(64%) 3(14%) 1(4%)
First Intellectual Property 48 3(6%) 41(86%) 3(6%) 1(2%)
Second Law and Authority 17 2(12%) 12(71%) 2(12%) 1(5%)
Second Legal Ethics 30 2(7%) 23(77%) 5(16%) 0(0%)
Second Legal Issues in Corporate Management 7 1(14%) 3(43%) 3(43%) 0(0%)
First Maritime Law 6 0(0%) 2(33%) 4(67%) 0(0%)
First Moveable Property 35 6(17%) 26(74%) 2(6%) 1(3%)
Second Private International Law 15 7(47%) 5(33%) 3(20%) 0(0%)
Second Public International Law 24 6(25%) 17(71%) 1(4%) 0(0%)
First Scottish Legal History 13 2(15%) 8(62%) 3(23%) 0(0%)
First Space Law 45 5(11%) 37(82%) 3(7%) 0(0%)
First Succession 26 6(23%) 14(54%) 6(23%) 0(0%)
First Unjustified Enrichment 5 0(0%) 1(20%) 3(60%) 1(20%)
Dissertation 131 18(14%) 66(50%) 43(33%) 4(3%)
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2003-2004
HONOURS RESULTS
st rd
Semester Class Class 1 2:1 2:2 3 or
Total (18+) (15-17) (12-14) less
(11-)
Second A Constitution for Europe 21 7(33%) 12(57%) 2(10%) 0(0%)
First American Constitutional law 51 5(10%) 38(75%) 6(12%) 1(2%)
First Animal Welfare Law 17 2(12%) 13(76%) 2(12%) 0(0%)
Second Civil Liberties 23 2(9%) 10(43%) 9(39%) 1(4%)
Second Commercial Law 8 1(13%) 5(63%) 2(25%) 0(0%)
Second Contract 9 0(0%) 7(78%) 1(11%) 0(0%)
Second Conveyancing 18 0(0%) 11(61%) 4(22%) 0(0%)
Second Copyright, Designs and Allied Rights 60 29(48%) 30(50%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Criminal Justice 39 6(15%) 22(56%) 10(26%) 1(3%)
First Criminal Law 42 1(2%) 29(69%) 10(24%) 1(2%)
First Criminology 41 4(10%) 22(54%) 12(29%) 0(0%)
Second Current Issues In Legal Theory 14 2(14%) 11(79%) 1(7%) 0(0%)
Second Delict 44 5(11%) 29(66%) 9(21%) 0(0%)
First EC Institutions and Law 18 2(11%) 9(50%) 4(22%) 0(0%)
First Employment Law 50 10(20%) 25(50%) 13(26%) 1(2%)
Second Environmental Law 8 1(12%) 3(37%) 2(25%) 1(12%)
Second European Legal History 9 3(33%) 6(67%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Family Law 49 7(14%) 28(57%) 13(27%) 0(0%)
Second Feminism & Law 18 3(17%) 14(78%) 1(6%) 0(0%)
First Financial Services 9 0(0%) 8(89%) 0(0%) 1(11%)
First Government and Law 34 6(18%) 22(65%) 5(15%) 0(0%)
Second Individual rights in EU Law 28 6(21%) 19(68%) 3(11%) 0(0%)
First Industrial Property 20 11(55%) 7(35%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Second Legal Issues in Corporate Management 5 1(20%) 3(60%) 0(0%) 1(20%)
First Legal Issues Involving Art and Antiquities 15 2(13%) 10(67%) 3(20%) 0(0%)
First Maritime Law 10 3(30%) 5(50%) 2(20%) 0(0%)
First Moveable Property 41 7(17%) 29(71%) 5(12%) 0(0%)
Second Planning Law 13 4(31%) 3(23%) 5(38%) 1(8%)
Second Private International Law 15 4(27%) 6(40%) 4(27%) 0(0%)
Second Public International Law 11 1(9%) 7(64%) 2(18%) 0(0%)
First Scottish Legal History 15 1(7%) 11(73%) 3(20%) 0(0%)
First Succession 37 6(16%) 24(65%) 6(16%) 0(0%)
Dissertation 119 17(14%) 56(47%) 41(34%) 3(3%)
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