LC5021 Approaches to Legal History

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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Planned timetable

Monday 3-5pm

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Module coordinator

Prof J G H Hudson

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Module Staff

PROF JOHN HUDSON, Prof Caroline Humfress

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Module description

Approaches to Legal History gives a grounding in particularly influential authors and works on the history of law, and also requires critical reflection on method. It will provide a detailed knowledge of certain fundamental texts and the debates that they generated, thereby to develop the skills needed to understand and evaluate the arguments presented by legal historians since the nineteenth century. Themes covered will include the common law tradition of legal history stretching back to Maitland; writings on law and society, including those of Marxist historians such as E.P. Thompson; and the influence of social anthropology on the historical study of disputes.

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 seminar (x11 weeks), plus individual meetings to discuss research assignments.

Scheduled learning hours

47

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

252

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.