University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: To be arranged.

This module provides students with a grounding in particularly influential authors and works on the history of law, and also requires critical reflection on method. It will provide students with a detailed knowledge of certain fundamental texts and the debates that they generated, thereby helping them 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.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour seminars (x 11 weeks)

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%


Re-assessment: New coursework: 3,000-word essay

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Prof J Hudson, Prof C Humfress, Prof C Kidd, Prof R Houston