LC5021
Approaches to Legal History
2017-2018
20
10
SCQF level 11
1
Academic year(s): 2017-2018
SCOTCAT credits : 20
ECTS credits : 10
Level : SCQF level 11
Semester: 1
Planned timetable:
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.
Weekly contact: 2-hour seminars (x 11 weeks)
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment: New coursework: 3,000-word essay