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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module HIST52630: ENGLISH LEGAL HISTORY II

Department: History

HIST52630: ENGLISH LEGAL HISTORY II

Type Open Level 4 Credits 30 Availability Available in 2007/08 Module Cap

Prerequisites

  • HIST52530

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • Further study of early-modern English legal history, including an examination of the existing historiography, current problems and sources available for research and writing on this subject.

Content

  • The module will address selected aspects of early-modern English legal history, reflecting current debate on the subject, and particular interests of the student. Major topics include the history of the legal profession, the history of crime, the functioning of the courts at national and local level, the relationship to legal history to social history, legal discourse and the contribution of legal thought to political thought.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
    Subject-specific Skills:
      Key Skills:

        Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

        • Objectives are to be met through a programme of intensive directed reading, regular discussion of issues arising from the reading, and the production of an extensive piece of writing on an agreed subject.

        Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

        Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
        Tutorials 5 fortnightly 1.5 7.5
        Other: Unscheduled meetings as requested by the student. Variable Variable Variable 2.5
        Preparation & Reading 290
        Total 300

        Summative Assessment

        Component: Essay Component Weighting: 100%
        Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
        Essay 5000 words 100%

        Formative Assessment:

        Discussion of work in progress.

        ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University