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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Law : Law
730-439 Legal History Workshop |
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Credit Points: | 10 | |
Coordinator: | Ms R Hunter | |
Prerequisite/s: | Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law. Some other experience of studying history at a University level (whether in the Law Faculty or another Faculty) is desirable, but not necessary. | |
Timetable: | Semester 2 | |
Contact: | One 2-hour lecture per week | |
Subject Description: | An opportunity to both reflect upon and engage in the writing of legal history. In the first (historiographical) section of the course, students will read and discuss a number of approaches to writing legal history, including traditional institutional and doctrinal legal histories, feminist legal histories, ethnographic legal histories; and post-structuralist and/or post-colonial approaches. In the second (practical) section of the coarse, students will choose an essay topic and approach, and undertake research towards their essay. Classes will be devoted to discussing works in progress. The aim of this section is to produce an original piece of legal historical writing of publishable quality, informed by the historiographical material discussed in the first section of the course. | |
Assessment: | Research Essay 7000 words (75%) and class papers on reading and work in progress (25%). Group work on the research essay will be permitted, in which case the length of the essay will be extended to reflect the number of authors. | |
Prescribed Texts: | Printed materials will be issued by the Law School. | |
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