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1. familiarity with the legal tradition in medieval Ireland (c. 700 - 1700 CE).
2. basic knowledge of the textual sources of early Irish law and aspects of the society regulated by legal institutions.
3. deeper understanding of how early Irish society functioned in everyday life.
Week 1 (Mon, Jan 18, 4pm) Introduction
Week 1 (Wed, Jan 20, 2pm) The social and political environment
Week 2 (Mon, Jan 25, 4pm) The history of early Irish law texts
Week 2 (Wed, Jan 27, 2pm) Judges and jurists
Week 3 (Mon, Feb 1, 4pm) Types of law texts
Week 3 (Wed, Feb 3, 2pm) late medieval legal families and the production of legal manuscripts
Week 4 (Mon, Feb 5, 4pm) Legal manuscripts, their format, contents, characteristics
Week 4 (Wed, Feb 10, 2pm) The later fate of early Irish law
Week 5 (Mon, Feb 15, 4pm) Main features of dispute settlement in early Ireland
Week 5 (Wed, Feb 17, 2pm) 1st discussion and research-skill
Week 6 (Jan, Feb 22, 4pm) Law of status: Críth Gablach (I)
Week 6 (Wed, Feb 24, 2pm) Law of status: Críth Gablach (II)
Week 7 (Mon, Mar 1, 4pm) Marriage and children (I)
Week 7 (Wed, Mar 3, 2pm) Marriage and children (II), 2nd discussion
Week 8 (Mon, Mar 22, 4pm) Status of women
Week 8 (Wed, Mar 24, 2pm) kinship structure
Week 9 (Mon, Mar 29, 4pm) Law of contract
Week 9 (Wed, Mar 31, 2pm) Law of tort
Week 10 (Mon, Apr 5, 4pm) Sick-maintenance and medicine
Week 10 (Wed, Apr 7, 2pm) Living with your neighbours
Week 11 (Mon, Apr 12, 4pm) Bechbretha
Week 11 (Wed, Apr 14, 2pm) Procedures
Week 12 (Mon, Apr 19, 4pm) Law and literature
Week 12 (Wed, Apr 21, 2pm) summary and 3rd discussion
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: three in-class discussions on weeks 5, 7 and 12. students not able to attend the live lectures can do these on Padlet. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Essay: Two parts: 1) Students review the question they formulate in the 1st discussion, and write out the answer for it (<1000 words). 2) on one of three topics (<2000 words). | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Presentation: Students are asked to record a video presentation for less than 5 minutes on Padlet on a given topic. | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Continuous Assessment: In class quizzes on the lecture contents (5 min every week during the second lecture, can also be done asynchronously on BS) attendance of lectures (live and recording) |
Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.