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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 Introduction
Week 1 The social and political environment
Week 2 The history of early Irish law texts
Week 2 Judges and jurists
Week 3 Types of law texts
Week 3 Legal manuscripts, their format, contents, characteristics
Week 4 late medieval legal families
Week 4 The later fate of early Irish law
Week 5 Main features of dispute settlement in early Ireland
Week 5 1st discussion and research-skill
Week 6 Law of status: Críth Gablach (I)
Week 6 Law of status: Críth Gablach (II)
Week 7 Marriage
Week 7 children
Week 8 Status of women
Week 8 kinship structure
Week 9 Law of contract
Week 9 Law of tort
Week 10 Sick-maintenance and medicine
Week 10 Living with your neighbours
Week 11 Bechbretha (This may be cancelled because of the Easter holiday)
Week 11 Procedures
Week 12 Law and literature
Week 12 summary and 2nd 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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Essay: on one of three topics (<2000 words). | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Continuous Assessment: Brightspace quizzes on the lecture contents and general participation in in-class discussions. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Portfolio: 1. in-class discussion in Week 5 where you formulate the research question 2. a formative report on Padlet (by Week 10) 3. an essay (1000-1500 word, end of term) |
Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
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 | 25 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.