Historical Introduction to Law Course
This course explores how Roman, Germanic, canon, and Enlightenment influences shaped modern legal institutions, procedures, and concepts. Gain practical skills in codification, precedent analysis, rights language, and reforms, while learning to organise dossiers, write precisely, and link history to contemporary decision-making for legal professionals.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
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What will I learn?
Discover how Roman, Germanic, canon, and Enlightenment ideas formed today's legal frameworks, procedures, and principles. This concise course covers codification, precedent, rights terminology, and major reforms, while developing skills to compile organised dossiers, write accurately, and demonstrate historical connections relevant to modern legal practice.
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Develop skills
- Map origins of legal systems by linking Roman, canon, and customary law to modern practices.
- Trace the evolution of legal doctrines through codes, cases, and customs to current rules.
- Draft concise legal history briefs in a structured, accessible format.
- Cite key legal history sources accurately without full bibliographies.
- Explain changes in legal institutions by connecting historical courts and codes to today.
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