Historical Introduction to Law Course
This course links Roman, canon, and customary law to contemporary legal systems, offering professionals practical insights into how historical doctrines influence modern courts, codes, and reasoning. Explore codification, precedent, rights, and reforms while gaining skills to compile dossiers, write precisely, and connect history to current decisions.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain a clear overview of how Roman, Germanic, canon, and Enlightenment influences formed today's legal institutions, procedures, and concepts. Delve into codification, precedent, rights language, and major reforms, while developing skills to organise concise dossiers, write precisely, and link historical developments to modern legal decision-making.
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Develop skills
- Map legal system origins 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 that are structured and suitable for first-year students.
- Cite key legal history sources accurately without needing a full bibliography.
- Explain institutional changes by connecting historical courts and codes to today's practices.
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