Historical Introduction to Law Course
This course connects Roman, canon, and customary law traditions to modern legal systems. It offers legal professionals practical insights into how historical doctrines influence today's courts, codes, and reasoning, covering key ideas from Roman, Germanic, canon, and Enlightenment sources that shaped institutions, procedures, and concepts like codification, precedent, and rights. Students build skills in organising dossiers, precise writing, and linking history to current decisions.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
Gain a clear overview of how Roman, Germanic, canon, and Enlightenment ideas formed today's legal institutions, procedures, and concepts. Explore codification, precedent, rights language, and reforms while developing skills to organise concise dossiers, write precisely, and present historical connections for modern decision-making.
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Develop skills
- Map legal system roots: quickly link Roman, canon, and customary law to today.
- Trace doctrine evolution: show how codes, cases, and customs shaped modern rules.
- Draft clear legal history briefs: concise, structured, first-year friendly dossiers.
- Cite legal history sources: list and label key texts without full bibliography.
- Explain institutional change: connect past courts and codes to current practice.
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