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Ancient Egyptian Law

Course
2010-2011

Admission requirements

None.

Description

Ancient Egyptian legal documents, manuals and codes are read in translation and are discussed. Based on these often fragmentary sources, various reconstructions of the ancient Egyptian legal system are described. Students are invited to evaluate the plausibility of these reconstructions, and to propose their own alternatives.

These discussions should illustrate the importance of changing socio-economic conditions and different legal traditions in shaping legal systems.

Course objectives

objectives of the course:

  • The course has the following objectives:
    To be announced

Achievement levels:
The following achievement levels apply with regard to the course:
To be announced

Timetable

See: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/rechten/osi/wg/ .

Mode of instruction

Lectures

  • Number of (2 hour) lectures:

  • Names of lecturers:

  • Required preparation by students:

Seminars

  • Number of (2 hour) seminars: 10

  • Names of instructors: B.P. Muhs

  • Required preparation by students: Texts in reader must be read prior to discussion in class

Other methods of instruction

  • Description:

  • Number of (2 hour) instructions:

  • Names of instructors:

  • Required preparation by students:

Assessment method

Examination form(s)

  • Written exam.
    The exam amounts to 75% of the final grade. The remaining 25% of the grade consists of class participation.

Submission procedures

Areas to be tested within the exam
Texts in reader and class discussion.

Blackboard

More information on this course is offered in “Blackboard”: http://blackboard.leidenuniv.nl/.

Reading list

Obligatory course materials
Literature:

  • to be announced

Course information guide:

  • none

Reader:

  • Reader, available at Onderwijsmaterialen (KOG, room A.045)

Recommended course materials:

  • Cited in reader

Registration

Students have to register for courses and exams through “U-twist”: https://ics06.leidenuniv.nl/tisweb/menu.

Contact details

  • Name: B. Muhs

  • Work address: Papyrological Institute

  • Telephone: +31 (0)71 527 2906

  • Contact information: By appointment via email

  • Email: b_p_muhs@library.leidenuniv.nl
    h3. Departement/division

  • Departement: Papyrological Institute

  • Room number secretariat: Papyrological Institute, Universiteitsbibliotheek (University Library), Witte Singel 27, Leiden

  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00-17:00

  • Telephone number secretariat: +31 (0)71 527 2906

Remarks

10 ECTS if an additional paper is written.

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