age, death and other rates. Crude, corrected, and standard rates. The simpler methods of computing populations in intercensal periods. Central populations. Method of determining post-censal populations. Corrected and general rates compared. Life-tables: principles involved in preparing them, with examples. Numerical examples of all the foregoing worked out. Practical Work.-The work of the class will be devoted to the application of statistical methods, to particular cases suitable to each course, and students will be shown how to use mechanical calculators and the commoner mathematical tables. The fee for the winter course is £1 1s.; and an entrance fee of 5s. is payable by non-matriculated students. LAW. FOUNDED IN 1505. Patrons-THE UNIVERSITY COURT. Professors-1860 (1833) Patrick Davidson, LL.D., died 1881. 1881 George Grub, M.A., LL.D., retired 1891, died 1892. 1891 John Dove Wilson, LL.D., retired 1901, died 1908. 1901 John Neil Downie Kennedy, K.C., M.A., LL.D., demitted 1907.* 1907 JAMES MERCER IRVINE, K.C., LL.B. The work of the Chair of Law embraces (1) the Law of Scotland, and (2) Civil (Roman) Law. LAW OF SCOTLAND. The class meets daily during the Winter Session. The course includes, so far as practicable, lectures on the following subjects; Sources and Development of the Law of Scotland; Law of Personal and Domestic Relations; Marriage; Parent and Child; Tutors and Curators; Succession, Testate and Intestate; Trusts; Law of Property; Landownership; Ownership of Moveables; Obligations and Contracts; Constitution and Extinction of Obligations; Sale; Agency; Carriers; Insurance; Partnership; Landlord and Tenant; Rights in Security; Law of Reparation; Personal Injury; Defamation; Law of Diligence; Bankruptcy; Criminal Law. At intervals throughout the session the hour is devoted to examinations which are conducted in writing. The fee is £4 4s. CIVIL (ROMAN) LAW. A full course of not less than eighty lectures will be delivered in the Winter Session 1918-19, and thereafter in alternate *On Appointment as Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute. Winter Sessions. The first part of the course will deal with the Constitutional History of Rome and the History of the development of the law. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the study of the special departments of the law. The second part of the course will be devoted to a systematic exposition of the various departments of the law. The full course qualifies for Graduation in Arts as well as in Law. Students in the Faculty of Arts who propose afterwards to study Law are recommended to select Civil (Roman) Law as one of their subjects for the Arts Degree. Law students are recommended to take this class before taking Scots Law. The Lectures are equally adapted for students qualifying for the legal profession in Scotland or England or the Colonies. The course is also useful to candidates for the Indian Civil Service. The text-book is the "Institutes of Justinian" (ed. Sandars or Moyle). Reference is also frequently made to the "Institutes of Gaius" (ed. Poste or Muirhead). The fee for the full course is £4 4s. ; for the half-course £2 2s. CONVEYANCING. Lecturers-1892 Charles Ruxton. 1895 JAMES DUGUID, M.A. This course consists of not less than eighty lectures, and, in addition, written examinations are conducted at stated intervals throughout the session. The text-books are Professor Montgomerie Bell's Lectures, and Mr. Craigie's Manuals of Conveyancing (Heritable Rights and Moveable Rights). A syllabus of the course may be obtained from the Lecturer or the Law Assistant. The fee is £4 4s. FORENSIC MEDICINE. (See p. 126.) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HISTORY. Lecturer-1908 ROBERT MOIR WILLIAMSON, M.A., LL.B. The course extends to not less than eighty lectures, which are delivered annually in the first two terms. The lectures will be partly analytical and partly historical. The analytical part will treat of the nature of Constitutional Law; the safeguards of the rights of individuals; the characteristics of the British Constitution; Parliament; the House of Commons and its Procedure including Private Bill Legislation; the House of Lords; the Crown; the Cabinet; Party Government; the Administrative Departments of Government; the relation between the Home Government and the Colonies. The historical part will treat, in outline, of the development of the Constitution from the Norman Conquest to the present time. Books-Dicey's "Introduction to the Study of the Constitution"; Anson's "Law and Custom of the Constitution"; TaswellLangmead's "Constitutional History of England”. Attendance on this course is required of all candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and of candidates for Honours in History. The fee is £4 4s. JURISPRUDENCE (PHILOSOPHY OF LAW). Lecturer-PROFESSOR IRVINE. The course extends to not less than forty lectures. The Class will meet twice a week during the Winter Session 1917-1918, at 5.15 P.M., and thereafter in alternate Winter Sessions. The lectures will deal with, inter alia, the following topics: Nature of Law; Sources and Development of Law; Sanctions of Law; The Administration of Justice; Functions of the State; Constitution and Extinction of Legal Rights; Analysis of Legal Conceptions; Legal Classification. Attendance on this course is required of all candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Attendance on these lectures also qualifies as a half-course for the Degree of B. L. and the Degree of M.A. The fee is £3 3s. POLITICAL ECONOMY. (See p. 84.) PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW. Lecturer-1908 GEORGE DUNCAN, M. A. The Class The course extends to not less than forty lectures. will meet during the Summer Session in 1919, at 9 A.M., and thereafter in alternative Summer Sessions. The lectures will deal with the history and exposition of the doctrines of Public International Law. Attendance on this course is required of all candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Under Ordinance 40 attendance on these lectures also qualifies as a half-course for the Degree of B.L. The text-book is Lawrence, "Public International Law," or Hall, "International Law". The fee is £3 3s. INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW. Lecturer-1908 GEORGE DUNCAN, M.A. The course extends to not less than forty lectures. The Class will meet during the Summer Session in 1918 at 9 A.M., and thereafter in alternate Summer Sessions. The lectures will deal with the principles of International Private Law, and, in particular, with the interpretation and application of these principles by the Courts of Scotland. Under Ordinances 39 and 40 the lectures constitute a qualifying half-course for Graduation in Law. The fee is £3 3s. PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE (THE CLARK LECTURESHIP). Lecturer-1904 ALEXANDER BLACKLAW, M.A. The course will be delivered in the Summer Session, and will consist of about fifty lectures on Procedure and Evidence, including the Practice of the Civil and the Criminal Courts of Scotland. A short course of about fifteen lectures on (1) Bankruptcy Law and (2) Shipping Law, or on such other branches of Commercial Law as may from time to time be arranged, will be delivered in alternate Winter Sessions. Under Ordinances 39 and 40 attendance on the lectures on Procedure and Evidence constitute a qualifying half-course for graduation in Law. Fee for course on Procedure and Evidence, £3 3s. Fee for each minor course, £1 1s. Students attending a minor course only, are not required to matriculate but pay the special Entrance Fee of 5s. SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. FOUNDED IN 1620. The patronage of this Chair is in the hands of the Moderator of the Synod of Aberdeen, and two Commissioners from each of the eight Presbyteries of the Synod, the Principal of the University, a Professor chosen by the Senatus, and the Dean or some other member of the Faculty of Divinity appointed to represent it. Professors-1860 (1852) Robert Macpherson, M.A., D.D., died 1867. 1867 Samuel Trail, M.A., LL.D., D.D., died 1887. 1887 Alexander Stewart, M.A., D.D., demitted 1894.* 1894 William Paterson Paterson, M.A., D.D., demitted 1903.+ 1903 William Alex. Curtis, M.A., D.D., D.Litt., demitted 1915. 1915 WILLIAM FULTON, M.A., B.D., B.Sc. On appointment to Principalship of St. Mary's College and Professorship of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews. +On appointment to Chair of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. On appointment to chair of Biblical Criticism in the University of Edinburgh. The course in the class of Systematic Theology extends over three sessions. It embraces Introduction to Theology, Studies in Apologetics and Comparative Religion, Biblical Theology, and the History and System of Christian Doctrine. During part of the session Fridays are devoted to the delivery and criticism of students' discourses in the College Chapel. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the session the class meets in two divisions, the Junior consisting of first year students at 9 A.M., and the Senior of second and third year students at 11 A.M. On Mondays and Fridays it meets undivided at 11 A.M. The class fee is £3 3s. DIVINITY AND BIBLICAL CRITICISM. FOUNDED IN 1860. Patron-THE CROWN. Professors-1860 William Milligan, M.A., D.D., retired and died, 1893 1916 Vacant. The Course in the Class of Biblical Criticism embraces the Characteristics of New Testament Greek; the Critical and Exegetical study of the Greek New Testament; the Principles of Textual Criticism; Introduction to the New Testament; the Canon of New Testament Scripture, with relevant passages from the Early Fathers; Studies in the Septuagint and in the Life and Times of Christ and His Apostles, illustrative of the New Testament writings; Recent Discoveries of early Christian literature in their bearing upon the Canon; History of the English Bible. Besides the customary Greek Critical Exercise, a Člass Exposition of a short passage of New Testament Scripture will be required. There will be three Examinations in the course of the Session. DIVINITY AND CHURCH HISTORY. FOUNDED IN 1616. Patron-THE CROWN. Professors-1860 (1843) Wm. Robinson Pirie, D.D., demitted 1877 *; died 1885. 1877 John Christie, M. A., D.D., died 1889. 1889 HENRY COWAN, M.A., D.D., D.Th. (Gen.) D.C.L. (Dunelm). *On appointment to Principalship of the University. |
