(1) to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and institutions and of the historical, social and political and economic factors influencing the development of legal concepts and legal institutions;
(2) to enable students to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles and rules used in legal argument and the methods by which they are derived and modified;
(3) to enable students to acquire some familiarity with theories about the nature of law, the systemisation of legal rules and the relationship between law and other social institutions;
(4) to enable students to develop skills or oral and written presentations, especially of legal argument, and of legal research and analysis;
(5) to encourage students to analyse the law critically and to take an interest in the development of legal and social policy;
(6) to develop in students an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities;
(7) to enable students to acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary for employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment; and
(8) to enhance students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts.
Objectives for compulsory core of degree
The objectives for the compulsory core of the LLB degree are:
(1) To enable students to acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts and institutions of public law. Public power, including the judicial power of courts, the authority of the legislature, and executive power, provides the underpinning for domestic law. An understanding of the nature and legal constitution of the state and public authorities, including the distribution of powers between legislature, executive and judiciary, the extent and limits of these powers, and the means by which they can be validly exercised, is fundamental to the study of law.
(2) To enable students to acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts of criminal law. The criminal law raises profound issues about the relationship between law and morality and between state and citizen.
(3) To enable students to acquire an understanding of legal rights and obligations (including proprietary, contractual, tortious and equitable obligations) and their interrelationship. Private law regulates the relationship between legal persons by recognising and enforcing contractual, tortious and proprietary rights and obligations. Students require an understanding of the development of these legal concepts and of the ways in which they are interrelated in order to master the specialised areas of law covered in elective subjects.
(4) To enable students to acquire an understanding of the nature of legal personality, fundamental legal institutions and the relationship between different types of legal institutions. The distinction between natural and legal persons is a fundamental legal concept. Students also need some introduction to a variety of legal institutions, including corporations, trusts, trade unions and unincorporated associations.
(5) To enable students to acquire some familiarity with a variety of theoretical and other perspectives on the nature of law.
(6) To enable students to acquire competence in the skills of legal research, analysis and oral and written communication and to acquire some understanding of other legal skills including interviewing, drafting, advocacy negotiation and other forms of dispute resolution.