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Undergraduate Handbook 2002:
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Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
The
purpose of the core undergraduate curriculum (the seven compulsory units and
those elective units fulfilling the requirements of the Council of Legal
Education for admission to practice) is to:
(a) enable students to acquire an understanding of:
- the fundamental concepts and institutions of public law
- the fundamental concepts of criminal law
- legal rights and obligations (including proprietary, contractual,
tortious and equitable obligations) and their interrelationship
- the nature of legal personality, fundamental legal institutions and the
relationship between different types of legal institutions
- the trial process and litigation
- the obligations of practitioners
(b) introduce students to a
variety of theoretical and other perspectives on the nature of law
(c) enable students to acquire competence in the skills of legal research,
analysis and oral and written communication, and introduce them to a range of
other legal skills including interviewing, drafting, advocacy, negotiation and
other forms of dispute resolution.
The
purpose of the elective program is to:
- enable students to broaden and deepen the legal knowledge and skills they
have acquired in the course of studying compulsory units
- enable students to explore new and significant developments in the law,
legal theory and the legal system and to acquire knowledge and skills in areas
of law which particularly interest them
- introduce students to areas of legal knowledge that are not included in
the compulsory curriculum
- enable students to further develop the skills relevant to legal practice
- enable students to acquire interdisciplinary perspectives that will
extend and enhance their understanding of legal principles, theory or skill.
Units
required for admission to practice are LAW4171 (Corporations law 406); LAW5125
(Lawyers, ethics and society 506); LAW4169 (Equity 406); LAW4170 (Trusts 406);
LAW5159 (Evidence 506); and LAW5104 (Civil procedure 506).
The
elective units available in the faculty are set out in resolution 14 of the
faculty board. The availability of those units in 2001 will depend on the
number of enrolments and the availability of teaching staff.
The
structure of the LLB course varies for students according to whether they are
(1) a school leaver, (2) a special entrant, or (3) a transferee from another
faculty of this university or other approved tertiary institution who has
completed at least one full-time year of study towards a degree or who has
tertiary qualifications and experience which, in the opinion of the faculty
board, constitute a suitable preparation for the proposed course of study. The
relevant structures are as follows:
- Year 1: LAW1100 (Legal process 112), LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure
312), LAW2100 (Contract 212) and LAW2200 (Torts 212).
- Year 2: LAW3400 (Property 312) and LAW3201 (Constitutional law 306) and
30 points of elective law units.
- Year 3: LAW3101 (Administrative law 306) and 42 points of elective law
units
- Year 4: 48 points elective law units
As
above, except that the faculty board may reduce the number of elective units
which are required to be completed, having regard to the applicant's prior
qualifications and experience.
- Year 1: LAW1100 (Legal process 112), LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure
312), LAW2100 (Contract 212), LAW2200 (Torts 212)
- Year 2: LAW3400 (Property 312), LAW3201 (Constitutional law 306) and 36
points elective law units
- Year 3: LAW3101 (Administrative law 306) and 48 points elective law units
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