LAW4153

Comparative european legal systems 406 (6 points)

(LAW)

Leader: Mr Judd Epstein

Offered:
Not offered in 2003.

Synopsis: Common law - civil law: elementary comparisons. classification of legal systems. Historical origins of the civil law. Legal education and legal profession. Constitutions. Judicial organisation. Sources of law. Judicial methodology. Criminal procedure. Civil procedure.

Assessment: Choice from open-book examination, oral examination, research paper(s).

Corequisites: LAW2100, LAW2200