LAW4178

Comparative civil procedure 406 (6 points)

(LAW)

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Offered:
Not offered in 2004.

Synopsis:

Objectives: To broaden the perspective of domestic students to a major legal system and its way of resolving disputes; To expose students to the comparative method; To expose students to the court system of a western culture nation of a different legal family and its laws; To cause students to reflect on their system of dispute resoltion, its aims and shortcomings.

Assessment: 100% final examination of 2 hours; or at an individual student's option 50% final examination of 1 hour and 50% case study of 4000 words

Prerequisites: LAW1100 Legal Process, LAW 2200 Torts, LAW 2100 Contract

Corequisites: LAW5104 Civil Procedure