LAW4153

Comparative european legal systems 406 ( 6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Mr Judd Epstein

Offered:
Not offered in 2005.

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.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this subject should (1) be sensitised to the existence of another major approach to law; (2) be familiar with the major characteristics of the continental European legal system; (3) acquire an understanding of the comparative method; and (4) be able to evaluate and analyse their own legal systems from a new perspective.

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

Prerequisites: LAW1100 Legal process OR LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning and LAW1102 Law in society

Corequisites: LAW2100 Contract OR LAW2101 Contract A and LAW2102 Contract B; LAW2200 Torts OR LAW2201 Torts A and LAW2202 Torts B