LAW4153 - Comparative european legal systems 406

Leader: Semester Two: Matt Harvey

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics include: 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 unit 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

Examination (2.5 hours writing time plus 30 minutes reading and noting): 100% OR Examination (1.25 hours writing time plus 30 minutes reading and noting): 50%
Research essay (4000 words): 50%

Contact hours

Three hours of lectures per week

Prerequisites

LAW1100 or LAW1101 and LAW1102 or LAW1104

Co-requisites

LAW2100 or LAW2101 and LAW2102; LAW2200 or LAW2201 and LAW2202