Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
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.
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).