Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
(1) to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and institutions and of the historical, social and political and economic factors influencing the development of legal concepts and legal institutions;
(2) to enable students to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles and rules used in legal argument and the methods by which they are derived and modified;
(3) to enable students to acquire some familiarity with theories about the nature of law, the systemisation of legal rules and the relationship between law and other social institutions;
(4) to enable students to develop skills or oral and written presentations, especially of legal argument, and of legal research and analysis;
(5) to encourage students to analyse the law critically and to take an interest in the development of legal and social policy;
(6) to develop in students an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities;
(7) to enable students to acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary for employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment; and
(8) to enhance students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts.
(a) enable students to acquire an understanding of
+ the fundamental concepts and institutions of public law
+ the fundamental concepts of criminal law
+ legal rights and obligations (including proprietary, contractual, tortious and equitable obligations) and their interrelationship
+ the nature of legal personality, fundamental legal institutions and the relationship between different types of legal institutions
+ the trial process and litigation
+ the obligations of practitioners;
(b) introduce students to a variety of theoretical and other perspectives on the nature of law;
(c) enable students to acquire competence in the skills of legal research, analysis and oral and written communication, and introduce them to a range of other legal skills including interviewing, drafting, advocacy, negotiation and other forms of dispute resolution.
+ to enable students to broaden and deepen the legal knowledge and skills they have acquired in the course of studying compulsory subjects
+ to enable students to explore new and significant developments in the law, legal theory and the legal system and to acquire knowledge and skills in areas of law which particularly interest them
+ to introduce students to areas of legal knowledge that are not included in the compulsory curriculum
+ to enable students to further develop the skills relevant to legal practice
+ to enable students to acquire interdisciplinary perspectives that will extend and enhance their understanding of legal principles, theory or skill.
A full list of all the subjects available in the degrees is set out in resolution 2 of the faculty resolutions. The normal procedure is for students to select, in accordance with the regulations, the subjects they wish to study in each year of their degree.
The subdean and other officers of the faculty are available to advise students on their choice of subjects at the time of enrolment. This advice, however, will be most helpful if students have already made themselves familiar with all the subjects and considered what their fields of interest are likely to be. Similarly, when re-enrolling in later years of the course, students should discuss their choice of subjects with the faculty advisers.
It is the responsibility of students to ascertain from the regulations governing their courses, the subjects (including the number of points) required for their LLB degrees; the approval of students' enrolments by the faculty does not relieve the students of this responsibility.
(b) For the purpose of calculating workload, the following compulsory subjects, other than Moot Court, carry twelve points. Moot Court carries two points.
(b) The last two digits indicate the number of points attributed to the subject.
+ LAW2100 Contract 200
+ LAW3200 Constitutional law 300
+ LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure 300
+ LAW1100 Legal process 100
+ LAW5500 Moot court
+ LAW3400 Property 300
+ LAW2200 Torts 200
(1) a school leaver;
(2) a transferee who has completed one full-time year in another faculty or
(3) a graduate who has already qualified for an undergraduate degree or completed equivalent tertiary studies before enrolment for the LLB.
The relevant structures are as follows.
+ Year 2 LAW2200 (Torts 200), LAW2100 (Contract 200), LAW3400 (Property 300) and LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300)
+ Year 3 LAW3100 (Administrative law 300) and thirty-six points elective law subjects
+ Year 4 LAW5500 (Moot court) and forty-eight points elective law subjects
+ Year 2 LAW2200 (Torts 200), LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300) and thirty points elective law subjects
+ Year 3 LAW3100 (Administrative law 300) LAW5500 (Moot court) and forty-two points elective law subjects
+ Year 2 LAW2200 (Torts 200), LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300) and thirty points elective law subjects
+ Year 3 LAW3100 (Administrative law 300) LAW5500 (Moot court) and forty-two points elective law subjects
In order to complete both degrees within the minimum period, it is necessary to follow particular sequences of non-law and law subjects (see resolution 1 of the faculty board). Students who wish to combine an honours degree in another faculty with a law degree, will be unable to do so in fewer than six years.
The faculty has recently conducted a review of its curriculum including the structure of law studies taken as part of a combined degree. The faculty board has approved a recommendation from the Curriculum Review Committee that during the first three years of a combined course the desired sequence of subjects is:
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
School leavers Legal process; Torts Contract;
Criminal law Property
Internal transfer Legal process; Contract;
after one year Criminal law Property
of study
The
transitional arrangements to give effect to the above sequence have been
negotiated with other faculties. Students enrolling in a combined course should
consult with course advisers.
Any student may seek enrolment in the thesis subject LAW5207 at the end of his or her penultimate year of LLB studies. However, a quota will be applied to this subject and students will be admitted on the basis of their weighted average based on all law subjects attempted to the end of their penultimate year of LLB studies.
Students wishing to apply for LAW5207 should do so by the first week of November of their penultimate year. Students who have not applied by this time but who, as a result of their penultimate year of study, wish to do so, should apply within a week of the publication of their results in their penultimate year.