LAW4153

Comparative European legal systems 406

Not offered in 1998

Mr J Epstein

6 points
* Two 2-hour seminars per week
* Clayton
* Corequisites: LAW2100 and LAW2200

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).