77799 Principles of Common Law

6cp
Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: M Sanson

In this subject students from civil law backgrounds are introduced to the common law and its place in the Australian legal environment. The skills of legal research, case analysis, statutory interpretation, legal problem solving and critical analysis – which are essential to the study and practice of the law – are also developed in the course of students' learning.

Students begin their inquiry by considering primary and secondary sources of the common law, the development of common law, courts and lawyers, and the spread and reception of common law. They then examine contract law in the common law, public law and the common law, and business transactions in the common law.

An undergraduate legal qualification from a country with a civil or dual civil and common law legal system is assumed.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,041.62
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,472.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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