78103 Common Law Legal Traditions
8cpRequisite(s): 78100c Postgraduate Legal Research
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Postgraduate
This intensive subject provides the bridge between the civil law and the common law. It is a comprehensive subject aimed at lawyers from countries with civil or dual civil and common law legal systems. It opens with expert tuition and practical exercises in the research skills and methodology of the common law. The topics covered include primary and secondary sources of the common law; the development of the common law; courts and lawyers; the spread and reception of the common law; law finding in the common law; contract law in the common law; public law and the common law; and business transactions in the common law.
Typical availability
Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus
Note(s)
1. Requires Faculty of Law approval.
2. Eligible students must enrol in their first semester of study.
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
2011 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $1513
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2011 should consult the student contribution charges for Commonwealth-supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth-supported places.
2011 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3825
Note: Fees for postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the annual fees schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.167Access conditions
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