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78103 Common Law Legal Traditions

8cp
Requisite(s): 78100c Postgraduate Legal Research
The lower case 'c' after the subject code indicates that the subject is a corequisite. See definitions for details.
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

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

  • 2013 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $1632 (Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2010 should consult the Fees Calculator by Subject for relevant student contribution charges for Commonwealth-supported students. Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth-supported places.)
  • 2013 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $4134 (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: 0.167

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at access conditions and My Student Admin.