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78234 Common Law Legal Traditions

6cp

Postgraduate

Description

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

Footnote(s)

  1. Requires Faculty of Law approval.
  2. Eligible students must enrol in their first semester of study.


Detailed subject description.

Fee information

  • 2015 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $1283 (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.)
  • 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 Domestic Fees Search: Postgraduate and Research or International Fees Search.
  • Subject EFTSL: 0.125

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.