COMPARATIVE LEGAL TRADITIONS

LAW5WLT

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject offers an in-depth comparison of the actors (lawyers, judges, and lay judges and jurors) and of certain linguistic, philosophical, and methodological features of four jurisdictions: Germany, Sweden, England and Wales, and the United States. The approach taken is to compare these jurisdictions on the basis of their languages, their conceptions of law, their primary actors, and their methods of dealing with legal rules. In doing so, students will be asked to assess the usefulness of separating these four jurisdictions into two or more traditions or families, and to help predict likely future developments in these jurisdictions and globally.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Gordon Walker

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Charting the Divide between Common and Civil Law	Prescribed	Lundmark, T 2012	OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Melbourne, 2014, Week 07-08, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Gordon Walker

Class requirements

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 07 - 08
Five 8.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 07 to week 08 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
class participation		10
one 6,000-7,000-word take home examination		90