Director Language Programme
Course description, learning objectives and assessment requirements
Information about case presentations, case notes and the final exam
Exercises to be completed in class
The common law and civil law; international and national law; public and private law; civil and crim…Show more
History and sources of common law; common law and equity; adversarial and inquisitorial court system…Show more
Branches of the US government; the courts
The courts in the UK and the US; case law and judicial precedent; the law reports; reading a case
Introduction; types of statutes; statutory interpretation; canons of construction; rules of language
Bethel v Fraser case reading, Hazelwood v Kulhmeier holding excerpts
Answering a problem question; Citation guide; Plagiarism in academic legal writing
