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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: LAWS1081, LAWS1082; or LAWS3010
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The law governing succession to property on death including the rules relating to wills, administration of assets, family provision and intestate succession. The law relating to death and the body is also part of this course. Equitable doctrines relating to the law of wills and administration of estates, including construction of wills, marshalling, satisfaction, and ademption are also studied. Emphasis is placed on Australia, but there is a significant comparative aspect to this course: Civil law systems, Aboriginal customary law and Islamic law of inheritance, inter alia. This is both an illuminating way of considering the relevant doctrines, and also is appropriate for practitioners in a multicultural country.

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