Conceptual Foundations of the Legal System - LAWS1123
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Excluded: JURD7923
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
- To introduce students to basic principles of law in contract, tort and criminal law, including a critical understanding of theory and policy considerations informing the law in these fields.
- To understand and practise applying forms of legal argument to legal problem-solving.
- To develop analytical and critical skills.
- To encourage students to look at how substantive law works in a social context.
Main Topics
- Contract: aspects of contract theory; offer and acceptance; consideration; intention to create legal relations; formal requirements; capacity to contract.
- Tort: the rise of negligence; the elements of negligence; critical perspectives.
- Criminal law: debates around criminalisation; process in criminal law; public order offences; sentencing.
Assessment
Class performance (practical exercises): 20%
Problem-solving assignment: 30%
End of semester exam: 40%
Course Texts
- Reading Materials available from UNSW Bookshop.
- Daniel Khoury and Yvonne Yamouni, Understanding Contract Law, 7th edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2007
- John Gooley and Peter Radan, Principles of Australian Contract Law, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2006
- Frances McGlone and Amanda Stickley, Australian Torts Law, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2005
- Simon Bronnit and Bernadette McSherry, Principles of Criminal Law, 2nd edn, Lawbook Co, Sydney, 2005
- David Brown et al, Criminal Laws, 4th edn, Federation Press, Sydney 2006
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