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<SUBJECT ID="733-103" CODEUSED="733-103">
<TITLE>LEGAL STUDIES A2: THE CIVIL LAW - RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS</TITLE>
<POINTS>12.5 1st year
<COORDINATOR>Drew Hopkins.
<SEMESTER>Second semester
<CONTACT>Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial each week.
<OBJECTIVES>On completion of this subject students should have developed:
<ul>
<li>a greater understanding of the ways in which an individual interacts as a member of a community in terms of civil rights, duties and obligations;
<li>skills in the critical evaluation of the theoretical underpinnings of laws in this area;
<li>skills in statutory interpretation;
<li>an ability to evaluate critically the development of law through judicial decision-making and legislation;
<li>an enthusiasm for, and an interest in, the study of legal issues in this area.
</ul>
<CONTENT>An examination of the civil rights, obligations and duties which arise through daily interaction as a member of a community. The subject evaluates the role of case and statute law in the development of the obligations.
<ASSESSMENT>Research work 2,000 words (50%) and a 2-hour final examination (50%).
<PRESCRIBEDTEXTS>
<ATEXT>Printed materials available from the Law School
</PRESCRIBEDTEXTS>
</SUBJECT>
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