LA1007:03
Legal Systems and Methods
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 3 |
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1.
Available to LLB students.
The doctrine of stare decisis ; the hierarchy of courts; appellate case analysis; precedent; principles of statutory interpretation; introduction to legal research.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide law students with the necessary tools of analysis to engage in high level legal research and writing;
- to achieve critical awareness of the elements of sound legal decision-making;
- to introduce students to library research with an emphasis upon computer based research.
Assessment by final examination and on-course assessment.