LA4007 - Succession

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

Testate succession wills, testamentary capacity, personal representatives, executors, grants of probate, administration of assets, legacies, payment of debts.Intestate succession - the rules applicable to total and partial intestacy; grants of letters of administration.Testators family maintenance - claims of family and dependants to support from the estate of the deceased and the power of the court to vary a will.

Learning Outcomes

• to introduce students to the law of succession, the problems associated with the branch of the law and proposals for reform.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

[(LA1105 or LA2011) and (LA1106 or LA2012) or LA2001] and (LA3106 or LA3015 or LA3002) and (LA3013 or LA3014 or LA3001)

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 10-Jul-2009
Face to face teaching 22-Jun-2009 to 09-Aug-2009 (Monday - Friday from 22 June - 3July only)
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw
Lecturer:	Ms Jeneve Frizzo.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 6 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 10-Jul-2009
Face to face teaching 22-Jun-2009 to 09-Aug-2009 (Monday - Friday from 22 June - 3July only)
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw
Lecturer:	Ms Jeneve Frizzo.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 6 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.