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<h1>LA4029 - Comparative Law</h1>
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					[Not offered in 2010]

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<td class="labelheading">Credit points:</td>
<td>03</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Year:</td>
<td>2010</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Student Contribution Band:</td>
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								Band 3</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Administered by:</td>
<td>School of Law Office</td>
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<p>An examination of the history and development of the common law and civil law systems; the features and characteristics of the major legal families (common law, civil law and socialist law); the structures, concepts procedures and the role of the legal profession in each; Australia and Great Britain have diverged under the impetus of different personal laws whether based on religion (Islam, Hinduism) or traditional laws or customs such as the ADAT of Indonesia and Malaysia.</p>
<p class="labelheading">Learning Outcomes</p>
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<li>To acquire a deeper understanding of the major legal systems of the world. </li>
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<tr><td class="labelheading">Prerequisites:</td><td>LA2017 and LA2018 and LA2019 and LA2020 and LA1105 and LA1106 and LA2015 and LA2016</td></tr>
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<p><span style="color: #000;font-weight:bold;">Note: </span>
			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.</p>
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