Unit of Study LAWS3011 Comparative Law (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

LEGL1001 - Legal Research and Writing AND EITHER LAWS1001 - Legal Process OR LEGL1004 - Australian Legal System

Unit description

Examines one or more legal systems that are different to the Australian legal system. Will provide an insight into the similarities and differences between these other legal systems and the Australian legal system in order to enable students to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of these other legal systems with the Australian legal system.

Unit content

Module 1: Scope of Comparative Law, Legal Pluralism & Methods

Module 2: The Western legal tradition: the Common Law family

Module 3: The Western legal traditions: The Civil Law family & the Socialist systems

Module 4: The Levantine legal traditions & The Eastern legal traditions

Module 5: Indigenous legal traditions & Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders legal traditions

Module 6: Reflections

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

compare and contrast the legal system of one or more countries and Australia

recognise and analyse the concepts which are necessary to become independent learners

describe and explain the function of each legal system and its role in the development of a mature legal system

demonstrate analytical skills in conducting legal research in relation to each legal system and written skills in the presentation of research

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