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LS100 Introduction to Legal Systems and Methods

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
07 April 2008 08 April 2008 Optional
17 September 2008 18 September 2008 Optional
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes Legal Studies unit available to all students, subject to degree rules
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Harry Geddes (hgeddes@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit serves as an introduction to law studies. Its objective is to start students on the path to achieving an understanding of how the legal system operates, the ways in which the law is made and the role of the law in society.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Laying Down the Law
ISBN: 9780409321562
Cook, C., Creyke, R., Geddes, R. and Hamer, D., LexisNexis Butterworths 6th ed. 2005
Principles of Australian Public Law
ISBN: 9780409323627
Clark, D., LexisNexis 2nd ed. 2007
Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary
ISBN: 9780409321234
Nygh, P.E. and Butt, P. (eds), LexisNexis Butterworths 3rd ed. 2004
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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