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Student-Assessed Evaluation Result
General
Full-semester and compulsory course for first-semester law students looking at the legal systems based on common law.
Teaching methods: leading small-group tutorials (inquiry-based learning).
Student count: 129
Course Content
The course covered the sources of American law and English law and a number of substantive areas of English law, including:
- Criminal law (focusing on homicide offences);
- Tort law (focusing on the tort of negligence); and
- Property law (focusing on legal interests in land and their transfer).
Assessment
Assessment tasks included class participation and presentation of a case summary.