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Foundations of Anglo-American Law


Fakultät für Rechts­wissenschaft und Volkswirtschafts­lehre,
Sep. 2019 - Dez. 2019

Universität Mannheim, Deutschland

 

 

Student-Assessed Evaluation Result

  • Course evaluation result: 1,65 / 5,0 (average for 15 classes) (excellent)
  • Teaching performance result: 1,48 / 5,0 (average for 15 classes) (excellent)

 

General

Full-semester and compulsory course for first-semester law students looking at the legal systems based on common law.

Teaching methods: lecturing (direct instruction) and leading small-group tutorials (inquiry-based learning).

Student count: 138

 

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, online quizzes, and presentation of a case summary.

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