Faculty of Law and Economics,
Feb. - Jun. 2015

University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

 

 

Student-Assessed Evaluation Result

• Course evaluation result: 1.95 / 5.0 (average for 9 classes) (excellent)

 

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: 109

 

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.