LAWS387-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Advanced Public Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 May 2014

Description

Advanced Public Law will examine theories of public law scholarship in key areas of the discipline. It will examine the primary materials and specialist writings such as: parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, judicial review, independence of the judiciary, parliamentary privilege and the Treaty of Waitangi. In addition, students will conduct research on an approved public law topic, write an essay of 3,000 words and deliver an oral presentation to the class on their research.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS110;  (ii) LAWS101 and  (iii) LAWS206

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Philip Joseph

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
InClass Test 08 May 2014 50%
Research Paper and Presentation 11 Apr 2014 50%


The assessment may be by way of an InClass Test (worth 50%), and a research paper (4,000 words) and presentation (worth 50%).

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $709.00

International fee $3,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 28

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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