LLAW300-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Pacific Legal Studies

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course offers an introduction to the law and legal systems in Pacific island countries and territories. It examines customary law and its relationship with state law against a background of legal pluralism and cultural relativism. It provides students with the opportunity to place law within a regional context and undertake research of regional significance. This course may be available to students enrolled in other degrees (with waiver of co-requisites). This course is offered in alternate years.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Understand, interpret and evaluate key elements of legal systems in Pacific Island states;
  • Understand, interpret and evaluate the relationship between custom law and state law in Pacific Island legal systems;
  • Understand, interpret and evaluate current legal challenges and opportunities in Pacific legal systems;
  • Reflect on and engage with the community of Pasifika lawyers in the New Zealand legal profession; and
  • Communicate orally and in writing in a persuasive and effective manner.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Co-requisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 A4 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Natalie Baird

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Essay 50%
Portfolio Tasks 40%
Student Presentation 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Corrin, Jennifer , Angelo, A. H; Legal systems of the Pacific : introducing sixteen gems ; Intersentia, 2021.

Corrin, Jennifer , Paterson, Donald Edgar; Introduction to South Pacific law ; 4th edition; Intersentia, 2017.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,663.00

* 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.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LLAW300 Occurrences

  • LLAW300-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024