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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

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Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Eoin Daly
Semester 2: Eoin Daly
Autumn: Eoin Daly
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the discipline of comparative legal method and analysis. Students will focus on comparing and contrast legal systems and will assess common law and civil law systems: mixed systems and non-western systems. Students will also engage in comparative legal analysis through a consideration of a number of substantive law topics, which will be analysed from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. Students are expected to attend lectures and to undertake the module's required reading.

Learning Outcomes
1. Compare and contrast the common law system with other systems of law
2. Research and assess key legal issues from a comparative law perspective
3. Assess legal problems within the domestic legal system with the insights from comparative legal method
4. Recognise the influence of historical, social, economic, political and cultural factors on legal systems
5. Recognise the limitations of comparative legal reasoning.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Delivery of key principles relating to module topics
Independent learning time101Study of lecture materials, research, reading of primary and secondary sources, including academic literature
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Introduction to Comparative Legal Research and Analysis.
Introduction to Civil Law Systems.

Mixed Systems of Law.
Chinese Law: code and conduct.

HIndu Legal Concepts.
Islamic Law.

The emergence of a constitutional democratic legal order: South Africa.
Privacy.

Succession.
Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Assignmentn/a50%n/a
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • Orucu and Nelson: 2007, Comparative Law: A Handbook, Hart, Oxford,
  • Reinmann and Zimmerman: 2008, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law,
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