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This includes resulting trusts, tracing and constructive trusts. The latter includes discussion of the fiduciary principle byreference to the profit and conflict rules. Third party accessory and recipient liability are also reviewed.Assessment:Final examination (Plussage: Test 20%, Essay 10%).Completion of one tutorial essay is compulsory.LAW 316 — JurisprudenceCredit Points: 15 pointsOffered: First and Second SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 3 hours per week, tutorials — 4 tutorialsCoordinator: Richard EkinsPrerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Course Description:This course introduces students to leading work in jurisprudence (also known as legal philosophy or legal theory). Themajor topics to be studied include: the nature of law, the nature of legal reasoning, fundamental legal concepts andMaori jurisprudence.Content Outline:The topics likely to be included in 2010 are:Part 1: The Nature of Law (9 lectures)• The command theory of law• Hart’s rule based theory of law• Methodology in jurisprudence• The natural law theory of lawPart 2: The Nature of Legal Reasoning (9 lectures)• Legal realism• The Hart/Dworkin debate• Parliamentary sovereignty• Legislative intent• Equitable interpretationPart 3: Fundamental legal concepts (9 lectures)• The nature of rights• Hohfeld’s analytic schema• Powers and dutiesPart 4: Maori Jurisprudence (9 lectures)• What is Maori jurisprudence? A brief comparison of fundamental concepts of Maori law with major schools ofWestern jurisprudence.• Construction of the human person and social groupings — concepts of whanau and the position of women.• Matauranga Maori — Maori knowledge and systems of protection — acomparison with intellectual property laws.• Environmental law — a case study of the incorporation of tikanga Maori into New Zealand laws.• Concepts of immigration and citizenship• Maori forms and processes of dispute resolution and criminal justice30 | 2010 Faculty of Law Handbook
Assessment:Final Examination (2 hours). (Plussage: Optional Course Essay (20%), Tutorial Essay (10%). Both the course essay andthe tutorial essay must be completed for plussage.)Prescribed Text/s:None: materials will be distributed at the beginning of class. Anyone wishing to prepare would be well advised tobegin by reading H L A Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Press, 2nd ed, 1994).LAW 399 — Legal Research 2Credit Points: 10Offered: First and Second SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 2 hours per weekCoordinator: To be advisedPrerequisites: LAW 299, and LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Course Description:An introduction to advanced research skills and multi-jurisdictional legal information sources.Content Outline:• New Zealand Legislation including extrinsic resources, legislative histories, secondary and tertiary legislation• Case Law including NZ historical resources, citators, indexes and digests• Legal Research frameworks for conducting research, research trails• Secondary sources• Research in other common law jurisdictions, UK, Canada, Australia and USA• International law research• Researching in law firms• Self-paced online instruction for major law databases.Assessment:100% on-course assessment comprising:• 2 research exercises, each worth 15% of the final mark or students may use the second research exercise as 30%provided that a mark of at least 40% is attained for the first research exercise• 70% research trail.Note:Students are strongly recommended to link their research trails for this course with the formal writing requirement foran opinion, elective or honours dissertation.Prescribed TextNew Zealand Law Style Guide2010 Faculty of Law Handbook | 31
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