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Attention then turns to security over personal property, including the Personal Property Securities Act 1999. Finally, thetransfer and acquisition of personal property is considered including the disposition of gifts, assignments and transferson death.AssessmentOne compulsory test (100%)LAW 473 — Law of Armed ConflictCredit Points: 10 pointsOffered: First SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 2 hours per weekCoordinator: Treasa DunworthPrerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Corequisite: LAW 435Course Description:The Law of Armed Conflict (sometimes referred to as International Humanitarian Law or the Laws of War) is concernedwith the legal rules governing the conduct of hostilities. This aim of this course is to provide students with an overviewof those rules and to critically examine their development and operation in historical and contemporary settings.Throughout the course, we will draw on a series of case studies (such as the treatment of prisoners in Iraq, the use ofdepleted uranium, the status of UN peacekeepers) to illustrate the issues arising. In this way, students will be able tocritically assess the contemporary law of armed conflict.Content Outline:Topics include: historical overview of the development of the law of armed conflict; detailed consideration of the coretreaties and their provisions (eg the definition of combatant, principle of distinction, rules about targeting); the statusof UN peace operations and implementation and enforcement aspects of this body of law.Assessment:100% on-course assessment: 2 compulsory tests worth 50% each.LAW 474 — Privacy LawCredit Points: 10 pointsOffered: First SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 2 hours per weekLecturer: Stephen PenkPrerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Course Description:An examination of the law relating to privacy in New Zealand with special reference to the common law protection ofprivacy; the protection of privacy under the Broadcasting Act 1989, and the scope and application of the Privacy Act1993.Content Outline:• The concept of ‘privacy’• Privacy and related interests; competing interests• Sources of privacy law• Key privacy issues• The tort of invasion of privacy and other possible common law remedies — Recent developments in New Zealandand comparable jurisdictions2010 Faculty of Law Handbook | 59