LEGAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - LEG155/B Spring 2021

Course

Radka MacGregor

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About

Legal Systems and Methods is an introduction to the English legal system and describes the distinctiveness of the common law approach as a legal methodology. The module is vital in initiating students into the process of legal research and the understanding of legal reasoning. This course aims to achieve an overview of the central institutions and processes of the English legal system and to introduce students to techniques of legal interpretation and legal research.

Lessons15

Here is the course outline:

Reviewing Part A and B, 1st – 10th Chapter, Case Note

Courts in the English legal system

The constitutional role of judicairy

Judicial Appointment and Diversity

Legal Professionals.

Essay Drafting with Feedback.

Case Note

The civil justice system

Access to civil justice and legal aid

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

The criminal justice system

The investigation and prosecution of crime

The jury

Essay drafting with feedback.

Review

LEGAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - LEG155/B Spring 2021

1. Review and Case Note

2. Part C: Legal System - 11th Chapter SG

3. 12th Chapter SG

4. 13rd Chapter SG

5. 14th Chapter

6. Review Part C: Legal System - 11th - 14th Chapter SG

7. Case Note

8. 15th Chapter SG

9. 16th Chapter SG

10. 17th Chapter SG

11. 18th Chapter SG

12. 19th Chapter SG

13. 20th Chapter SG

14. Review Part C: Legal System - 15th - 20th Chapter SG

15. Last Lesson - Review