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Lecturers in the course:

• Telephone 831 34676
  Email jessica.viven-wilksch@adelaide.edu.au

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Analyse the foundational principles of comparative law, undertake (self-directed) legal research intermediate, and evaluate legal information.
2. Apply comparative law to complex problems/ issues, critique the operation comparative law from a theoretical perspective as part of a team.
3. Structure and sustain concise and cohesive written arguments for a legal and professional audience.
4. Conduct legal research and analysis both independently and cooperatively in an academic environment.
5. Analyse the impact of comparative law from comparative and international perspectives, and in the context of social and cultural diversity.
6. Reflect on their abilities to effectively undertake work as a member of a team.

There is a prescribed texbook and additional readings that will cover the semester.

The Prescribed Textbook

The textbook for this course is H. Patrick Glenn, Legal Traditions of the World (5th Edition, 2014).

Additional Prescribed Readings

As complementary books I recommend

• Mathias Siems, Comparative Law (Cambridge 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2014)
• Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kötz, An Introduction to Comparative Law (OUP, Third Edition, 1998)
• Martin Vranken, Fundamentals of European Civil Law (Federation Press, 2nd ed, 2010) Chapters 1-6, 9, 10

MyUni is the entry point to online learning at The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide:
This course will use MyUni for announcements,  pre recorded videos, display of PowerPoint slides, lecture outlines and any other material required to be read for the lectures and seminars.

This course will also require you to use MyUni for some assessment, including Online Quizzes and group assignments. Audio recordings of lectures where available will be posted. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly and often to keep up to date with these materials and additional learning resources that will be made available throughout the course.

Lectures (one [two –hour] per week)

They will generally take the form of an outline of the topic and its key issues. Students are expected to keep up with the corresponding reading as indicated by the lecturer. Some lecturers may provide outlines, slides or additional material.

Seminars (one [one –hour] per week)

They will concentrate on in-depth consideration of questions, including problem-solving, provided in advance of the seminar. Students are expected to read the cases and other materials and questions sets prior to the seminar. Seminars are an important component of your learning in this course and therefore it is in your interest to make every effort to attend them and participate. The communication skills developed in seminars by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be important by the School, and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

Online activities

Each student will be required to access pre recorded videos before the lecture. Students will have to complete quizzes online during the course before attendng seminars. Students will also have to submit their group assignments online through TurnItIn.

Your learning Process

This course is incorporated some bleded learning. This means that online and traditional face-to-face teaching are used to introduce concepts. Students are strongly encouraged to prepare for each week as follows: 

For the weekly lecture: 

• access the relevant module for the week on canvas
• read the assigned readings
• watch the pre- recorded videos
• make notes

For the weekly seminar:

• access the relevant module for the week on canvas
• read the assigned readings
• complete the quizz on the assigned reading
• make notes on notions presented on the seminar preparation page.

Students are strongly encouraged to contribute to the lectures and semniars through regular attendance and participation to in-class activities.

Contact time: attend 2 hours lectures plus 1 hour seminar each week. This amounts to 36 hours of formal class time across the semester.

It is important to emphasise that lectures and seminars are the class contact hours only. It is therefore necessary for students to allocate study time outside of class, including for the online learning activities. The 最新糖心Vlog expects full time students (those undertaking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies.

week	Lecture	Seminar
1	Introduction to Legal Comparison	Can we compare?
2	History of Comparative Law and Classification of Legal Systems	Why and How we compare
3	SGDE	SGDE
4	Civil Law	Mapping the World's Legal Systems
5	Common Law	SGDE
6	Asian Law	The Codification Movement
7	SGDE	Interpreting Statutes in Common Law and Civil law
8	Islamic Law	Muslim Law and 最新糖心Vlogn Law
9	Chtonic Law	The case of a Mixed Legal System
10	Legal Transplants: A History	Typology of Legal Transplants
11	Human Rights as Universal Law?	The Great Debate: Religion and Secular State
12	Global Pluralism/conclusion/Revision	Revision

CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION

Please check your student email and MyUni regularly as course-related announcements are communicated via MyUni.

Jessica Viven-Wilksch

Consultation times	Wednesday 2-3pm or by appointment
Phone	8303 4676
Email	jessica.viven-wilksch@adelaide.edu.au

An interesting and innovative aspect of this course is the Small Group Discover Experience.

• Students will discover (or rediscover) learning as Intellectual Challenge, and develop a Scholarship of Discovery to inspire them toward learning and lifelong learning
• to accomplish this learning journey, students will develop research skills
• learning and teaching delivery modes used will require students to engage actively with their discipline content. 

The guiding Principles we need to use when we design our Academic programs and the SGDE-based courses within them include:

• a commitment to knowledge for its own sake, and consequently
• learning to follow an investigation, in a disciplined fashion, wherever it may lead
• that students will be actively engaged with boththe SGDE will enrich students' on-campus experience (although not precluding e-enhancement)
  • the content of their course, and
  • with an experienced academic
• The scholarship of discovery will be central to the learning activities within the course

More details are available here: /professions/pedagogical-possibilities/sgde/

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Length	Learning Outcome	Redeemable
8 Online Quizzes	Summative	Open on the Friday preceding the seminar until start of seminar Quiz 1:31 July Quiz 2:14 August Quiz 3:28 August Quiz 4: 4 September Quiz 5: 4 October Quiz 6: 9 October Quiz 7: 16 October Quiz 8 23 October	10%		1;2; 5	No
SGDE Group presentation	Formative	21 August 2017	n/a	3 minute oral presentation	2
SGDE Group Assignment	Summative	15 september week 8 1pm	30%	2500 words	1; 2; 3;4	Yes (Unless student fails to make a reasonable contribution)
Group Peer Assessment	Summative	25 september 2017	n/a	n/a	2;3;4;5	No
Final Exam	Summative	Examination period	60%	90 minutes closed book	1; 3;4	No

• 10% online quiz ( on topic seminars)

There will be 8 quizzes, counting for 10% of the total grade for this course. These will be completed online through MyUni.

• 30% research assignment group work

An exciting part of the course is the group work component, part of the 最新糖心Vlog strategy to implement small group discover experiences (SGCE). Week 3 and week 5 and 7 lectures and seminars will be devoted to the development of group, their topic and their research. The Lecturer will assist with questions and provide support to the students in relation to their research topic and group task management.

Students will work in groups of 4 to complete a small research project on an area of comparative law. This aspect of the assessment will provide students with feedback regarding their level of understanding of the course material and their research, written communication and critical thinking skills. Students will work in groups of 3 or 4 to complete a small group portfolio assignment, which will be due on Friday 15 september 2016 at 1pm. Students will select their topic from a number of comparative topics which will be available on MyUni early in the semester. The assignment will be submitted online (instructions will be provided on MyUni) with a 2500 word paper.

The assignment must be written in prose style (using complete sentences), adhere to grammatical rules and use correct spelling. It should be typed in Times New Roman font, using double spaced paragraphs and at least 12pt font size, on one side of A4 paper. The pages must be numbered and the margins should be at least 2.5 cm wide. The essay should include a table of contents and a bibliography. Each paper must be clearly marked with the student’s 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide number. A word count should be noted on the cover sheet.

Assessment Criteria
• level of insight and innovative thought
• depth of analysis and level of critical examination of the issues raised
• clarity of expression
• logical planning and sequence
• evidence of comprehensive research and consideration of the relevant literature
• demonstrated understanding of the comparative law method
• demonstrated understanding of relevant legal materials
• correct application of relevant material
• overall presentation, including correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
• use of resources in formulating the paper including proper acknowledgment and correct referencing

Students will be advised of the results of this exercise within three weeks of the due date. The results will be displayed on the course website. Students are encouraged to check their marks and notify the lecturer-in-charge of any discrepancies.

Please note that should a student fail to contribute appropriately to the group, he or she will suffer a mark penalty to adjust the mark for this item of assessment to a level commensurate with their contribution. This lower grade will not be redeemable. If a student fails to contribute appropriately to their group, this will reflect in the peer review. Students that get less than 50% will not be able to redeem their mark for the SGDE research paper. 

•  Peer Review

Each group member will have to provide a marked review of the performance of their fellow group members. This review will take place under the Self and Peer Learning Assessment Tool. The tool will be used summatively to generate a mark based on students' individual contributions to a group assignment. After submitting your SGDE assessment, you will have to complete an online form to grade your group members on their group contribution. From your ratings, a score will be established. This score will be applied to the SGDE mark. This will result in each student receiving a different mark for their SGDE based on the contribution. This means that even though the group assignment will be given one common mark, each student will be receive an individual grade based on their contribution to the group project. Clear indications will be provided to students prior to the review being due.

•  60% final examination: MCQ and short questions

The exam is 90 minutes in length. The questionnaire consists of 20 Multiple choice questions intended to test the level at which the material studied has been understood and is being recalled. It will be held in the 最新糖心Vlog examination period. The exam will cover weeks 1-12 of the course. There will be 5 short questions to be answered in 3-4 short sentences.

(N.B. It is each student's responsibility to read the examination timetable. Misreading the timetable is not accepted as grounds for granting a supplementary exam. 最新糖心Vlog staff are not permitted to provide examination times to students over the telephone or in response to personal enquiries.)

The exam is closed book. Students may NOT bring into the exam any books, notes, and materials, other than books from the library. Professional success in a legal career depends on the ability to absorb efficiently and quickly information which conveys factual matters and legal considerations. The test is intended to show how well students are able to do this. To avoid misunderstanding, it should be made clear that this test has nothing to do with rote learning. The subject matter covered by the test is considerably less extensive than the total amount of material studied during the semester. It is carefully selected and students will be advised of it well before the examination. They are also given sample questions so that they will know what to expect. The questions are sufficiently complex to ensure that understanding them is, in itself, an important part of the test.

ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES FOR REFERENCING

All written work in the Law school is required to comply with, The 最新糖心Vlogn Guide to Legal Citation available on http://www.law.adelaide.edu.au/library/resources/style/. Hard copies of The 最新糖心Vlogn Guide to Legal Citation are on Reserve in the Law Library and can also be purchased from UniBooks. Please make sure you have looked at this before you submit any written work.

Assignments must be handed in electronically by Turnitin. Students must ensure their student number appears on all written work submitted for assessment. Electronic copies of the assignment as handed in must be retained by students. Assignments will be returned electronically. It is also advisable to keep written work after it has been assessed and returned.

Extensions

Extensions are granted at the discretion of Course Coordinator.

Extensions beyond the due date are usually only granted in the case of significant unforeseen incapacity.

Students who wish to apply, should apply for an extension by completing the online Application for Extension form (found at The application must give details of the extent and length of the student’s incapacity, and the length of extension that is requested. The Course Coordinator will email students with the outcome of their request as soon as possible after it is received. If an extension is granted, it is only provisional until formal evidence of the incapacity is received. Students must attach this evidence as well as the email granting the extension to the assignment when it is submitted. The evidence submitted must be consistent with details provided in the email requesting the extension. If the details of the request for an extension, and the medical or other evidence verifying the reason for the extension are not consistent in all respects, the extension may be nullified, and the Course Coordinator may in their discretion decide not to accept the assignment, or impose a penalty for late submission.

You can apply for an extension at any time before the due date for an assignment. However, you are strongly advised to make your application as soon as the need becomes apparent. Delay in making an application obviously involves the risk that there will be insufficient time to complete the assignment (with consequential loss of marks) if the application for extension is refused.

If an application is made within one day of the due date, or after the due date has expired, it will not be granted unless the Course Co-ordinator is satisfied:
• that the circumstances warrant an extension; and
• there was no unreasonable delay in making the application.

If your request for an extension is rejected, you can appeal in writing to the Student Appeals Committee, via the Secretary to the Student Appeals Committee, within seven days of notification of rejection by the Course Co-ordinator.

Late Submission
5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc.

Word Length
Assignments which exceed the allocated length (word length or page limit) will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (ie if a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count.

details on grades available at
	HD	D	C	PASS	FAIL
General description	Outstanding or exceptional work in terms of understanding, interpretation and presentation	A very high standard of work which demonstrates originality and insight	Demonstrates a high level of understanding and presentation and a degree of originality and insight	Satisfies the minimum requirements	Fails to satisfy the minimum requirements
Reading	Strong evidence of independent reading beyond core texts and materials	Evidence of reading beyond core texts and materials	Thorough understanding of core texts and materials	Evidence of having read core texts and materials	Very little evidence of having read any of the core texts and materials
Knowledge of topic	Demonstrates insight, awareness and understanding of deeper and more subtle aspects of the topic. Ability to consider topic in the broader context of the discipline	Evidence of an awareness and understanding of deeper and more subtle aspects of the topic	Sound knowledge of principles and concepts	Knowledge of principles and concepts at least adequate to communicate intelligently in the topic and to serve as a basis for further study	Scant knowledge of principles and concepts
Articulation of argument	Demonstrates imagination or flair. Demonstrates originality and independent thought	Evidence of imagination or flair. Evidence of originality and independent thought	Well-reasoned argument based on broad evidence	Sound argument based on evidence	Very little evidence of ability to construct coherent argument
Analytical and evaluative skills	Highly developed analytical and evaluative skills	Clear evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Some evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Very little evidence of analytical and evaluative skills
Problem solving	Ability to solve very challenging problems	Ability to solve non-routine problems	Ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills	Adequate problem-solving skills	Very little evidence of problem-solving skills
Expression and presentation	appropriate to the discipline Highly developed skills in expression and presentation.	Well developed skills in expression and presentation.	Good skills in expression and presentation. Accurate and consistent acknowledgement of sources.	Adequate skills in expression and presentation Rudimentary skills in expression and presentation.	Inaccurate and inconsistent acknowledgement of sources.

 

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible  moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment  results at the 最新糖心Vlog are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is  required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Acess Adelaide at the end of each semester.

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The centre offersrs practical advice and strategies for students to master reading, writing, note-taking, time management, oral presentation skills, referencing techniques and exam preparation for success at university through seminars, workshops and individual consultations.

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Lex Salus Program

Lex Salus was founded in 2013 by Adelaide Law School Wellbeing officers Ms Corinne Walding, Ms Kellie Toole and Dr Mark Giancaspro. Lex Salus is an initiative of the Adelaide Law School aimed at raising law student awareness of the importance of mental, physical and nutritional health across all year levels of the degree, and of the various counselling, disability and equity services both within and outside the 最新糖心Vlog that can provide help. Research shows that law students, both in 最新糖心Vlog and in many jurisdictions around the world, experience the highest levels of stress, anxiety and depression out of any other discipline. Many do not get enough sleep, maintain a healthy diet or achieve a realistic work/life balance. Making matters worse, they are unwilling or afraid to speak up for fear of feeling 'weak' or because of the negative stigma that attaches to seeking help. Lex Salus is dedicated to tackling these problems head-on.

Counselling Service

The 最新糖心Vlog Counselling Service provides a free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Counselling service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life. More information is available at /counselling_centre/.

Further information regarding the Law School Policies and Procedures in relation to Supplementary Assessment, Extensions, and Remarks etc can be found at:


Plagiarism and other forms of cheating

Plagiarism is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the Adelaide Law School Enrolment Guide, and should note in particular the sections relating to plagiarism, grievance procedures and academic conduct within the Law School and the 最新糖心Vlog.

Plagiarism is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the 最新糖心Vlog. Please be aware that “academic dishonesty” (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South 最新糖心Vlog to refuse to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South 最新糖心Vlog.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.