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ANU Law School · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
This course will introduce students to the core concepts and procedures of private law, namely the legal system that governs relationships between individuals and other legal persons beyond the state. These fields include property, contracts, trusts, and torts. It will familiarise students with modes of legal reasoning that are distinct to private law as well as with the different fora (courts, arbitral tribunals, mediation) where private law is interpreted and applied. The course will focus primarily on common law legal systems, while also incorporating comparative elements. This will enable students to understand the unique character of Australian private law as a common law system transplanted into a settler colonial context. This course will operate as a general introduction to private law and will prepare students to undertake further, more specialised study in the field.
The proposed means of assessment for this course will provide students with at least two pieces of assessment, including one piece during the teaching period. More information about the means of assessment, including the relationship between the assessment and the learning outcomes of the course, will be available in the class summary and on the course WATTLE page.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Classes offered in non-standard sessions will be taught on an intensive base with compulsory contact hours (approximately 26 hours of face to face teaching). The course will also require advanced preparation through assigned readings. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours. - Classes offered during semester periods are expected to have three contact hours per week. Click here for the LLM Masters Program course list
Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. Preliminary Reading Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course.