LEGAL106

Legal Systems and Societies

2025

30

100

Full year

Hamilton, Tauranga

LAWS106, LEGAL205

An historical introduction to, and a descriptive outline of, the legal systems in England and New Zealand, including the structure of government, civil and criminal proceedings, the sources of law and the main divisions of substantive law. Legal reasoning and the judicial process, including an introduction of statutory interpretation. An elementary treatment of legal concepts.

Teaching Periods and Locations

25D (HAM)
Paper outline
D Teaching Period :
24 Feb 2025 - 02 Nov 2025
Hamilton 50% internal assessment, 50% examinations
25D (TGA)
Paper outline
D Teaching Period :
24 Feb 2025 - 02 Nov 2025
Tauranga 50% internal assessment, 50% examinations

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This paper will be delivered in Tauranga via 2 hour in person small group workshops taught by our Tauranga campus based Teaching Fellows. Lectures will generally be available via videoconference delivered from our Hamilton campus (and will be recorded). Selected lectures may be delivered in person in Tauranga. This paper is moderated under accreditation requirements of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education and is required for admission to the Bar in New Zealand. Any LAWS coded papers in the Legal System, Public Law, Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity and Succession, and Legal Ethics completed before 2019 will become stale in 2028 and students wishing to be admitted to the Bar should make a stale application to the New Zealand Council of Legal Education. All lectures, tutorials, and internal assessments for this paper will have a flexible, online option; it is required to sit the final moderated exam in person.

Timetabled lectures

25D (HAM) 25D (TGA)
Name Day Time Room Dates
Lecture 1 Thur 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM MSB.1.04, Hamilton Feb 20 - Oct 5
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Name Day Time Room Dates
Lecture 1 Thur 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM TCBD.G.03, Tauranga Feb 20 - Oct 5
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Indicative Fees

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Domestic
International
25D (HAM) $1,935
25D (TGA) $1,935

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25D (HAM) $9,563
25D (TGA) $9,563

You will be sent an enrolment agreement which will confirm your fees. Tuition fees shown are indicative only and may change. There are additional fees and charges related to enrolment - please see the Table of Fees and Charges for more information.

Available subjects

Additional information

  • Paper details current as of 7 Aug 2024 01:11am
  • Indicative fees current as of 28 Sep 2024 01:20am