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LEGAL105-23A (NET)
Introduction to New Zealand Law and Society
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Dee Raman
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What this paper is about
How this paper will be taught
This is a NET paper offered in A semester through a combination of directed teaching and learning using a variety of delivery presentations (written, audio, video, virtual) online via the University's e-learning platform called Moodle. The teaching component comprises 4 hours per week in A semester as follows:
? Students will read Theme Guide-sheets that will assist them through the reading material, tutorial activity and assessment (if any);
? Students can view a series of optional mini lectures presented for selected Themes that will cover legal concepts associated with the different areas of law covered. Some students may read the powerpoints only.
? Students will contribute to 10 Tutorial Forums in selected weeks;
? Students will review selected Themes to complete a short answer Test.
? Students will conduct legal research using the online Law Library databases to complete a Legal Writing assessment.
? Students will interact and communicate through specific online Forums to build a learner-friendly online community for those enrolled in the paper.
Required Readings
All relevant reading and viewing materials will be provided online on Moodle for the paper.
An online copy of Coppard, McLay, Murray & Orpin-Dowell, New Zealand Law Style Guide, 3rd edition, Thomson Reuters (2018) is accessible on Te Piringa Faculty of Law webpage under Course Resources at (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/student).
Te Piringa Faculty of Law requires that students access course materials for this paper on Moodle (http://elearn.waikato.ac.nz), the University of Waikato’s online learning system. Any such material is provided on the following terms:
University of Waikato owns the intellectual property rights, including copyright, in and to this site, or has acquired the necessary licenses to display the material on the site. As a student of the Te Piringa Faculty of Law, you are granted a limited license to use (access, display or print a single copy) the material from the papers in which you are enrolled for the purposes of participating in the paper only, provided the information is not modified. Materials may not under any circumstances be copied, stored, distributed or provided in any form or method whatsoever to any third party. Any other use of the material is prohibited. None of the material may be otherwise reproduced, reformatted, republished or re-disseminated in any manner or form without the prior written consent of University of Waikato. To obtain such consent, please contact the Te Piringa Faculty of Law.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
Requirements for assessed work
Te Piringa Faculty of Law procedures for the presentation, submission and referencing of course work are set out in the Te Piringa Faculty of Law Undergraduate Handbook which is available from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/undergraduate.
Assignment resources are available online at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/student/
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.