Thus the first section of the course looks at the basic building blocks of the law, covering history, legal estates and equity interests and registered title. Developing skills learned in Obligations I, throughout the course students will be encouraged to consider tort's relationship with contract law. The first term is devoted to the development of negligence liability. Other topics such as nuisance and defamation are dealt with in term two. In addition to close analysis of the case law, students will be expected to consider the broader functions of tort law and the present system's practical efficacy.
Jurisprudence are compulsory courses in the third year.
Students will also take an optional course chosen from a selection of options listed below. Disputes which commonly arise in commercial and family contexts are increasingly resolved by recourse to equitable concepts and principles. There is therefore a corresponding need to understand the relevant and developing law, to analyse critically the functions and approaches of equity and to evaluate its impact. This course aims to provide an elementary treatment of these matters. It concentrates on the social and legal contexts in which equity is currently important.