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LAWS2229 Law and Society in South East Asia

Later Year Course

Offered By Law School
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Laws
Offered in LAWS2229 will not be offered in 2012
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course introduces students to the legal systems of Southeast Asia, an area of immediate importance to Australia.  Legally speaking, the area is one of the most complex in the world.  It comprises a range of customary, Islamic and State laws.  These laws exist today in varying combinations, occasionally in harmony and, not infrequently, in conflict.

Part 1 of the course will provide an historical outline and general overview of these systems.  In Part 2, the focus will be on land law and legal pluralism, as a representative case-study of law-in-action in Southeast Asia. 

Indicative Assessment

Please refer to LAWS2229 course home page.

Areas of Interest Law
Requisite Statement

Completed or completing five LAWS courses at 1000 level.

Prescribed Texts

Please refer to LAWS2229 course home page.

Preliminary Reading

Please refer to LAWS2229 course home page.

Academic Contact Daniel Fitzpatrick

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