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Number 211
Subject COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN JURISPRUDENCE
Title The Law and its Personnel
Offered
this year
Yes
Instructor Yasutomo MORIGIWA
Format Lecture
Term offered 1st semester
Open to years M1&M2
Schedule Fri 3
Credit 2
Room 905 class begins April 15th 13:00
Course
outline
What is the most difficult aspect of setting up a legal system? Legislation, funding, or the provision of facilities? Each of these stages does have its own problems, but the training of personnel probably presents the greatest hurdle. Technical, legal and moral competence is required for those who man and run the legal system. How can legal education provide such qualities in its trainees? Discussion and interviews are conducted on this question following intensive reading of literature on the subject.
Course
objective
To enable the student to be aware of and to explain the many functions of modern law in society, especially its power to realize justice.
Textbooks I have a short list of possible textbooks. To be decided upon discussion with class.
Additional
references
Given as we go.
Evaluation

attendance and participation: 30%

short essays: 30%

oral presentation: 15%

final essay: 25%

Prerequisites willingness to learn
Remarks There will be extra curricular sessions in simulation and/or trans-pacific debates with a US college class.