Unit information: Year Abroad (Law and German) in 2013/14

Unit name	Year Abroad (Law and German)
Unit code	LAWD39003
Credit points	120
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director	Professor. Roger Kerridge
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	University of Bristol Law School
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

The academic session is spent in the University of Gottingen, Germany, studying a range of law units according to a jointly approved programme.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the unit, a successful student will have studied German law at a German university in the native language, undertaking units not taken at the University of Bristol.

On this basis, students should: (i) have improved their fluency in Germann language; (ii) be able to explain in German key principles of German law; and (iii) have gained a grounding in key elements of German law and the German legal system.

Teaching Information

Organised by the university in question.

Assessment Information

Assessed on the basis of 30 ECTS. Assessments may consist of written or oral examinations.

Reading and References

• N Foster and S Sule, German Legal System and Laws (4th ed., OUP 2010)

• HD Fisher, The German Legal System and Legal Language (4th ed., Routledge-Cavendish 2008)