Summer School 2013 Faculty of Law undergraduate course descriptions

An examination of the common structures employed by iwi, why those structures are chosen and the legal and practical issues that arise as a result. Aspects of the law related to trusts, limited partnerships, charities and Maori Authorities, and how they may be interwoven within one overarching structure.

• Timetable: Tuesday and Thursday 9am–1pm (starting 10 January)
• Prerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241
• Restrictions: None

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An introduction to the law regarding guarantees and indemnities in New Zealand. The course will mainly focus on guarantees, although indemnities will also be covered.

• Timetable: Wednesday and Friday 9am-12pm (starting 11 January and finishing 8 February)
• Prerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241
• Restrictions: LAW 401

Read more about LAWCOMM 440 (Faculty of Law website)

This course is not a thinly veiled course focused on promoting animal interests – however, it is a course that promotes the ability to objectively, authoritatively, and practically assess legal Issues involving animals, where animals are one (but not the only) stakeholder with interests that must be appropriately balanced and prioritised by the law.

In order to understand the foundational principles that underpin past, present, and potentially future animal law, topics address historical and current drivers of animal welfare and law. With an informed understanding of the essential definitions, concepts and principles, the course then enables participants to apply these learnings to contemporary issues where law has the responsibility of governing diverse, conflicting, and frequently volatile subjective opinions.

The course draws on the diverse professional background of the lecturer, Ian Robertson. Ian is both a veterinarian and a lawyer.

• Timetable: Mon 12-2 and Fri 12 - 3. Classes begin 7 January and end 8 February.
• Prerequisite: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241
• Restriction: LAW 462

A study of the common law individual contract of employment and the mutual duties implied therein; the statutory system and the collective agreement under the Employment Relations Act and it predecessors; the impact on industrial law of specific statutory reforms such as the Human Rights Act, the Health and Safety in Employment Act, and the Parental Leave legislation; and analysis of strikes and lockouts both a common law torts and as events subject to statutory control.

• Timetable: M, T, W, Th 2-4. Classes begin 7 January and end 7 February.
• Prerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241
• Restrictions: LAW 430