INTRODUCTION The Law Classes of the University have been organised to afford continuous systematic instruction throughout the academic year in the principles of Law, and to assist students preparing for the examinations of the Liverpool University, of the Council of Legal Education, and of the Law Society. The courses of study in the Faculty, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, are so arranged as to afford a general scientific training in the principles of Law for those intending to enter either branch of the legal profession. This University training may be regarded as either preliminary to a service under Articles of Clerkship in a solicitor's office, or to the ordinary work of a pupil in a barrister's chambers, or it may be undertaken concurrently with either of these; the experience of the last few years has shown that it is possible to combine the two satisfactorily. DEGREES, COURSES OF STUDY, AND EXAMINATIONS IN THE FACULTY OF LAW I. ORDINANCE XXVI The degrees in the Faculty of Law are Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). Degree of Bachelor of Laws 2. The degree of Bachelor of Laws shall be conferred. either as an Ordinary degree or as a degree with Honours. 3. All candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall be required to have passed the Matriculation examination, or to have graduated in this or some other University of the United Kingdom, provided that Latin has formed part of one of the degree examinations, and thereafter to have attended approved courses of study in the subjects of the Faculty for not less than three academic years. 4. Regulations shall determine the attendance which shall be required of candidates both for the Ordinary degree and for the degree with Honours. Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Laws 5. There shall be two examinations for the Ordinary degree of Bachelor of Laws, called respectively the Intermediate and the Final examination. The Intermediate examination may not be taken before the end of the first year of University study; and the Final examination may not be taken before the end of the third year, nor, except by special permission of the Faculty, before the end of two years of University study after passing the Intermediate examination. Graduates of this University in any other Faculty or graduates of any other University of the United Kingdom may, however, proceed to the Final examination after two instead of after three years of University study. 6. All students presenting themselves for the Intermediate examination shall be required to have attended during one academic year a course approved by the Faculty in each of the subjects which they offer. 7. All students presenting themselves for the Final examination shall be required to have attended a course approved by the Faculty in each of the subjects which they offer. Subjects of the Examinations 8. The subjects of the first year's course of study and of the Intermediate examination shall be as follows:i. Roman Law. ii. The Law and Custom of the English Constitution. iii. Jurisprudence. iv. Logic or Political Economy or Ancient History or English Constitutional History. Graduates of this or any other University in the United Kingdom in any other Faculty shall be examined in subjects i, ii, and iii only. 9. The subjects of the second and third years' course of study and of the Final examination shall be as follows: i. Real and Personal Property and the Principles of ii. The Principles of the Law of Contracts. IO. Degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours 10. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours shall be required to have passed the Intermediate and Honours examinations. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours shall be allowed to present himself for the Honours examination not earlier than the end of the second year, and not later than the end of the third of University study after passing the Intermediate examination. A candidate may sit only once for the Honours examination. The optional subjects to be year taken at the Honours examination shall be chosen after consultation with the Dean of the Faculty. Subjects of the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours* II. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours shall be required to present the following subjects : (a) Real and Personal Property and Conveyancing. (b) The Law of Contracts. (c) The Law of Torts. (d) Equity. *Ordinance XXVI, 11, will not take effect until October 1, 1908. See Cal. ed. 1907, p. 379, for subjects for June, 1908. (e) Any one of the following i. The Law relating to Bankruptcy and Joint ii. Some branch of Commercial Law (other than Any one of the following: i. Roman Law. ii. Public International Law. iii. Conflict of Laws. iv. Comparative Law. Degree of Master of Laws 12. The degree of Master of Laws may be conferred upon registered Bachelors of Laws of not less than one year's standing from the date of admission to the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Bachelors of Laws who have graduated with Honours may proceed to the Master's degree without further examination. Bachelors of Laws who have not graduated with Honours shall pass a further examination, or present a dissertation upon some subject included among the studies of the Faculty. Degree of Doctor of Laws 13. The degree of Doctor of Laws may be conferred, after report from the Faculty, upon Masters of Laws of not less than six years' standing from the date of admission to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, who are adjudged to have distinguished themselves by special research or learning in Law. Application for this degree shall be made in writing to the Dean of the Faculty, and shall be accompanied by printed copies of the work upon which the candidate bases his claim. The Faculty may require such work, or some portion of it, if not already published, to be published forthwith. The subject for 1908 is Commercial Contracts in relation to the Carriage of Goods and Insurance. REGULATIONS Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Laws I. The courses attended for the Intermediate examination must average together not less than six hours a week during the academic year; provided that any candidates who are already graduates of this or any other University in the United Kingdom in any other Faculty shall not be required to attend classes in Logic or Political Economy or Ancient History or English Constitutional History, and shall not be required to attend classes in Law for more than four hours a week. The Intermediate examination shall be held once in each academic year. 2. 3. Candidates for the Final examination will be required to attend, during two years after passing the Intermediate examination, classes in the Faculty of Law for not less than five hours a week in one of such years, and four hours a week in the other of such years; provided that students who have been called to the Bar or who have been admitted on the Rolls as Solicitors, and students who are reading in the Chambers of a Barrister or who are articled to a Solicitor, may be admitted to this examination on presenting certificates of having attended classes in the Faculty of Law for four hours a week during one of such years, and three hours a week during the other of such years, after the date of passing the Intermediate examination. 4. Candidates who are already graduates of this University in any other Faculty or graduates of any other University of the United Kingdom and who desire to proceed to the Final examination after two instead of after three years of University study must attend in the first of such years the classes for the Intermediate examination and also in addition classes in English Law, averaging not less than two hours a week. In their second year such graduates shall attend classes in English Law averaging not less than three hours a week. Ꮓ |