Unit information: Year Abroad (Law and German) in 2015/16

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. Giliker
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 at a German university, undertaking a range of law units units not taken at the University of Bristol, according to a jointly approved programme.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:

• Demonstrate improved fluency in Germanlanguage
• Explain in German key principles of German law
• Demonstrate a grounding in key elements of German law and the German legal system

Teaching Information

Organised by the university in question.

Assessment Information

Assessments may consist of written or oral examinations.

The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.

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)