Contents Introduction and general administration................................................................................................ 4 Versioning ........................................................................................................................................... 5 The role of the Faculty and the college .............................................................................................. 5 Key Contacts........................................................................................................................................ 6 The Law Faculty and the St Cross Building .......................................................................................... 6 Induction events ................................................................................................................................. 6 The lecture list..................................................................................................................................... 7 Academic Dress ................................................................................................................................... 7 Dates of Term ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Oxford Students website .................................................................................................................... 7 Student Handbook .............................................................................................................................. 7 The Faculty website and Weblearn..................................................................................................... 7 Paid work ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Visa Information .................................................................................................................................. 8 Prizes ................................................................................................................................................... 8 The Course .............................................................................................................................................. 9 The purpose of the undergraduate law degree at Oxford.................................................................. 9 The overall structure of the BA in Jurisprudence ............................................................................. 11 The overall structure of the BA in Jurisprudence Law with Law Studies in Europe ......................... 11 Timetables ......................................................................................................................................... 13 The Teaching System ........................................................................................................................ 14 The roles of the College and the Faculty in teaching provision ........................................................ 15 OxCORT ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Statement on Agreed Reading Lists .................................................................................................. 16 Changing course or suspending status ............................................................................................. 16 Mods Course descriptions ................................................................................................................ 16 A Roman Introduction to Private Law ........................................................................................... 17 Constitutional Law ........................................................................................................................ 18 Criminal Law .................................................................................................................................. 19 The Legal Research and Mooting Skills Programme ..................................................................... 20 Assessment ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Assessment strategy ......................................................................................................................... 21 Examining conventions ..................................................................................................................... 21 The Examiners’ Edict ......................................................................................................................... 22 1 Entering for the Moderations examinations .................................................................................... 22 Dates of Examinations ...................................................................................................................... 22 The nature of Mods Examinations .................................................................................................... 22 Procedures for dealing with illegible scripts ..................................................................................... 23 Sitting your examination ................................................................................................................... 23 Special Examination Regulations for students requiring adjustments on grounds of ill health and disability ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Collections and mock examinations ................................................................................................. 23 Examiners’ Reports ........................................................................................................................... 23 Good Academic Practice ....................................................................................................................... 24 Plagiarism .......................................................................................................................................... 24 OSCOLA ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Skills and learning development ........................................................................................................... 27 Skills .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Skills training ......................................................................................................................................... 30 Faculty, college, and library resources .............................................................................................. 30 University resources ......................................................................................................................... 31 Support ................................................................................................................................................. 32 General sources of help .................................................................................................................... 32 Education Committee and the Proctors ........................................................................................... 33 OUSU ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Policies and Regulations ................................................................................................................... 33 Health and safety in the St Cross Building ........................................................................................ 33 Careers .............................................................................................................................................. 33 Alumni relations ................................................................................................................................ 35 Complaints and academic appeals ........................................................................................................ 36 Feedback and Student Representation................................................................................................. 38 Opportunities for feedback ............................................................................................................... 38 Student representation ..................................................................................................................... 38 Facilities ................................................................................................................................................ 40 General Information about Oxford and University Facilities ............................................................ 40 Libraries ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Computing Services ....................................................................................................................... 40 Law-Mods and Law-FHS Email Lists .............................................................................................