1 Student Handbook for MLF students 2012-13 Contents A Introduction to the Law Faculty ........................................................................................ 3 1. Administration ................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Lectures and Seminars.................................................................................................................... 4 3. The St Cross Building and Bodleian Law Library ............................................................................. 5 3.1 Access to Electronic Library Services.................................................................................. 5 3.2 Other Libraries.................................................................................................................... 6 4. Computing Services ........................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Your Oxford 'Single-Sign On' Account and Access to Student Self Service, Network Services..................................................................................................................................... 6 4.2 University Rules for Computer Use .................................................................................... 6 4.3 Email Lists ........................................................................................................................... 7 4.4 Faculty Website .................................................................................................................. 7 4.5 IT Support in the Faculty .................................................................................................... 7 4.6 Oxford University Computing Services............................................................................... 8 4.7 WebLearn and File Back-up ................................................................................................ 8 5. University Resources ...................................................................................................................... 8 6. Law Graduate Students' Representatives and Association ............................................................ 9 7. The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal .................................................................... 10 8. Oxford Student Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN .................................................... 10 8.1 Subscribing to the RPS ...................................................................................................... 10 9. Funding Opportunities.................................................................................................................. 10 10. Research Ethics ........................................................................................................................... 11 11. Support for Students with Disabilities ........................................................................................ 11 12. Alumni Relations ......................................................................................................................... 11 13. Careers ........................................................................................................................................ 12 B The MLF ........................................................................................................................... 13 1. The Aims of the MLF ..................................................................................................................... 13 2. Teaching Arrangements ............................................................................................................... 13 3. Supervision ................................................................................................................................... 15 4. Assessment for MLF ..................................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Examination Procedures .................................................................................................. 18 5. Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 19 6. Residence...................................................................................................................................... 21 7. DPhil status after the MLF ............................................................................................................ 21 7.1 How to apply for admission to the DPhil/PRS status ....................................................... 21 8. Courses in the MLF ....................................................................................................................... 22 8.1 The Core Courses ............................................................................................................. 22 8.2 The Law Elective Courses ................................................................................................. 22 8.3 Optional Dissertation in the MLF ..................................................................................... 22 8.4 Format for Theses in the Faculty of Law .......................................................................... 23 The Title of the Thesis ............................................................................................................ 25 9. Descriptions of Courses in the MLF .............................................................................................. 25 9.1 MLF Core Courses ............................................................................................................. 25 9.2 MLF Law Elective Courses ................................................................................................ 28 Comparative and European Corporate Law (CECL)................................................................ 28 2 Competition Law .................................................................................................................... 28 Conflict of Laws ...................................................................................................................... 29 Corporate Finance Law .......................................................................................................... 30 Corporate Insolvency Law ...................................................................................................... 31 Dissertation ............................................................................................................................ 32 European Business Regulation ............................................................................................... 33 European Intellectual Property Law (EIPL) ............................................................................. 33 International Economic Law ................................................................................................... 34 Principles of Financial Regulation (PFR) ................................................................................. 34 Transnational Commercial Law .............................................................................................. 35 Appendix: University Policy Statements and Codes of Practice .......................................... 37 1. Equal Opportunities Statement (Students) .................................................................................. 37 1.1 Recruitment and admissions ............................................................................................ 37 1.2 The curriculum, teaching and assessment ....................................................................... 37 1.3 Welfare and support services .......................................................................................... 37 1.4 Complaints and academic appeals within the Law Faculty .............................................. 38 2. Code of Practice Relating To Harassment (including Bullying) ..................................................... 39 2.1 Advice ............................................................................................................................... 41 2.2 Discipline .......................................................................................................................... 42 2.3 Institutional Arrangements .............................................................................................. 42 3. Disability Equality Duty (DED)....................................................................................................... 43 3.1. Disability Support ............................................................................................................ 44 3.2. Current Policy .................................................................................................................. 44 3.3 Current Provision ............................................................................................................. 45 3.4 Future Activity and Policy Development .......................................................................... 48 4. Law Faculty Template for MLF students ...................................................................................... 48 Glossary of Oxford Terminology .......................................................................................... 53 3 A Introduction