SCHOOL of LAW
Guide for Visiting Law Students
2015/2016
Welcome from Head of School
Dear Visiting Student,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the School of Law at NUI Galway.
I hope your time with us is productive and enjoyable.
Each year we welcome approximately 60 visiting students to the School.
Our experience is that your presence and participation in our classes enriches
the learning experience for all students.
You should make the most of your time here by availing of the many social opportunities available to
students in this University. There are excellent clubs and societies in which you will meet other
students from a variety of backgrounds. Our location in the west of Ireland, between the Burren and
Connemara, is especially beautiful and you should use every opportunity to explore the city and its
environs … regardless of the weather!
My colleagues and I work very hard to ensure that all of our students are exposed to the highest
standard of research-led teaching. The School is known for its supportive approach and generosity
towards students and you should be confident in the knowledge that my colleagues will be no less
supportive and generous to you as a visiting student.
If you need my assistance at any stage during your time here please call to the School Administration
Office Room 406 on Floor 2 of Tower 2.
Best wishes for a happy and rewarding time at NUI Galway.
Professor Donncha O’Connell,
Head of School.
LOCATION OF SCHOOL
The School of Law is located on Floor 2 and Floor 3 of Tower Two. Access may be gained through the stairways
and lift located at the Bank of Ireland end of the Concourse. Some Law lecturers’ offices are located in Block T.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
The School Administration is located in Room 406, Floor 2 of Tower Two. During the academic year 2015-2016,
the office will be open each day, Monday to Friday, from 11.15 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
All questions relating to course and examination regulations should be raised with the School Administration
Office in the first instance.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Prof. Donncha O’Connell
Head of School
Ms. Nicola Murphy
Erasmus Co-ordinator
Ms. Patricia Conroy
Acting Head of Administration and Process
Development
Ms. Carmel Flynn
Administrative Assistant
Ms. Tara Elwood
Administrative Assistant
Mr. Michael Coyne
IT Administrator
School Web Address
School Fax Number
School Email Address
(091) 492388
donncha.oconnell@nuigalway.ie
(091) 493001
nicola.murphy@nuigalway.ie
(091) 495614
patricia.conroy@nuigalway.ie
(091) 493082
carmel.flynn@nuigalway.ie
(091) 492752
tara.elwood@nuigalway.ie
(091) 494067
michael.coyne@nuigalway.ie
http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/
(091) 494506
law@nuigalway.ie
ACADEMIC STAFF
Buckley, Dr. Lucy-Ann
Callanan, Ms. Deirdre
Connolly, Ms. Ursula
Danaher, Dr. John
Daly, Dr. Eoin
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Griffin, Dr. Diarmuid
Hanly, Dr. Conor
Healy, Dr. Connie
Hinds, Ms. Anna-Louise
Kenna, Dr. Padraic
Kennedy, Dr. Rónán
Long, Prof. Ronán
Murphy, Ms. Nicola
O’Connell, Prof. Donncha
O’Mahony, Dr. Charles
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CONSULTATION WITH LECTURERS
Lecturers set aside regular times for consultation with students and these times are posted on their office doors.
AVAILABILITY OF PHOTOCOPIED MATERIAL
Some of the reading required for certain courses is available on a pay-as-you-get basis in photocopied form, and
can be purchased from the print shop “Print That” which is located on the main concourse (Adjacent to Smokey
Joes coffee area). The opening hours are 8.30am to 6.00pm.
THE LIBRARY
Effective use of the library is a crucially important part of legal education. Students should take advantage of every
opportunity to familiarise themselves with the library and the services it offers. Nowadays many excellent services
are available through electronic sources (located on the ground floor of the library). Training sessions are available
and details may be had from the information desk in the library.
Law Librarian
Mr. Hugo Kelly
(091) 493359
hugo.kelly@nuigalway.ie
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Monday, 7th September 2015
Saturday, 28th November 2015
Monday, 30th November 2015
Monday, 7th December 2015
Friday 18th December, 2015
19th December, 2015 – 10th January 2016
Semester 1 begins
Teaching ends
Study Week
Examinations begin
Examinations end
Christmas Vacation
Monday, 11th January 2016
Saturday, 16th April, 2016
Thursday 25th March – Tuesday 29th March 2016
Monday, 18th April – Saturday 23rd April, 2016
Monday 25th April, 2016
Wednesday, 11th May, 2016
Semester 2 begins
Teaching ends
Easter Holidays
Study Week
Examinations begin
Examinations end
Examinations
Assessment is mainly by a written examination of two hours duration, although some courses may use
assessment by course work such as projects or essays. Marks are awarded out of 100%, and the pass mark
is 40%.
Standards:
40% or above:
50% or above:
60% or above:
70% or above:
Third Class Honours
Second Class Honours, grade 2
Second Class Honours, grade 1
First Class Honours
Schedule of Courses for Visiting Students 2015/2016
Semester One:
Code
ECTS
Examination
LW337
LW3104
LW215
LW229
LW227
LW3103
LW202
LW409
LW365
LW357
LW263
LW503
LW513
LW383
LW343
LW108
LW212
LW225
LW379
LW354
LW220
LW203
Administrative Law I
Applied Legal Theory
Commercial Law
Company Law I
Constitutional Law I
Consumer Law and Policy
Contract Law I
Criminal Law I
Criminology
Environmental Law I
Equity I
European Union Law I
Evidence I
Information Technology Law
International Protection of Human Rights
Irish Legal System
Labour Law I
Land Law I
Legal & Business Ethics
Media Law
Sociology of Law
Tort I
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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5
5
5
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5
5
5
5
Two hour exam
Continuous Assessment
Two hour exam
Two hour exam
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Two hour exam
Continuous Assessment
Two hour exam
Two hour exam
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Two hour exam
Two hour exam
Continuous Assessment
Two hour exam
LW422
LW371
LW374
LW231
LW326
LW370
LW228
LW205
LW413
LW394
LW398
LW358
LW265
LW504
LW385
LW514
LW419
LW405
LW232
LW356
LW364
LW216
LW226
LW415
LW206
Administrative Law II
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Banking Law
Company Law II
Comparative Law
Comparative Disability Law
Constitutional Law II
Contract Law II
Criminal II
Criminal Justice
English Land Law
Environmental Law II
Equity II
European Union Law II
European Human Rights
Evidence II
Health & Safety Law
Health Law & Policy
Housing Law & Policy
Industrial and Intellectual Property Law
International Trade Law
Labour Law II
Land Law II
Law of the Sea
Tort II
5
5
5
5
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5
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5
5
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5
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5
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5
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Two hour exam
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Two hour exam
Two hour exam
*LW127
*LW308
*LW323
Family Law
Jurisprudence
Public International Law
10
10
10
Two hour exam
Two hour exam
Two hour exam
Semester Two:
Year-long Courses:
*LW (only available to students visiting for the full year)
SYLLABI OF COURSES 2015/2016
LW337 Administrative Law I: This course will examine the following fundamental issues in public law. (1) The courts,
judicial decision-making, judicial independence and accountability. (2) The ingredients of fair decision-making, including
the rule against bias and the other elements of constitutional justice. (3) Legitimate expectations. (4) The supervisory
jurisdiction of the High Court by way of judicial review, including the scope of public law remedies and their discretionary
nature. (5) A case study in one of the above areas.
LW422 Administrative II: This course will deal with more advanced public law issues including the following. (1)
Procedures for applying for judicial review. (2) Tribunals of Inquiry and similar bodies, including an examination of their
role and their relationship with the courts. (3) Constitutionalism: models of constitution-making. (4) The key elements of
the British Constitution including parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, devolution, the prerogative and conventions.
(5) The liability of public bodies in contract and tort.
LW371 Alternative Dispute Resolution: The aim of this course is to examine alternatives to court based litigation in the
resolution of disputes. After a review of civil practice and procedure in the Irish courts, the course concentrates on the
philosophy and methodologies of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This includes a detailed analysis of domestic
arbitration law. The course also deals with other forms of binding ADR, eg international commercial arbitration, mediation
- arbitration (med-arb), and adjudication; as well as non-binding forms such as mediation\conciliation. An important
element of the course is that dealing with the principals of negotiation and students participate in a number of role playing
exercises based in the Harvard Negotiation Project. The course is taught over one semester.
LW3104 Applied Legal Theory: The course will examine the philosophy of law in the thought of major political thinkers
with the aim to seek guidance in order to respond to attempts to regulate issues that stir controversy. Key ideas that will be
discussed throughout the seminar are the relationship between law and morality, the role of the State, the difficulties that
emerge in the effort to apply abstract moral ideals in reality, the interplay between social context and legal rules, the factors
that affect the emergence of the law, the is/ought distinction, the
distinction between formal and real freedom, the concept of human dignity.
Case studies will include abortion, torture, criminal punishment, harm to self, lying and the law.
LW374 Banking Law
The legal position and regulation of banks and the banker-customer relationship are explored in this course. The legal duties
and liabilities of banks to customers and third parties are examined in relation to banking transactions, the provision of
advice, and confidentiality requirements. The legal regulation of both electronic and paper-based banking will be
considered.
LW215 Commercial Law
This course examines the law of agency and the law of sale of goods, two important integrated subjects forming the
foundations of commercial law. The course begins with an introduction to the nature and sources of commercial law.
Following this, the course will examine the law of agency, including the conceptual basis and nature of agency, the
authority of the agent, the rights and duties of the agent and the termination of the agency. This part of the course will also
examine the EU (Commercial Agents) Directive which provides for specific legal rules applying to self-employed agents
involved in the sale or purchase of goods. The course then deals with contracts for the sale of goods under the Sale of
Goods and Supply of Services Acts 1893-1980, including the scope of the legislation, the passing of property in the goods,
retention of title clauses, and the implied terms in the Acts relating to title, description and quality and fitness for purpose of
the goods. The remedies of buyer and seller will also be considered as will the law on exclusion clauses in sales contracts.
LW229 Company Law I: The Legal classification of organisations. Structures for the conduct of business, especially the
single trader, partnership, company and the co-operative society. The formation of a company by registration under the
Companies Acts. The concepts of corporate personality, limited liability, and ultra vires. The law relating to the
Memorandum and Articles of Association. The definition, function and legal duties of company promoters and directors.
Majority rule and minority rights.
LW231 Company Law II: The nature, issue, allotment and maintenance of capital. Mortgages, charges and receivership.
Company membership, shares and debentures, share certificates and share transfers. The law relating to company
management, administration, mergers, take-overs, and monopolies, companies, capitalism, and industrial democracy. The
EC company law harmonisation programme. The legal process and problems of company liquidation and dissolution.
LW326 Comparative Law: The course deals with comparative aspects of both public and private law, and its content
varies from year to year. Each year one or more topics is dealt with in depth, comparing Irish law with that of a number of
other Common Law and Civil Law systems. Topics in the past have covered such matters as freedom of expression, privacy
law and judicial review.
LW370 Comparative Disability Law: This course will deal with the law and policy affecting individuals with disabilities.
It will take as its starting point an examination of the general concept of equality and its application in the field of disability.
Specialist topics shall include consideration of the relevant portions of transportation law, education law, housing law,
employment law and planning law. The scope of the course shall be comparative in nature and shall cover in particular the
relevant UN, US, Canadian, Australian, Irish and European laws. Fifty per cent of the credit for this course will go towards
a paper.
LW227 Constitutional Law I: Deals with Irish constitutional history and includes a basic introduction to constitutional
theory. Its primary focus is on the 1937 Constitution as a constitutive instrument of statehood and in exploring this theme
there is a detailed consideration of the doctrine of separation of powers as it applies in Ireland.
LW228 Constitutional Law II: Deals with the fundamental right guaranteed by the Irish Constitution. This includes a
consideration of the doctrine of unenumerated rights developed under that instrument and the particular issues of
constitutional theory that arise in relation to fundamental rights jurisprudence generally.
LW3103 Consumer Law and Policy: Consumer law and policy is a significant and rapidly developing area of current
Irish and EU Regulation. It crosses the traditional public and private law divide and this module represents an important
opportunity to analyse and examine the different types of regulation in diverse areas involving consumer transactions. The
subject of consumer protection is embedded in EU policy and most Irish legislation in the last twenty-five years derives
from EU directives. A number of major EU initiatives are now part of Irish law including Unfair Commercial Practices,
Product Liability, Distance Selling, Unfair Terms and Consumer Credit. The module will initially discuss the meaning of
‘consumer’ and the rationales for consumer law before examining the regulation of consumer contracts, the law on unfair
commercial practices, product liability and consumer credit. Irish consumer law is undergoing change with the proposal for
a Consumer Rights Act to consolidate and update the statutory provisions relating to consumer contracts including the
supply of digital content. The course will debate and analyse the latest developments in this context.
LW202 & LW205 Contract Law – Formation; Contractual Terms; Capacity to Contract; Privity of Contract; Agency.
Vitiation; Discharge; Remedies; Restitution.
LW409 Criminal I: In this semester course, we will be concerned with the general principles of criminal liability. We
will consider the philosophical foundations of the criminal law, and the elements of liability. The semester will end with a
consideration of the principal general defences.
LW413 Criminal II: This semester course is concerned with the principal offences known to Irish law. We begin with
the Inchoate Offences – Incitement, Conspiracy, and attempts. The most serious offences – homicide, non-fatal offences,
and sexual offences are then considered, and the course will end with a consideration of the principal property offences and
the inchoate offences.
LW394 Criminal Justice: This course, which may be taken in conjunction with or independently of Criminology, will
examine certain key contemporary issues in Criminal Justice, notably crime prevention, policing, prosectution policy,
preventative detention, gender and crime, trial procedures, imprisonment, and related issues. These topics will be examined
from both the legal and sociological perspectives.
LW365 Criminology: This course will deal with certain fundamental questions connected with criminal justice policy:
the measurement of crime and the interpretation of criminal statistics; explanations of criminal behaviour; certain typologies
of crime notably white-collar crime and sexual offending; policing; penology and sentencing practice.
LW398 English Land Law: The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the principles and concepts governing
Land Law in England and Wales. A solid grounding in Irish Land Law is required. Topics for study will include: An
outline of the 1925 legislation and the doctrine of estates; land charges and the Land Charges Act, 1912; settlements and the
Settled Land Acts, 1925; trusts for sale; co-ownership; the rule against perpetuities; leases and tenancies; mortgages;
registration of incumbrance and title; licences; adverse possession; restrictive covenants; easements and profits a prendre;
succession law; family provision claims.
LW357 Environmental Law I: This course treats the legal regime regulating planning and development in Irish Law. The
Irish planning code and issues of statutory interpretation and public law arising therefrom are examined. The course looks
at: the institutions of planning control; the application for planning permission; participation by objectors; the appeal
process and judicial review of planning decisions; and compensation for refusal of development.
LW358 Environmental Law II: This course will examine the legal aspects of a number of different sources of pollution
including water pollution (inland and coastal), air pollution, waste, noise etc. The Common Law nuisance principles and the
Rule in Ryland v Fletcher will be examined, as well as recent case law in this area. Recent domestic legislation (in
particular the Water Pollution Act and the Air Pollution Act) as well as EC developments will be considered, particularly
from the point of view of monitoring and penalties for breach. The role of environment impact assessments will also be
considered.
LW263 Equity I: This course deals with the historical development of Equity and equitable remedies and doctrines.
Topics covered include: the origins and development of Equity; the relationship between Equity and Common Law; the
maxims of equity; equitable interests and equities; conflicts of legal and equitable rights; priorities and the doctrine of
notice. The course will also examine the equitable remedies, including the following: perpetual, interlocutory, interim,
mandatory and quia timet injunctions; the Mareva injunction and Anton Piller order; specific performance; rescission,
rectification and declaration; tracing; promissory and proprietary estoppel. Finally, the course will examine the concepts of
donatio mortis causa and constructive fraud, inlcuding fraud, undue influence, unconscionable transactions and abuse of
confidence.
LW265 Equity II: This course deals with the law relating to the institution of the trust. Topics covered include: the
nature and development of the trust; classification of trusts. Substantive and formal requirements for valid trusts. Secret and
half-secret trusts; incompletely constituted trusts. Presumed and automatic resulting trusts; the presumption of advancement;
trusts of the family home. Constructive trusts; benefits obtained by trustees and other fiduciaries; institutional and remedial
constructive trusts. Purpose trusts: charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts; the requirements of public benefit and of
charitable intention; the beneficiary principle; rules against remoteness; the doctrine of cy-près. The office, powers and
duties of trustees.
LW503 European Union Law I:
The course is an introduction to the role of the institutions of the European Union in promoting European integration.
Consideration is given in particular to the functions of the Commission, the European Parliament, the Council and the Court
of Justice. Comparative reference is made to the institutional development of other European organisations, such as the
Council of Europe.
LW504 European Union Law II:
The course deals with the substantive law of the European Union. Particular emphasis is given to the basic freedoms of
Community law: the free movement of goods; the free movement of persons; the freedom of establishment; the freedom to
provide services; the free movement of capital; and the free movement of payments. Consideration is also given to Union
policies such as competition policy, the common agricultural policy, regional policy, industrial policy and social policy.
Comparative reference is made to the policies of other European organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development.
LW385 European Human Rights: This course, which is taught over one semester, is primarily concerned with the
growing body of jurisprudence emerging from the European Commission and Court of Human Rights and, to a lesser
extent, the European Court of Justice, under the European Convention on Human Rights. The historical development of
human rights law in Europe will be examined and consideration will be given to the status of the Convention in the
domestic law of member states of the Council of Europe. Particular attention will be paid to its legal status and impact in
Ireland and Northern Ireland. The case law of the Court of Human Rights will be examined in a thematic way and the
various interpretative approaches adopted by the Court will be appraised critically. The European Social Charter and the
increasingly significant Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe will also be considered. (See also
International Protection of Human Rights below.)
LW513 & LW514 Evidence: Relevance and admissibility; Similar facts; Character evidence; Evidence of Opinion;
Hearsay evidence; Privilege; Estoppel; Evidence improperly obtained; Judicial notice; Presumptions; Witnesses;
Corroboration; The Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act, 1924; The burden of proof.
LW127 Family Law: The course will be divided into two main parts: (a) marriage and the law of matrimonial causes; (b)
the law relating to children. Topics to be covered under (a) include marriage, nullity, judicial separation, divorce, family
property, maintenance; under (b) custody, guardianship, adoption, taking children into public care, international abduction
of children. Issues such as domestic violence, the rights of cohabitees, and related social issues, such as social welfare and
family support systems, will also be considered.
LW419 Health and Safety Law: This module places Health and Safety Law in a national and international legal context
providing students with an appreciation of the broad legal and policy objectives in this area. This course aims to show how
ongoing changes in this field affect the obligations imposed on employers both in terms of their employees and their
obligations to third parties. Illustrations of health and safety negligence range from tragic cases of death and injury in
industrial or manufacturing environments to income-threatening illnesses like RSI or stress in office situations; students will
address regulatory problems relating to such issues as the control of major hazards and emerging occupational health issues.
LW405 Health Law and Policy: This course will explore a range of important health and medical issues, such as consent
to treatment, confidentiality, civil and criminal liability of health care personnel, treating the terminally-ill patient,
reproductive medicine, and mental health law. The chosen topics will be examined from both a legal and public policy
perspective, and in light of emerging international norms.
LW232 Housing Law & Policy: This new course will explore traditional housing law areas such as mortgages, property
law, landlord and tenant law, succession, family law, conveyancing, planning and standards. It will also explore new
perspectives in this distinct and expanding area of Irish housing law and policy including EU law, international and
European human rights law and developments in consumer rights. Of particular concern will be the relationship between
law reform options and the social and other policies of the EU. The course will take into account evolving European capital
markets as well as the move towards Social Inclusion and rights-based approaches emanating from the United Nations and
Council of Europe.
LW356 Industrial and Intellectual Property Law: This course will examine the legal protection granted by statute and
the common law to industrial and intellectual property. It will examine patent law, copyright and trade mark law, beginning
first with an examination of the economic justification for such rights and then proceeding to examine the different sections
in detail. Consideration will also be given to breach of confidence and EC competition law as it bears upon intellectual
property rights.
LW383 Information Technology Law: This course examines the use of computers and other aspects of information
technology in legal research and practice and in the administration of justice generally. The legal problems created by the
use of such technology are also examined, such as, data protection, computer crime, legal problems of Electronic Data
Interchange, legal protection of interests in software, integrated circuits and other related topics.
LW343 International Protection of Human Rights: This semester course deals with the efforts of the international
community of States to promote and to protect human rights. The strategies that the international community pursues are
examined in detail in the context of a number of areas which vary somewhat each academic year, but usually include the
following: civil and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights; children’s rights; women’s rights; the right to selfdetermination; and the rights of refugees. The roles of the United Nations and of number of other global organisations are
discussed. In the latter part of the course, consideration is given to the taking of sanctions for human rights violations and to
the influence of human rights concerns on the making of foreign policy. (See also European Human Rights above.)
LW364 International Trade Law: This course examines the legal framework of the international trade system. The ways
in which a State may encourage or frustrate trade are considered such as most favoured nation clauses, national treatment
clauses, escape clauses, dumping and export subsidies. Particular attention is devoted to the roles of the General Agreement
on the Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the International Monetary Fund, and, in the context of North-South trade relations, the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
LW108 Irish Legal System: This course comprises a general introduction to legal study, to the sources and institutions of
Irish Law and to legal method. The course covers the historical background to Irish Law and the growth of the legal system
including the constitutional and legal steps leading to the creation of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The
legislative, administrative and judicial system of the Republic of Ireland is examined in detail. The course will include
exercises in analysing statutes and case law.
LW308 Jurisprudence: This course deals with the foundational ideas and doctrines of the Western legal order which will
be compared and contrasted with those of non-Western and totalitarian legal regimes. It will be divided into three broad
areas: (a) the history of western legality, constitutionalism, the rule of law, the tension between natural and positive law; (b)
schools of legal thought including the historical, formalist, sociological, realist, critical legal studies, law and economics; (c)
selected issues such as distributive justice, civil disobedience, law in totalitarian regimes.
LW212 Labour Law I: This course concentrates on the development of labour law and of employment rights. Key
issues include: the nature and terms of the employment contract; the impact of European labour provisions; institutional
regulation of labour law in Ireland and the European rights. A particular focus is on equality law (including gender, race
and disability discrimination in employment).
LW216 Labour Law II: This course examines three important types of legal relationship: that between an employee and
his/her employer; that between a trade union and an employer; and the relationship between and individual trade union
member and the union itself. Particular consideration will be paid to important legislative developments in the areas of the
parental rights of employees, occupational health and safety, unfair dismissals, transfers of undertakings and industrial
relations law. The module will also examine the increasingly important role of the European Union in this area of law as
well as the emergence of key principles of domestic constitutional law relevant to employment. The course will also
examine the issue of collective labour law, freedom of association and the law relation to trade disputes.
LW225 Land Law I: The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the principles and concepts governing
ownership, use and occupation of land in the Republic of Ireland. Topics for study will include: the nature of Land Law and
its historical background; tenure and the doctrine of estates, the fee simple, fee tail and life estate; settlements of land; the
influence of Equity; adverse possession; licences and proprietary estoppel; rights of residence; elements of Succession Law
LW226 Land Law II: The aim of this course is to familiarise students with principles and concepts governing ownership,
use and occupation of land in the Republic of Ireland. Topics for study will include registration of title; registration of
deeds; incorporeal hereditaments; covenants; future interests; co-ownership; family property; mortgages, including
judgment mortgages.
LW415 Law of the Sea: This course examines the law of the sea from an international, European and national
perspective. Topics covered include: codification of international law; the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention
(1982); Irish state practice (particularly the Maritime Jurisdiction Act (1959); baselines; the maritime jurisdiction zones internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ)/fishery zone, continental self,
high seas and deep seabed; straits; delimitation of maritime zones. Particular reference is made to recent development in
European law regarding marine resource use and environmental protection. Additional addressed include: marine scientific
research; use of the seas for military purposes; the protection of sensitive marine habitats; underwater cultural heritage; and
the settlement of disputes. The treatment of the subject may entail a number of case studies examining contemporary issues
such as: the transport of migrant workers by sea; the Mox Plant case; and recent developments in international law
concerning whaling.
LW379 Legal and Business Ethics
After a general introduction to ethics, this course examines the nature and role of the legal profession, including the
employed or in-house lawyer. The ethical responsibilities of lawyers and persons in business are examined domestically and
comparatively. The course will also deal with the enforcement of ethical codes and examine selected relevant topics to be
prescribed from time to time by the professor responsible.
LW354 Media Law: This course examines the nature and role of the media in a modern society and the extent to which
law regulates and curtails media activity. It examines the basic laws of libel and contempt, offences against the State and
public morality, and considers whether those laws adequately reflect modern social values or take sufficient account of
recent and ongoing media developments.
LW323 Public International Law: The course is an introduction to the basic legal rules of the international political
system. The issues discussed include: the problem of rule-making in the international system; the recognition of States and
Governments; the rules relating to jurisdiction and current disputes over extraterritorial jurisdiction; human rights and selfdetermination; the acquisition and loss of State territory; the law of the sea and of air and outer space; the law of treaties; the
use of force; and rules relating to State liability for wrongful actions, such as liability for acid rain. A number of case studies
will deal with topics of particular contemporary interest. The final section of the course is a consideration of the extent to
which rules of international law can be said to constrain State behaviour.
LW220 Sociology of Law: This course deals with four main topics: (1) the social nature, sources and functions of law; (2)
social and philosophical critiques of law; (3) the social and practical consequences of law; (4) the enforcement of law,
including (a) an examination of legal institutions and personnel (the courts, the legal profession and the police), and (b)
punishment for breach of the law (including sentencing theory). This course is examined by continuous assessment.
LW203 Tort I & LW206 Tort II: Introductory; General Principles of Liability; Trespass and nuisance; Defamation;
Negligence; Statutory Duties; Domestic and economic relations; Industrial Relations; Deceit and injurious falsehood;
Wrongful Process of Law; Parties; Miscellaneous Defences; Damages; General Principles; Remedies.
LAW VISITING STUDENTS - SEMESTER 1 TIMETABLE - 2015/2016
TIME
9.00-10.00
MONDAY
LW409 Criminal Law I
(AM150 O'Tnuathail
Th)
Dr. D. Griffin
TUESDAY
LW215 Commercial
Law (IT204)
Ms. C. Gardiner
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
LW220 Sociology of Law
(AC202
Ms. M. O'Sullivan
FRIDAY
LW203 Tort I (AC201)
Ms. U. Connolly
LW108 Irish Legal
System (IT125G)
Ms. N. Murphy
10.00-11.00
LW238 Family Law I
(MRA201 The Ryan
Institute)
Dr. B. Tobin
LW202 Contract Law I
(AC213) Ms. N. Murphy
LW379 Legal &
Business Ethics
(AC201)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW220 Sociology of
Law (AC202)
Ms. M. O'Sullivan
11.00-12.00
LW215 Commercial
Law (AC202)
Ms. C. Gardiner
12.00-1.00
LW238 Family Law I
(MRA201 The Ryan
Institute)
Dr. B. Tobin
LW212 Labour Law I
(Tyndall Th )
Dr. L. A. Buckley
LW354 Media Law
(Mc Munn Th)
Dr. C. O' Mahony
LW354 Media Law
(Mc Munn Th )
Dr. C. O'Mahony
1.00-2.00
2.00-3.00
3.00-4.00
LW383 Information
Technology Law
(AC213)
Dr. R. Kennedy
LW263 Equity I
(Larmor Th)
Dr. B. Tobin
LW365 Criminology
(AC216)
Dr. D. Griffin
LW229 Company Law I LW227 Constitutional Law I
(D'Arcy Thompson Th)
(IT125)
Ms. C. Gardiner
Dr. E. Daly
LW365 Criminology
(AC216)
Dr. D. Griffin
LW383 Information
Technology Law
(AC213)
Dr. R. Kennedy
LW229 Company Law I
(IT125)
Ms. C. Gardiner
LW503 European Union LW263 Equity I (IT125
Law I (UC102 Áras Uí First Floor) Dr. B Tobin
Chathail)
Ms. R. Keogan
LW202 Contract Law I
(IT202) Ms. N. Murphy
LW3104 Applied Legal
Theory (AC202)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW3104 Applied Legal
Theory (AC202)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW3103 Consumer Law
& Policy (AC213)
Ms. C. Gardiner
4.00-5.00
5.00-6.00
6.00-8.00
LW225 Land Law I
(Mc Munn Th)
Dr. P. Kenna
LW227 Constitutional
Law I (D'Arcy
Thompson Th)
Ms. S. Quinlivan
LW203 Tort I (UC102) LW3103 Consumer Law
Ms. U. Connolly
& Policy (AC213)
Ms. C. Gardiner
LW337 Administrative
Law I (IT125) Dr. E.
Daly
LW409 Criminal Law I LW212 Labour Law I
(IT125G) Dr. D. Griffin (D'Arcy Thompson Th)
Dr. L.A. Buckley
LW503 European Union LW108 Irish Legal System
Law I (IT125G)
(IT125G)
Ms. N. Murphy
Ms. R. Keogan
LW225 Land Law I
(Mc Munn Th)
Dr. P. Kenna
LW337 Administrative
Law I (IT125)
Dr. E. Daly
LW308 Jurisprudence
(AC216)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW308 Jurisprudence
(AC216)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW357 Environmental I LW323 Public
LW343 International
(IT125)
International Law
Protection of Human
Dr. R. Kennedy
(Tyndall) Dr. C. Smyth Rights (Dillon Th )
Dr. C. Smyth
8.00-10.00
(Lecture venues are in brackets)
LW513 Evidence I
(D'Arcy Thompson Th
Mr. T. O'Malley
LW379 Legal &
Business Ethics
(AC201)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LAW VISITING STUDENTS - TIMETABLE - SEMESTER 2 2015/2016
TIME
9.00-10.00
MONDAY
LW504 European Union Law
II (AC201) Ms. R. Keogan
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
LW405 Health Law & Policy
(Larmor Th)
Dr. C. O'Mahony
THURSDAY
Friday
LW206 Tort II (AC202)
Ms. U. Connolly
LW364 International Trade
Law (ENG-G047 Lecture Th
03)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW364 International Trade
Law (ENG-G047 Lecture Th
03)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
LW216 Labour Law II (IT125)
Dr. L.A. Buckley
LW371 Alternative Dispute
Resolution (AC213)
Dr. C. Healy
LW239 Family Law II
(SC005 Tyndall Lecture
Th) Dr. B. Tobin
LW371 Alternative Dispute
Resolution (AC213)
Dr. C. Healy
LW239 Family Law II
(SC005 Tyndall Lecture
Th) Dr. B. Tobin
LW419 Health & Safety Law
(AC215)
Ms. D. Callanan
LW265 Equity II (Mc Munn Th)
Dr. L. A. Buckley
LW265 Equity II (AC201)
Dr. L.A. Buckley
12.00-1.00
1.00-2.00
2.00-3.00
LW415 Law of the Sea (ENG2033 - Lecture Th 06)
Ms. M. Rodriguez
LW398 English Land Law
(AC216)
Ms. M. O'Sullivan
LW415 Law of the Sea (ENG- LW419 Health & Safety Law
2033 - Lecture Th 06)
(AC201)
Ms. M. Rodriguez
Ms. D. Callanan
LW370 Comparative
Disability Law (AC216)
Dr. C. O'Mahony
3.00-4.00
LW231 Company Law II
(ENG-G017 Lecture Theatre
02) Ms. C. Gardiner
LW228 Constitutional
Law II (UC102)
Dr. E. Daly
LW398 English Land Law
(AC216)
Ms. M. O'Sullivan
LW205 Contract Law II
(IT125) Ms. N. Murphy
LW231 Company Law II
(ENG-G017 Lecture Theatre
02) Ms. C. Gardiner
LW326 Comparative
Law (Larmor Th)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW504 European Union Law LW370 Comparative
II (ENG-G017) Ms. R. Keogan Disability Law (AC216)
Dr. C. O'Mahony
LW326 Comparative
Law (Larmor Th)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW405 Health Law & Policy
(AC201)
Dr. C. O'Mahony
4.00 - 5.00
LW226 Land Law II
(Thomas Dillon Th)
Dr. P. Kenna
LW228 Constitutional Law II
(O'Tnuathail Th)
Ms. S. Quinlivan
LW308 Jurisprudence
(AC216)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW206 Tort II (MRA201 MRI
Theatre) Ms. U. Connolly
5.00-6.00
6.00-8.00
LW374 Banking Law
(Larmor Th)
Dr. J. Danaher
LW422 Administrative
Law II (AC214)
Dr. E. Daly
LW413 Criminal Law II
(IT125G) Dr. D. Griffin
LW216 Labour Law II
(Anderson Th)
Dr. L.A. Buckley
LW308 Jurisprudence
(AC216)
Dr. I. Tourkochoriti
LW422 Administrative
Law II (AC214)
Dr. E. Daly
LW226 Land Law II
(Thomas Dillon Th)
Dr. P. Kenna
LW385 European Human
Rights (Larmor Th) (5-7)
Prof. D. O'Connell
LW413 Criminal Law II
(D'Arcy Thompson Th)
Dr. D. Griffin
LW374 Banking Law
(Larmor Th)
Dr. J. Danaher
LW356 Industrial &
LW385 European Human
Intellectual Property (AC202) Rights (Larmor Th) (5-7)
Ms. M. O'Sullivan
Prof. D. O'Connell
LW358 Environmental Law II
(AC213)
Dr. R. Kennedy
LW323 Public International
Law (Tyndall) Dr. C. Smyth
LW232 Housing Law
& Policy (AC203 )
Dr. P. Kenna
LW394 Criminal Justice
(AC201) Dr. D. Griffin
8.00-10.00
LW514 Evidence II
(D'Arcy Thompson Th)
Mr. T. O'Malley
LW205 Contract Law II
(IT125G)
Ms. N. Murphy