so wat exactly do we need to know and learn? (1 Viewer)

[jonathan__]

Well yeh I'm a 1st year reading all this stuf on the Foundations of Law. What is actually relevant to the assessments that we will be doing? Any suggestions from those who have gone thru this would be great.

 

[stamos]

well your readings are quite relevant to the 1 page essays at the end of your short answer test

one of ours was 'what is the difference between the common law and equity'

for the rest of it i think they make you read a case and answer some shit

and then you do the casenote, which is deep reading of a case!

so 80% of your marks are based on your skill in reading and understanding cases - you're practising that... you don't need to memorize facts or principles

although knowing about the cases will help you get 10% cp

 

[jonathan__]

oh alrite thanks !

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Hmm...so we actually do need to know the history for our exam? I thought it was just background info. Or at least, that was the impression I got from my lecturer...

Are lecturers usually pretty strict on the CP component? I gather that you probably have to offer semi-decent input almost every lesson from Day 1 to get a 5 or 6/10 or are they more lax than that? (generally speaking).

Btw. who actually marks our papers/casenotes? Does each lecturer mark the papers submitted by his/her students or does one lecturer mark every 1st year student's papers?

 

[stamos]

i think if you go back through the old law threads, i think that james king has posted up some of his answers for foundations of law tests?

if it's obvious that you've done all your readings and you're not retarded, it's not uncommon to get an 8,9 or a 10 in cp

as for marking, every lecturer does their own mostly and then they take some borderline answers (ie 74, 75, 64, 49), and cross mark them to make sure that the standards are consistent

edit: and the sort of history you'll need to know is just the background info, like your lecturer said