The Law course at Cambridge

The Law course af Cambridge is intended to give a thorough grounding in the principles of law viewed from an academic rather than a vocational perspective. There are opportunities to study the history of law and to consider the subject in its wider social reasoning are developed, and students are encouraged toconsider broader questions such as ethical judgement, political liberty and social control.

Although many undergraduates who read law do so with the intention of practicing, many do not, preferring instead to go into administration, industrial management or accountancy. Candidates intending to read law need not have studied any particular subject at school. It is common for undergraduates to have a scientific or mathematical background at A-level as it is for them to have studied history or.

Undergraduates reading law for three years take Part IA of Tripos at the end of the first year. This comprises four papers: Criminal Law, Costitutional Law, the Law of Tort and and Roman Law. In the second year subjects are studied for Part IB of the Law Tripos which is taken at the end of the year. The range of subjects on offer is wide – from Family Law to International Law – though in practice most undergraduates take Contract and Land Law as two of their papers. In the third year, five subjects are studied for Part II of Tripos. The range of options is even wider than in Part IB. According to preference an undergraduate may develop his interest in Property Law (including Trusts and Conveyancing Law), Commercial, Public Law (including Administrative Law and EEC Law), or in more academic and sociological aspects of law, such as Jurisprudence, Legal History, Labour Law and Criminology. Candidates may also participate in the seminar course, submitting a dissertation in place of paper.

Candidates for the postgraduate LL.M. take any four papers selected from a wide range of options in English Law, Legal History, Civil Law, Public Law, International Law, and Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy.

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