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Law Tripos and Examination in Law for European Students, 2003

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2003, the form of the examination for the Law Tripos and Examination in Law for European Students will be changed as follows:

Law Tripos (other than half papers)

Paper 1. Civil law IPaper 25. Criminal procedure and criminal evidence
Paper 10. Law of contractPaper 42. Intellectual property
Paper 11. Land lawPaper 45. Conflict of laws
Paper 20. Administrative law 

Each paper will contain not less than eight questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Paper 12. International lawPaper 43. Company law
Paper 21. Family law 

Each paper will contain not less than nine questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Paper 2. Constitutional lawPaper 26. European Union law
Paper 22. Legal historyPaper 44. Aspects of obligations

Each paper will contain not less than ten questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Paper 3. Criminal law

The paper will be divided into two sections and will contain not less than nine questions. Candidates will be required to attempt two questions from each section.

Paper 4. Law of tortPaper 24. Equity

Each paper will contain not less than ten questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any five.

Paper 5. French law

The paper, which will be in French, will be divided into two sections. Each section will contain two questions and candidates will be required to answer in French one question from each section. There will in addition be an oral examination in French on a specific topic and a general theme notified individually to each candidate (to count for 33% of the marks). (This paper is available only to candidates who have been approved to follow a course at the University of Paris II under Law Tripos Regulation 9.)

Paper 13. Civil law II

The paper will be divided into two sections and will contain not less than eight questions. Candidates will be required to attempt a total of four questions of which at least one question must be taken from each section.

Paper 23. Sentencing and the penal system

The paper will contain not less than eleven questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Paper 40. Commercial law

The paper will contain nine questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Paper 41. Labour law

The paper will be divided into two sections and will contain not less than ten questions. Candidates will be required to attempt a total of four questions of which at least one question must be taken from Section A and at least one question from Section B.

Paper 46. Comparative lawPaper 47. Jurisprudence

Each paper will contain ten questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any four.

Law Tripos (half-papers)

Paper 48. Prescribed subjects

Topics in the substantive law of the EULandlord and tenant law
Personal propertyMedical law
Select topics in early modern English legal historyBanking law
Law of taxationHistorical foundations of the British constitution
Law and philosophyEuropean human rights law
Civil procedure 

Each paper will contain not less than six questions of which candidates will be required to attempt any three.

Legal foundations of e-commerce

The paper will be divided into two sections and will contain not less than six questions. Candidates will be required to attempt a total of three questions of which at least one question must be taken from each section.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 27 November 2002
Copyright © 2002 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.