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No 6317

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Vol cxliii No 40

pp. 765–807

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Law Tripos, Part II, 2013–14: Notice of half-papers for Paper 48

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that, in accordance with Regulation 16, the following subjects have been prescribed as half-papers for Paper 48 of the Law Tripos in 2013–14 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 363):

Civil procedure

Landlord and tenant law

Law of taxation

Personal property

European human rights law

Historical foundations of the British constitution

European environmental and sustainable development law

Banking law

Topics in legal and political philosophy

Competition law

Law and development

Law Tripos, Part II, 2013–14: Notice of seminar subjects

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that the following subjects have been prescribed for seminar courses in Part II of the Law Tripos in 2013–14 (Regulation 20(a), Statutes and Ordinances, p. 364):

Family in society

Select issues in international law

Public law

The legal process: justice and human rights

Women and the law

Law and economics

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2013–14: Notice

The Faculty Board of Biology give notice that the following combination of Major and Minor Subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 6297, 2012–13, p. 359; and 6301, 2012–13, p. 407), will be offered in Natural Sciences Tripos Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2013–14:

Major Subjects:

Major Subject

Permissible Minor Subjects

Examination requirements

408

Pharmacology

103 104 107 109 113 115 116 117 119 120 122 123 125 126 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

412

Plant Sciences (Cellular – M1, M2, L1, L3)

104 105 107 109 111 115 116 118 119 122 123 125 126 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

414

Genetics (choice of four out of five modules to be decided)(maximum of eight candidates)

103 104 105 107 113 114 115 116 118 122 123 125 126 127 (a fifth Genetics module can be taken as a Minor Subject)

Four written papers of three hours each.

415

Physiology and Development

106 111 121 122 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

418

Zoology (Cells and Development – two from M6, M7, M8; two from L5, L6, L7)

103 105 109 111 122 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

419

Zoology (Behaviour – M4, M5, L3, L4)

103 104 106 113 114 115 116 117 118 121 123 124 125 126 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

420

Zoology (Vertebrate Biology – two from M1, M3, M5 and L1, L3)

103 104 106 109 113 114 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

421

Zoology (Ecology and Conservation – two from M2, M3, M5 and L3, L4 or Plant Sciences L2)

103 104 106 109 113 114 117 118 119 120 121 123 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

422

Zoology (Ecology and Genetics – two from M2, M3, M5 and two from L3, L4, L5 and Genetics M5)

103 104 109 113 114 118 119 123 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

423

Zoology (Ecology and Plant Sciences – two from Plant Sciences M3, Zoology M2, M3, and L3, L4 or Plant Sciences L2)

103 104 105 106 109 113 114 118 121 123 127

Four written papers of three hours each.

Minor Subjects:

Minor Subject

Examination requirements

127

Conservation Science (Zoology module M2 – not available to students taking Zoology module M2 as a Major Subject)

One written paper of three hours.

Examination for the degree of Master of Business Administration, 2013–14: Correction

The Faculty Board of Business and Management announce a correction to the Notice published on 17 July 2013 (Reporter, 6316, 2012–13, p. 748) to the effect that the written examination for EMBA2 to be held in Michaelmas 2013 will be a three-hour examination rather than a 1.5-hour examination as previously advertised, as follows:

4 (c) Executive M. B. A. course

2013–15 Class

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Michaelmas Term 2013

EMBA2. Corporate finance (this course runs into Lent Term)

3-hour written examination (60%) and group assignment – Analysis of case studies (40%)

M.C.L. Examination, 2013–14: Notice of designated papers and forms of examination

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that the following designated papers have been prescribed for the M.C.L. Examination, 2014 (M.C.L. Regulation 6, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 467):

No

Paper title

Form of examination

7

Corporate insolvency law

3

9

Corporate finance law

3

10

Corporate governance

3

32

Commercial equity

3

Deals

c

Comparative corporate governance

(module)

2

Corporate taxation

(module)

2

US corporate law

(module)

2

Shareholder litigation

(module)

2

International merger regulation

(module)

2

Accounting and finance

(module)

2

Explanation of forms of examination

'3' indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a thesis or a two-hour examination and an essay.

'2' indicates a subject in which a two-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a thesis.

'c' indicates a subject in which candidates will be evaluated by course-work prescribed by the Faculty Board from time to time.

LL.M. Examination, 2013–14: Notice of designated papers, prescribed subjects, and forms of examination

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and forms of examination for the LL.M. Examination, 2014 (LL.M. Regulations 1 and 2, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 468):

No

Paper title

Form of examination

Designation

2

International commercial tax

t

c

4

Law of restitution

t

c

7

Corporate insolvency law

3

c

9

Corporate finance law

t

c

10

Corporate governance

t

c

11

Criminal justice – players and processes

es, t

12

Intellectual property

es, t

c, e

13

Contemporary issues in the law of European integration

t

14

Competition law

3

c, e

15

International environmental law

3

i

17

E.U. trade law

t

e

18

External relations law of the European Union

t

e

19

Foundations of international law

t

i

20

Law of armed conflict, use of force, and peacekeeping

3

i

21

Settlement of international disputes

t

i

23

The law of the World Trade Organization

t

i

24

International criminal law

t

i

25

International human rights law

t

i

26

Civil liberties and human rights

es

27

The birth, development, and afterlife of States

3

i

28

Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

3

i

30

Jurisprudence

3

31

Topics in legal and political philosophy

3

32

Commercial equity

t

c

33

Comparative family law and policy

t

34

Philosophy of criminal law

t

35

History of English civil and criminal law

t

36

International intellectual property law

es, t

c, e, i

37

European legal history

3

38

Seminar paper

Explanation of forms of examination

1. A candidate may take a written paper of three hours' duration in all the subjects listed above, other than Paper 38.

2. Paper 38: Seminar paper. Paper 38 shall be examined by the submission of a thesis which shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the scope of one of the following seminar courses prescribed for 2013–14:

(a) Comparative law

(b) European social rights and economic integration

(c) Public law

3. 'es' indicates a subject in which a candidate has a free choice between:

(a) a written paper of three hours' duration; and

(b) a written paper of two hours' duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.

4. 't' indicates a subject in which a candidate may submit a thesis in lieu of a final examination. The thesis shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography. It shall be on a topic approved by the Faculty Board falling within the field of the subject.

5. '3' indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required, the candidate having no option of substituting a thesis or a two-hour examination and an essay.

6. In 2013–14 there are no subjects which may be examined only in the form of a written paper of two hours' duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.

Chancellor's Medal for English Law, 2013–14: Notice of eligible papers

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination, 2014, are deemed to be papers in English Law and Legal History for the purpose of the award of the Chancellor's Medal for English Law (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 787):

Paper 3

International commercial litigation1

Paper 4

Law of restitution

Paper 7

Corporate insolvency law

Paper 9

Corporate finance law

Paper 10

Corporate governance

Paper 12

Intellectual property

Paper 26

Civil liberties and human rights

Paper 30

Jurisprudence

Paper 31

Topics in legal and political philosophy

Paper 32

Commercial equity

Paper 33

Comparative family law and policy

Paper 34

Philosophy of criminal law

Paper 35

History of English civil and criminal law

The Faculty Board may in addition deem a thesis submitted for a seminar course under Paper 38 to be a paper in English Law and Legal History for this purpose.

Footnotes

  • 1While the course is not running this year, one student who had to intermit the previous year will be taking the paper.