Course Title: Wills and Succession
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Wills and Succession
Credit Points: 12
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
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LAW1043 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Spring2010, Spring2011, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2017 |
Course Coordinator: Professor John Glover
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5751
Course Coordinator Email: john.glover@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
040015 - Introduction to the Australian Legal System and Legal Methods
Course Description
This course examines estate and intestate succession, family maintenance and the role of executors and administrators. Topics include; nature and formalities of wills; testamentary capacity and undue influence; the operation of wills; legacies and devises; grants of probate and letters of administration, the construction of wills; intestate succession; personal representatives, administration of estates and testator’s family maintenance.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
See learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
1. demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of the law relating to wills and succession;
2. critically evaluate the wills and succession area of law and identify areas of reform;
3. analyse and research complex problems relating to wills and succession and make reasoned and appropriate choices amongst alternatives;
4. demonstrate sophisticated cognitive and creative skills in approaching legal issues relating to wills and succession and generate appropriate responses
5. show effective, appropriate and persuasive collaboration and communication skills for legal and non-legal audiences through engagement with drafting a will.
Overview of Learning Activities
To achieve the objectives listed above this course requires you to participate in various learning activities. These activities comprise the following:
* Leading class discussion on legal problems and policy issues.
* Engaging in legal research by traditional means but also using electronic legal data bases and internet searching,
* Participation in class discussion
* Drafting exercises
Overview of Learning Resources
Students will be advised of the prescribed text for this course and other reading materials upon enrolment.
Distributed Learning System (DLS)
This course is supported online using the Learning Hub of the DLS. The DLS gives access to important announcements, staff contact details, the teaching schedule, assessment timelines and a variety of important teaching and learning materials. The Learning Hub of the DLS can be found at http://www.rmit.edu.au/online.
Overview of Assessment
The courses of the RMIT Graduate School of Business and Law use assessment to measure and report on your achievement of capabilities against learning outcomes and to provide you with feedback on your performance and progress.
Generally, assessment you will face may include assignments, group projects, individual case studies and examinations.