Programs Offered at UPNG School of Law

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A Brief History of the School of Law

The school of Law (SOL) was started as a faculty with six students in 1966. It was one of the founding faculties of the University of Papua New Guinea. Professor Gary Nash was the foundation professor and was succeeded by Professor A.B.Weston in the early 1970s. The business programs were added the Faculty of Law during the 1980s.

The University underwent a restructure during 1995 and the “Faculty of Law and Business Studies” was restructured as the School of Law and Business Studies” when the schools were established as a consequence of the restructure. The SOL, as it is known now was established in 2002 after the School of Business Administration (SBA) was established.

Programs offered at the UPNG School of Law (SOL),

1: Bachelor of Laws

Year 1  Semester 1 Courses

5.10701    Introduction to Law

5.10702  Constitutional Law

5.10703 Contracts Law I

Year 1 Semester 2 Courses

5.10704  Contracts Law II

5.10705 Customary Law

5.10706 Principles of Equity & Trust

5.10707 Law Study Skills & Library Research

Year 2 Semester 1 Courses

5.20707  Criminal Law

5.20714  Law of Torts I

5.20709 Commercial Law

Year 2 Semester 2 Courses

5.20715   Law of Torts II

5.20712   Land Administration Policy

5.20713  Family Law

5.27701  Trial Practice & Criminal Procedures

 

Year 3 Semester 1 Courses

5.30714            Jurisprudence

5.307702         Law of Evidence

5.37703           Civil Procedures & Remedies

1 x Broadening Course

1 x Law Option

Year 3 Semester 2 Courses

5.30715       Administrative Law

Plus: 2 x Broadening Courses

Plus: 2 x Law Optional Courses

Year 4  Semester 1 Courses

5.407         Major Research Paper

Plus: 4 x Law Options

Year 4 Semester 2 Courses

5.40715   Major Research Paper

5.40734  Alternative Dispute Resolution

Plus: 2 x Law Options

Semester 1: Optional Law Courses

5.307016  International Law

5.30717  Criminology & Penology

5.30718  Law of Industrial Relations

5.30719  Succession Law

5.40723  International Trade Law

5.40724 Natural Resource Law

5.40725 International Human Rights Law

5.40726  Conflict Of Laws

5.40727 Legal Aspects of International Finance & Investement

5.40728 Company & Partnership Law

5.40729 Intellectual Property Law

5.40730 Company Law

5.40739 Law & Society

Semester 2: Optional Law Courses

5.30720 Women & the Law

5.30721 Business Law

5.30722 PLLG & Administrative Law

5.30739 Media Law

5.307704 Legislative Drafting

5.40731 Environmental Law

5.40732 Mining & Petroleum Law

5.40733 Maritime Law

5.40735 Customary Corporations, Cooperatives & Public Enterprises.

5.40736 Taxation Law

5.40737 State Finance Law

5.40738 International Humanitarian Law

 

2: Diploma in Law (Prosecution) Program

Year 1-Semester 1 Courses

5.10701  Introduction to Law

5.10702  Constitutional Law

Year 1-Semester 2 Courses

5.10705 Customary Law

5.17701 Crime & Criminal Justice System

5.10707 Law Study Skills & Library Research

 

Year 2: Semester 1 Courses

5.20707 Criminal Law

3.30716 International Law

5.30717 Criminology & Penology

5.37702 Law of Evidence

Year 2: Semester 2 Courses

5.27701 Trial Practice & Criminal Procedures

5.27705 Practice and Procedures in Transnational Crime Prosecution.

Year 2 DLP Optional Courses.

5.10706  Option # 1: Principles of Equity & Trust

Option # 2: Any one Optional LLB Course but not Law & Society (5.40739) or Company Law (5.40730)

 

For more information about University of Papua New Guinea, check its website www.upng.ac..pg

School of Law Contact Details

Executive Officer

School of Law, University of PNG

P.O.BOX 320, University 134

NCD, PNG.

Phone: (675) 3267 424

Email: Law.School@upng.ac.pg