Students will be supplied with this Course Profile and must obtain the Course Reading Guide and Printed Materials from the Image and Copy Centre.

These will be discussed and, where necessary, distributed during the course.

All course materials will be available on MyUni and all students must check MyUni and your student e-mail as course-related announcements are communicated simultaneously through both electronic means.

1. The course is a RESEARCH SEMINAR and will be treated as such. Each session, with the exception of the first session, will be organised as follows:
   
   50 minutes devoted to an interactive presentation given by the seminar leader. By interactive is meant that while the seminar leader will present the material to be covered, it is expected that students will make contributions during this time. In other words, this is intended to familiarise students, through the form of a directed discussion, with the material which the seminar leader deems to be significant.
2. Assigned students will make a 20 minute presentation on the materials assigned for that week. This presentation is intended to highlight these students’ thoughts about the materials. There is no set form to this presentation, other than that it MUST NOT BE a reading out of the materials themselves. It MUST BE a reflective and critical assessment of the materials. This will be explained further during the initial sessions of the course.
3. 40-50 minutes devoted to a roundtable discussion in which ALL STUDENTS MUST participate. Implications, problems, criticisms, etc, of the materials will be addressed at this time.

The continuing development of good inter-personal and communication skills is widely recognised as important for all graduates. This course specifically seeks to develop students’ abilities to work in groups and make a group presentation.

It is assumed that students will be "active" learners and not passive recipients of information. It follows that it is absolutely essential that you do the work that is set each week.

These arrangements will be fully explained during the first meeting of the subject.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Students in this course are expected to attend all contact times throughout the semester.

To pass this course, you will need to allocate an appropriate time commitment to your study. In addition to the formal contact time, you will need to allocate non-contact time. Non-contact time will be required for a range of activities which may include, but are not limited to, assessment tasks, reading, note-taking, revision, writing, consultation with staff, and informal discussions with other students. While the relative proportion of contact and non-contact time may vary from course to course, as a guide, a full-time student should expect to spend, on average, a total of 48 hours per week on their studies during teaching periods. For a 3 unit course like Property Theory, you would therefore be expected to spend 12 hours per week on your studies during teaching periods.

Week 1	Introductory Matters
Week 2	Thinking About Property
Week 3	What Judges Do
Week 4	Liberalism and the Liberal Conception of Property
Week 5	Private, State and Common Property
Week 6	Justification and Critique
Week 7	Green Property
Week 8	Critiques of Liberalism and of the Liberal Conception
Week 9	Expanding the Critique
Week 10	Social Relations and Community
Week 11	Proposals for Rethinking Property, Other Perspectives and Other Inputs
Week 12	Some Ideas about the Idea and Individual Choice

Assessment item	%of final mark	Dates	Length	Redeemable	Learning Outcomes
Class Participation	10%	Weekly seminars	N/A	N	1-3
Class Presentation	30%	One student group per week	20 minutes	N	1-3
Final paper	60%	5 June 2015	4,000 words (500 word outline / synopsis)	N	1-3

It is important that students read and understand the assessment for this course. There are three components of assessment for this course, each of which is compulsory. This means that if any of the items of assessment are not undertaken/submitted/satisfactory, the marks assigned for that assessment will be irrevocably lost, and the final mark obtainable will be reduced by that amount.

ALL ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS ARE COMPULSORY

A. Final Paper (60%)

The paper will be in the form of an essay. This assessment is designed to assess students’ ability critically to examine and evaluate a topic that addresses the issues covered by the course.

The paper must be written in prose style (using complete sentences) adhere to grammatical rules, and use correct spelling. It should be typed, using double spaced paragraphs, on one side of A4 paper.

Each student must choose a topic in consultation with the lecturer and based upon the materials presented in the course and MUST submit an outline/synopsis of the topic agreed upon and the methodology to be employed to the Course Coordinator on 10 April 2015.

Word Limit (outline/synopsis): 500 words
Word Limit (Final Paper): 4,000 words

DUE DATE (outline/synopsis): 10 April 2015
DUE DATE (Final Paper): 5 June 2015

B. Class Presentation (30%)

The course is divided up into small and large group sessions. For the purposes of a class presentation, the class will be divided into two member sub-groups. This will be done based upon student interest in a given topic (see Learning Activities Summary).

The University has emphasised the significance of group work in its Graduate Attributes and this component of assessment is designed to develop your interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication skills. You will be expected to work consistently within your group and to overcome any communication and/or co-operation issues. If you feel that your group is not working appropriately, you are to contact the Course Coordinator in the first instance. A meeting will be set up between the Course Coordinator and members of the group. Every effort will be made to overcome the problem and facilitate successful group work.

The class presentation, based upon your group work, will involve reading, reflecting upon, synthesising, and presenting your thoughts on the materials assigned for a given week. Each student will receive the grade assigned to the group presentation.

As noted above, the reflection is intended to highlight the thoughts of the students making the presentation about the materials. There is no set form to this presentation, other than that it MUST NOT BE a reading out of the materials themselves. Rather, it MUST BE a reflective and critical assessment of the materials. This will be explained further during the initial sessions of the course.

C. Class Participation (10%)
Students must contribute to the class discussion during the final session of each class. To this end, the lecturer will address each student directly as to their thoughts on the assigned materials.

1. Students must retain a copy of submitted work.
2. The Final Essay and its outline/synopsis must be written in prose style (using complete sentences) adhere to grammatical rules, and use correct spelling. It should be typed, using double spaced paragraphs, on one side of A4 paper. Students should submit their final essays with the standard Law School cover sheet (obtained from the Front Office, Law School). Each paper must be clearly marked with the student’s University of Adelaide number. A word count should be noted on the cover sheet and the cover sheet should be signed in relation to the student’s certification that the paper is his or her own original work.
3. Markers can refuse to accept assignments that do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s policy on plagiarism (below).
4. Words in excess of the limit will not be read. Students must indicate the word count of each assignment on the front cover of their assignment sheet.
5. Essays handed in after the due date will not be read or graded. Extensions are only available on medical or compassionate grounds.
6. Students must not submit work for an assignment that has previously been submitted for this course or any other course without prior approval from the course co-ordinator.
7. All written work in the Law school is required to comply with The Australian Guide to Legal Citation available on http://www.law.adelaide.edu.au/library/resources/style/ 
8. Final essays will be returned to students within THREE (3) weeks of the due date and feedback will be given pursuant to Law School Policy 6.2 (available at http://law.adelaide.edu.au/student/assessment/) 
9. Students should collect their essays from the Law School Office following notification that they have been graded and are available for collection.
10. Replacement assessment is available for the Final Paper only, in the form of a resubmission.

Late Submission: 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised accordingly.

Word Length: Assignments which exceed the allocated length (word length or page limit) will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (ie with a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count.