| Jurisprudence II

The Jurisprudence-II course builds on earlier courses in the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) programme, namely Legal Methods and Jurisprudence-I. The 2025 Curriculum Review of the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) programme recommended that the Jurisprudence-II course should be redesigned to equip students to think theoretically across the various fields of law such as criminal law, contract law and family law. This course responds to these recommendations by moving away from an exclusive focus on interpretation, to restructure the Jurisprudence-II course into two parts – the first part focusing on interpretation, and the second focusing on the conceptual foundations of law – as set out below:

I. Interpretation [Weeks 1 to 5]
II. Conceptual foundations of law [Weeks 6 to 10]
(1) Responsibility [Week 6]
(2) Causation [Week 7]
(3) Rights [Week 8]
(4) Obligations [Week 9]
(5) Ownership and Possession [Week 10]

This is the first iteration of the revised course. As you approach the culmination of the fourth year, this course presents an opportunity to revisit and critically engage with the core law subjects in the programme.