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Kindly access the Students' Policies & Forms by clicking on the button below. The following documents, among others, can be found there: Student Handbook, Student Code of Conduct, Students' Privacy Notice, Deferral, Suspension, and Cancellation Policy, Assignment Extension Policy, Re-Sit Policy, Complaints Procedure Policy, Equality Policy, and Student Disciplinary Policy.

Students' Policies & Forms

Online Sessions Link

To join the online sessions for this module, please click on the button below. If you are not already signed in to your Zoom account, you will be prompted to register your attendance. You will also need to enter the password provided below.

Please ensure that your name and surname appear as registered for the study programme, as this is essential for recording your attendance.

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Meeting ID: 894 8817 7030
Passcode: 841564

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

LectureDateTimePresentationNotes (If Any)Session Recording
Lecture 015 October 202617:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 01Request
Lecture 0212 October 202617:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 02Request
Lecture 0319 October 202617:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 03Request
Lecture 0426 October 202617:30 to 20:30hrsRequest
Lecture 052 November 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 069 November 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 0716 November 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 0823 November 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 0930 November 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 107 December 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 1111 December 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 1214 December 202617:30 to 20:30hrs
Lecture 1318 December 202617:30 to 20:30hrs

 

Lecturer/s  

Dr Desiree Attard

 

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - Roman Law as the basis of our Civil Law 

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • The origins of Roman Law & its influence on Maltese law
  • The Roman Law of Persons
  • The Roman Law of Property
  • The Roman Law of Succession

The Roman Law of Obligations

Core Reading List

 

Lecture 2 - Relationships and their Dissolution [1]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • The Civil Code & the Marriage Act
  • Marriage, Civil Unions, and Cohabitation
  •  Rights and duties arising from each union
  • Termination of each union

Core Reading List

  • The Civil Code
    The Marriage Act
    The Civil Unions Act
    The Cohabitation Act
  • Lee, R., 1987. The Elements Of Roman Law. London: Sweet & Maxwell

 

Lecture 3 - Relationships and their Dissolution [2]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • Proceedings to terminate relationships
  •  Mediation
  • The Child Advocate
  •  Domestic Violence and its implications

Core Reading List

  • The Civil Code
  • The Civil Court (Family Section), The First Hall of the Civil Court and The Court of Magistrates
    (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction) (Family Section) Regulations
  •  The Gender-based Violence and Domestic Violence Act

 

Lecture 4 - The Law of Persons

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  •  The principles of filiation, repudiation, and adoption
  •  Parental authority and guardianship
  •  Minority and tutorship
  •  Interdiction and incapacitation

Core Reading List

  •  The Civil Code

 

Lecture 5 -The Law of Property [1]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  •  The rights and obligations attached to movable and immovable property, specifically ownership,
    usufruct, use and habitation, and easements

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 6 - The Law of Property [2]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • Community of property
  •  Possession of property
  •  The principal elements of the contract of Sale
  •  Prescription

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 7 - The Law of Property [3]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  •  Rights and obligations pertaining to parties entering into a contract of lease
  •  The Private Residential Leases Act
  •  The Rent Regulation Board
  •  Special laws on lease

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 8 - Mandate, Deposit, Loan, Suretyship

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • The salient features of mandate, deposit, loan, and suretyship
  • Rights and obligations pertaining to each contracting party

Core Reading List

 

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 9 - The Law of Obligations [1]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  •  Types of contracts
  •  Requirements of a valid contract
  •  Obligations through contracts

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 10 - The Law of Obligations [2]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  •  Quasi-contracts, torts, and quasi-torts
  •  Obligations arising from quasi-contracts, torts, and quasi-torts
  •  Remedies contemplated in law and jurisprudence

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 11 - – Succession [1]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • Testate and intestate succession
  •  Forms of wills
  •  Reserved portion
  •  Usufruct

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 12- Succession [2]

By the end of the lecture, students will have a general understanding of:

  • Legacies
  •  Benefit of inventory
  • Accepting or renouncing an inheritance
  •  Revocation of wills

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 13 - Final Revision

This lecture will briefly revise all topics studied in this module.

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

 

Methods of Assessment

3 out of a choice of 10 assignment titles - 100% weighting

There will be 2 assignment titles for each of the 5 of the following areas:

The Law of Persons
The Law of Succession
The Law of Property
The Law of Obligations
The Law of Guarantees

from which 3 questions from different areas should be addressed.

 

Assignment

You are required to choose three out of the ten questions available in the Assignment Submission Form made available by clicking the button below. The three assignments must be submitted no later than Thursday, 29 January 2027, along with the Assignment Submission Form. Please ensure that you indicate the question you have addressed on the Assignment Submission Form.

The Assignment Submission Form will be made available here at a later date.

For guidance on how to plan, draft, and submit your assignment, please refer to the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting Your Assignment by clicking the button below.

Writing and Submitting Your Assignment

We are also providing the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric for your reference. This rubric is a performance-based assessment tool that tutors will use for grading, and it will help you understand the requirements of the assignment and how it will be assessed.

Assignments Rubric

For referencing purposes, please use the OSCOLA Referencing Guide available by clicking the button below.

OSCOLA Referencing Guide

Submitting Assignment - Turnitin

The Academy will notify you via email when the assignment questions become available. Shortly after, you will receive another email from Turnitin, likely on the same day, confirming your enrolment in a "class" where you can upload your assignment(s).

Please ensure that your assignments are submitted no later than 23:59 on the assignment submission deadline, as indicated on the Assignment Submission form or in the Turnitin "class."

At 21 Academy, you have the option to submit multiple drafts before the final submission deadline. The version uploaded at the deadline will be treated as your final submission for assessment. Please note that Turnitin evaluates the same assignment twice within a 24-hour period, so any additional submissions during this time will not be reviewed until the 24-hour period has passed. Ensure that your final submission does not exceed 20% similarity, particularly when using direct quotations.

Follow this very short video to understand how to submit your assignment through Turnitin

Submitting a Paper

To understand the similarity report generated by Turnitin follow this 1 minute video

Understanding the Similarity Report

 

Referencing Style

Law students should use the OSCOLA referencing style as it is the standard citation system for legal writing in Malta. It ensures consistency, accuracy, and clarity when referencing legal sources, which is essential for academic and professional work. The video below provides detailed guidance on how to reference using OSCOLA. Please also refer to the OSCOLA Referencing Guide by clicking the button below

OSCOLA Referencing Guide