180 tal-1990

[ UUCA 1'101'1 ACT. IIJI:!tI

tA CT NO. XXIV of 1938)

Rl'gu lations for the Oegrft of Bachek>r or Arts In Socio- I.egal S tudie5-

B.A. (Sorio- Legal St ud ies) .. od for the Oiploma of Lega l I'rocunlor

( L P .)

IN c~erciscoflhe powers conferred upon him byscctions 28 (5) and

29 (6) of t he Education Act. 1988. Ihe Chancellor of the University of

Malta ha s promulgated the following regu la tioltS made by the Senale of

the University o f Malta in vinue of Ihe powen confe"ed upon il by

section 33 of t he said Act.

Ci la tlon .

These Regul ations may be cited as the Regulations forth~ degree of

B.A. (Socio-Legal St udies) and for the diploma of L.P . . and are

applicable to courses slIIning in Jan uary 1987 ur later

R EGULATIONS .·OR THE DEG REE O F

BAC H ELO R Ot· ARTS IN SOCIO-I. EGAL Sl1.IDn :S

B.A.{Sodo-Legal Studies)

Eligibility ror Degree

I . To be eligible for the award of lhe Degree of Baebc lOl"" of Ans in Sodo-Legal

Studies - B.A. (Socio-Legal Studies) - a candidate m us t

(a) be regiSlered as a matriculated st udent in terms of th e Ad mission

Rcgulatiuns of the Univenity

Cb) sa tisfy the Special Co urse Requiremcnts in acwrdancc with Regu lat ion 3

(c) comple tc the course o f studies. qualify in tne examinations and satisfy any

ot ller req uiremenlS as prescribed in thcse Regulations;

(d) satisfy any othe r requirements prescribed in any ot her re levant Sta tutes

and Regulations of the Univeni ty.

Duralionof Cou ne

The Coune of studies lead ing 10 Ihe Degreeof Bachelorof Arts in Socio- Legal

S tud ies ex tends o¥er a period o f three )'ears as sp«ified in Regula tion 4llclow.

Special Cou rse Requlremo:n ts

To apply for admission 10 the COUr!;(: leading to the Degreeof Bachelor of Arts

in Socio- Legal Studies a candidale must . besides salisfying the conditions ror admission

as a regula r student in terms of the Admission Regulationsoflhe Universi ty. sa tisfy thc

following Special Course Req uirements

passes at Ad vanced Le¥el (two of which al Grade C or 1lc1ler and Ih e nlher at

G rade D or bettcr) in

B

(il Engli sh

(ii ) MallcSt'

(iii) :u lea~t one of: Ilali an. French. Lalin. Economics and PhilO!>Ophy

and. if not already offe red at Advanced level. passes at Ordin ary level in

(i)

Italian

(ii)

French or Latin

in the Matricu lation Examina tion of the Universi ty or at corresponding Ie"ell; of

other examinations recognized by the Senatc for the purposes of the Admission

Regul ations

!'rovided that a candidate wh<! is a graduate o f a university . o r has OIher

qualifications conside red to be sufficient. may be exempted by the Admissions

Board. o n the advice of t he Facul ty Admis:>ionsCommittee. from the whole or part

o f these Special Course Requirements.

Course' C urriculum

1 The programme of stu di es shall ex tend o,'er thrce years. and shall be divided

in to two Parts: Part One and Part Two.

4.2 Each part sh:lll consist o f a number of study-units to each of which a specified

number of credits shall be assigned .

4.3 The Fatully Board shall df1'w up a Sc hedu le of st udy-uni ts and o( the credits

assigned to each . The Facully Board may amend such Schedule from lime to time as it

may deem advisable. provided this is done before the beginning o r the academic year.

4.4 A credi t ce rtirteale. indicating the number of credits assigoed .... ill be is:>ued

to a studcnt on the sucees:>ful comple tion of a study-unit. Th e certificate wi lt also showa

gnlde indicating the standard ~ ttained by the student in the work done throughout the

study-uni l. No credit will be gi" en for an uncompleted slUdy·uni l.

4.5 111e maximum and the minimum number of credits which a stude nt may

atte mpt to acqu ire in any onc academic year. and the minimum number of credits

req uired before adm is:>ion to the Examinat ions held in the Course are established in

Kcgula tions 5 and 6 be low.

4.6 The study-units shall consist of a group of comPJ lsory and/or elective unils.

forming streams of , t udies. The list of , treams o n offcr will be approved by the Faculty

Baord and shall be as defined in the sy llabus.

4.7 The Faculty Board may exempt a student frum the requirement of obtaininga

cred it certificate (or a p.onicularst udy- unit if hc hasobtuined from the University. or an

institution recognised by the Se nate fo r 1111.' purpose. a qualification the st udy (or wh ich

is. in the opinion of the Faculty Board. cqui~alent in conte nt and standard to thal

required for the credit ~ rtirlCale concerned.

I'a rt Ont"

1 Part Onc will extend ovc r tile fi rst yea r ofthe Course. Candidates will register

in Ihis year for a numbcrnf -,tudy -units for "'h kll a minim um of]:11 and a maximum o f 25

credits li re :l5,igncd.

B

The Faculty Board ma y require students to rcgisterduring tllc First year for those

study-units indicated hy it.

Pa rt T.u)

6 . 1 Pari Two will ex tend O"cr the second and third ycarsofthe Course.

6 .2 Cand idates will registe r in each year for a number o f study-uni ts for ""hkh a

minimum o f !S and a muimum of JOcredits are assigned.

3 A student sha ll be requi red t05i t for rina iuami nations 3tthe cnd of Part T""o

of the Course.

6A Before being awarded the Degree a st udent must satidy all the examinations

sat in accordance with these Regu lat iOflS and present and have approved by the Faculty

Board a shorl dissenation o f not more than fony and nol less Ihan twe nty-five typed

double -spalX:d A4 page~ on a subject submitted for Ihe approval of the Facully Board

not late r Ihan Ihe cnd of J anuary of the final year.

Credits. Grades. Eu.minatiOll'!llnd A.s~snw:-n1S

1.1 A st udent shall be no mally required lo sit for his e~amin3lions after obtaining

at le ast Ihe number of credits hereunde r speci fied

25 credits in Part One

55 credits in ParI Two

This notwithstanding. the Facult y Board may require candidates to si t for such part

of the Examinatio ns as the Board may de termine before all the credi ts above ment ioned

are assigned.

1.2 The Faculty Board shall award st uden ts grades o n the basis of their general

performanlX: th roughout the year in the subjects mught in that year.

1.3 The said grade~ ~ halltake into account the assessme nts. a nd the resulls of

wrillen and oral examinations as provided in Regula tion 7.6 below. Euminationsshall

be held in every subject unless ot he rwise provided for in the Syllabus.

1.4 Assessments sha ll be made in each subject taugh t a nd shall take into

consideration th e course work and performDnce of each student during th e year. The

assessment shall be made by the Head of De partment. or. in the event that he is

debarred by th e Regulations of the University from being a member of Ihe Board of

Eliaminel"!>. by the Chairman of such Board.

1.5 There shall be a Committee of the Boards of Exa miners composed of all the

me mbers o f Ihe Boards of Examiners examining in a particu lar year. The Commi llee

shall be chaired by the Dean of tile Facult~ and . in hi s Dbsell«: . by a Head of

DcpaTlmcnt elected to chai r tile meeling by t he Com millee meet ing. The quorum of the

Commillee meeti ngs shall consist of onc more than a third o h he members thereof.

1.6

It shall be the function of tile Comm iuee of the Boards of Exam ine!"); to

consolidate the results obtained by each student and to make recommendations to the

Faculty Board regard ing the grading and/or tile referral of students in Ihe wrille R Dnd/or

oral e xaminations of any subjecl. and th ;s in accordance with !luidel inCll iaid dov.'n by

the Faculty Board.

B 128)

7 A student "'ho is graded Failed in a p.1rt icular year. and remains so graded

even after the referral referred 10 above. shall nOl be allowe d to proceed to the next year

o f the COUT!;C . Such student may. however. be allowed by the Facu lt y Board torejoin the

Cou rse onee only in terms of Rcgu!:. tio" 10 be low.

Concur~nt Courses

A st udent ma y fo llow concurrentl y the Courses leading to the Degree of

Bachelor of Arts in Socio-Legal Studics _ B.A . (Socio-Lcgal Studies) - and the

Diplo ma of Lega l Procurator ( L. P. ).

Non-Atll'nd:m«

A student who . aftcr due wa rnin g given in writing. persistemly fails to alien<!

le ctures and/or tutorial s without adequa le justification may be debarred by the Faculty

Board fro m sitti ng for any or all of the examination$.

Rejo; nin~ of Courst'

to. A stude nt who has inte rrupted his QOUT!;C of studies or ..... ho has fai led in a

particular year may be allo"-ed by the Faculty Boord to rejoi n the COUT!;C in such year as

the Facult y Board may deem appropriate. and in so doing the Faculty Board may

req ui re such student 10 si l for such further examin ations. besides those specified in the

syllabus. as it may deem necosary

Pro" ided that in 00 case shall a studen t complete his course of studies in a

pe riod longe r than five yea rs excep t wi th the special permission of Senate for a

good and sufficient cause.

Application

11 . l 1tesc regu latio ns sh" ll upply to stud cllt s admitted to Courses start ing

in January 1987 or later.

REGULATIONS FOR THE DlPLO.\IA OF I.EGAL PR OCURATOR (I..I' .)

,\ pplicable R~'gulations

I. The Regulations applicable for the Degree of Bacoc lor o f Ans in Socio-Legal

Studies - B.A . (Socio·Legal Sludies) - shall apply 10 st uuents who take the Course

lelldi ng to the Diploma of Legal Procurator ( L.P.) wit h the following exceptions and

variations

i. l 1te study un its for which the students shall registe r for the purpose of

rq: ul"lilln t..~ of the aforcmenlioned regulations sh all have a""igned to them a

mim mum or Iw~ m y and a max im um o f Iwenty fi~'" credits per year. Among the said

_1tI"~_ Un ih tl>\.- _lUdems ~h,,1I register and obtai n credits in tllose study-units which

_hall Ix· ind ka teu to them bv the F"cuhv Bo.1 rd _

The _tlKknt followi ng the Cnur<C for the Diploml' of Legal Procurator

(L.P. ' _hi.1! he exem pted from ,u"milling a dissertation as req uired in reg ulation 6.4

tlf the af,'remcn l;oncd rq:ulmi"n~ .

B I""

Ill. For the purposes of regu lat ion 7.1 of the aforemc mioncd regulations the

students following the Course for the Diploma of Legal PrOCUrdtor (L.P.) shall

norm~lIy be requi red loobla;n fi f,ycredits in Part Two of [he Diploma Coun;e befoTe

bei ng allowed losit for thcirexam inations.

COl\eurrmt COUrst'li

2. A student may follow concurrently the Courses leading to the Degree of

Bachelor of Arts in $ocio-Lcgal Sl udic5 - B.A. (Socio-LcgaJ Studies) - and the

Diploma of Legal Procu rator (L.P.).

Appliulion

3. Th ese rcgulalion~ shall apply to stude nts admiu.-d 10 Courses sta rt in~

in January 1987 or later.

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Sludent. li inte rrompa il-kof5 la' I-istudji tieghu jew wclle l f~i sena

panikulari. jista' jitha lla mi ll-Oord tal· Fak ulta jer~a ' jidh ol fil -Kon; fdi k is-se n:1 li

1- Bord tal -Fakulta jidhi rlu .iernq. u mela jaghmel he kk il- Bord lal-Fnkulta jista' jesigi I.

dnn I-istudent joqgl'lod gli al damijiet ohm. minba rra dnwk li huma spetifik~li fis-

siJIabu. kif jidh irlu li hu melltieg

Ii:da wkoli febda kat Student ma jisllI' jlemm il-k01"S la' I-istudji tieghu fi

tm ien ilwal minn hamessn'n Il l'efbil-permessspeejali las-Senat 8ha1 raguni l ajb~ u

suffitjent i.

Appllk01.7Joni

11 . Dawn ir-regola me nti jghoddu ghall-istudenti mdahhla fil Korsijiel mibd;ja

fJannar 1987 je w wpm .

REGOLAMEI''TI G HAI).I>II'LOMA TA' PIWK URATUR U :GA I.I rP. L )

R~olaml'flll 11 J$tI'Oddu

Ir- Regolame nl i I; jgboddu ghall -G rad la' Batillier ta' I-Arti fl · lstudji SOCjo-

1. Lega li - B.A. (Socio- Legal Studies) - ighodd u ghall·istuOe llti li j;ehdu I· Kors li

jwassal ghad- Diploma la' Pro kuralUr Le gali (P.L.) b'dawn l-ecte:ujonijiel u

vatjazzjonij;el

i. L-unitajic-t la' sludju li ~ha lihom I-bludenti ~llandl\Om jirre!i!ilraw ghall-

gllall tar-regolament 6.2 tar-rcgolamenli msemmija qabcl ~Ilandhom ik ollhom

millimu la' gho.~ rio u massimu la' hamS3 u ghoxrin kredtu kul! sena. F ..... I I·uoirajiel

la' st udju mscmmij a l·islUdenti ghandhom jirrc~"lrJw u jik':>bu kn:'d ti fda"'k 1-

unitajiet ta ' studju li jkunu indikali lilhorn mill- Bon.l t al·F8 kult ~.

ii. L -is' uden 1 li jscgwi I· KoT'> )!had· Di plom:' 1J' l'rokun.lur Legali (r . L.) ikun

eiental milli jiSS(ltt omelli dis,;crt3zzjoni kif inhu miswoni fir'r.::~ul"m.::m h.4 tar·

rC!1olam.::nti msemmija q~bel

B

Ill. Ghall-ghanijict tar-rcgolamem 7.1 tar-regolamcnti msemmijo qabcl. 1-

iswdcnti li jscgy.·u I-Kors ghad-Diploma 10' Prokuratur L..cgali (P.L.) ik unu

mistcnnija normalmem li jiksbu hamsin krcd tu fit -TlCni " ani tal-Kors tad -Diploma

qabcl ma jithal1ew joqogl"ldu ghal1-damij iet laghoom.

Korsij iet r l>lIlj"q1l

2. Stude nt jisto' jscgwi rdaqqo I-Korsijict li jW3sslu ghall·Grad la' B~tillier ta'

I-Ani fl- Istudji Soejo-Legali - B.A. (Socio-Legal Sludies) - u ghad-Diploma ta '

ProkuIatur Legali (P.L.)

Appli kazz,lonl

3. Dawn ir-Tcgolamenti jghoddu ghal1·isludcnti mdahhlin gha! Korsjijiet mibdija

f Jannar. 1987 jcwwara .