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	text:  larger  smaller		Students on our BA programmes take the full range of courses required for a 'qualifying law degree' recognised by the legal professions in England and Wales. The programmes are non-modular and courses have to be taken in the following three phases (but within the phases may be taken in different orders by students at different colleges). Students on the Diploma in Legal Studies may choose any three of the courses marked +. For authoritative descriptions of all the courses consult the current student handbook. Phase 1: your first two terms Criminal Law Constitutional Law A Roman Introduction to Private Law Legal Research Skills At this point you sit your First Public Examination ('Law Moderations'). There are three papers. You must pass to proceed. The Legal Research Skills course includes its own tests and is not examined as part of Law Moderations. However you must also pass it. Phase 2: the last term of your first year and the whole of your second year Tort + Contract + Land Law  + Trusts + Administrative Law + Jurisprudence + At this point students on the Law with Law Studies in Europe programme go for their year abroad, returning to Oxford for phase 3 afterwards. Meanwhile students on the regular Law programme continue straight to phase 3. There are no public examinations for any students at the end of phase 2. All phase 2 courses are examined alongside the phase 3 courses at the end of the final year. Phase 3: your final year European Community Law + Plus any two optional subjects from the following list. We do not guarantee to offer all of our optional subjects every year. Commercial Leases Company Law  + Comparative Law: Contract + Competition Law and Policy (available 2008-9) Copyright, Patents & Allied Rights + Copyright, Trademarks & Allied Rights + Criminal Justice and Penology + Environmental Law Ethics (not available 2008-9)  + European Human Rights Law Family Law  + History of English Law  + International Trade Labour Law + Moral & Political Philosophy (available from 2008-9) Personal Property  Principles of Commercial Law + Public International Law + Roman Law (Delict) + Taxation Law At this point you take your Second Public Examination on the basis of which your degree is classified. You are examined on all of the courses you took in phases 2 and 3.