Overview
Examines the relationship between language and law in various contexts, including the drafting and interpreting of bilingual legislation, the application of tikanga-derived concepts, and analysis and practice of effective legal writing.
This paper focuses on international taxation, based on the OECD model double tax agreement.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic 3: Law and Language |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2023 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $710.30 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Recommended Preparation
- LAWS 302
- Notes
- Not all optional papers will be available in any given year.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Faculty of Law's website
- Teaching staff
To be confirmed when paper next offered.
- Textbooks
- Course materials are provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Interdisciplinary perspective, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will have
- Knowledge of the basic components of taxation in New Zealand and the United States
- Knowledge of basic tax treaties in New Zealand, United States and OECD countries
- Knowledge of tax treaty issues
- The ability to analyse tax treaties
- The ability to deal with legal problems arising under tax treaties
- The ability to adapt knowledge about New Zealand tax treaties to analysis and application of analogous overseas and international law
Timetable
Overview
Examines the relationship between language and law in various contexts, including the drafting and interpreting of bilingual legislation, the application of tikanga-derived concepts, and analysis and practice of effective legal writing.
This paper focuses on international taxation, based on the OECD model double tax agreement.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic 3: Law and Language |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2024 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Recommended Preparation
- LAWS 302
- Notes
- Not all optional papers will be available in any given year.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Faculty of Law's website
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
- Course materials are provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Interdisciplinary perspective, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will have:
- Knowledge of the basic components of taxation in New Zealand and the United States
- Knowledge of basic tax treaties in New Zealand, United States and OECD countries
- Knowledge of tax treaty issues
- The ability to analyse tax treaties
- The ability to deal with legal problems arising under tax treaties
- The ability to adapt knowledge about New Zealand tax treaties to analysis and application of analogous overseas and international law