General Regulations

1. [2] 1. Any person may be admitted by the Board of the Faculty of Law as a candidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law, Magister Juris, or Master of Philosophy in Law provided that the following conditions have been satisfied:
   1. [3] (a) A candidate must either (i) have passed all the examinations required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and have obtained honours in the Second Public Examination, or have obtained honours in a degree examination of another university, such university having been approved by Council for the purpose of the status of Senior Student, or (ii) in the opinion of the Board of the Faculty of Law, be otherwise adequately qualified to undertake the course.
   2. [4] (b) A candidate must satisfy relevant provisions prescribed in the regulations made by the board, and any conditions the board may impose.
2. [5] 2. Any student for these degrees who is not a graduate of the University may wear the same gown as that worn by Students for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

[7] Any person who has been admitted under the provisions of §1 above may supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law or the Degree of Magister Juris provided:

1. [8] (i) that he or she has satisfied the examiners in the examinations prescribed in this section; and
2. [9] (ii) that he or she has kept three terms of statutory residence as a matriculated member of the University after admission as a Student for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law or Magister Juris, whichever is the earlier.

[11] Any person who has been admitted under the provisions of §1 above may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Law provided:

1. [12] (i) that he or she has satisfied the examiners in the examinations prescribed in this section; and
2. [13] (ii) that he or she has kept six terms of statutory residence as a matriculated member of the University after admission as a Student for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law or Magister Juris.

1. [15] 1. The examinations for the Degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law, Magister Juris, and Master of Philosophy in Law shall comprise such subjects as the Board of the Faculty of Law shall from time to time by regulation determine.
2. [16] 2. The examinations shall be under the supervision of the board.

[18] Every candidate who elects to offer a thesis or dissertation shall seek approval from the Board of the Faculty of Law as prescribed in the regulations made by the board. Subject to such approval, supervision shall be provided as prescribed in the appropriate regulation, provided that references to the Degree of Master of Studies shall be deemed to refer to the Degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law, Magister Juris, or Master of Philosophy in Law as the case may be.

1. [20] 1. Any person who has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law or to the Degree of Magister Juris or Master of Philosophy in Law, and who has completed fifteen terms from the date of such admission, may apply to the Board of the Faculty of Law for leave to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law. The application shall be made through the Registrar, and shall be accompanied by
2. [21] (1) evidence that the candidate's application has the approval of his or her college;
3. [22] (2) the fee prescribed in the appropriate regulation (see Appendix I);
4. [23] (3) evidence of the candidate's fitness for the degree. This evidence must consist of three copies of a published book or of published books or papers, treating in a scientific manner of one or more legal subjects and consisting of an original contribution to the advancement of knowledge of such substance and distinction as to give the candidate authoritative status in some branch or branches of legal learning. A candidate who submits papers or books which have been produced in collaboration shall state in respect of each item the extent of the candidate's own contribution.
5. [24] 2. On receipt of the application the Board of the Faculty of Law, having determined that the evidence submitted is of the appropriate kind, shall appoint not fewer than two judges, who shall report to the board on the sufficiency of the evidence.
6. [25] 3. If the board, after consideration of the reports of the judges, shall approve the evidence as sufficient for the degree, it shall give leave to the candidate to supplicate for the degree, and shall notify its decision in the University Gazette. One copy of the evidence shall remain in the possession of the University for deposit in Bodley's Library, provided that no book or paper of which the Library already possesses a copy shall be so deposited except with the consent of the candidate and of the Librarian, unless the copy submitted by the candidate shall be of a different issue or shall contain alterations or additions.

1. [27] 1. Any person belonging to one of the following classes may apply to the Board of the Faculty of Law for permission to supplicate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law and Doctor of Civil Law at the same time under the conditions set forth in this sub-section:
   1. [28] (a) Masters of Arts, except those on whom the degree has been conferred by decree or special resolution, who have entered upon the sixty-sixth term from their matriculation at this University, or, if they have been incorporated in this University, the sixty-sixth term from their matriculation at the University of Cambridge or of Dublin;
   2. [29] (b) persons on whom the Degree of Master of Arts has been conferred by decree or special resolution, other than a degree honoris causa, and who have entered upon the forty-fifth term from their admission to that degree;
   3. [30] (c) Doctors of Philosophy, or Masters of Letters or of Science or of Studies, who have entered upon the sixty-sixth term from their matriculation at this University.
2. [31] 2. The application of any such person shall be made to the board, and dealt with by the board, in the manner prescribed in §6 above.
3. [32] 3. If the board approves the evidence as sufficient for the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, it shall give leave to the candidate to supplicate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law and Doctor of Civil Law at the same time, although the candidate shall not have passed the examination for the former degree.