Section 4 of “Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law” sets the requirements for independence and source citation:
Section 4-1 Requirements regarding independence and source citation
All work submitted for approval or assessment shall be the student's own work. This also applies to work that will not count towards grades. Sources used shall be acknowledged in accordance with the University's Guidelines on Source Citation. Any violation of these guidelines will be considered as cheating, see Section 4-2.
In assignments with a certain word limit, the number of words written must be stated on the answer sheet. An incorrect word count may be considered as attempted cheating.
a) Violation of the word limit will lead to rejection of the paper for a Master’s thesis. The paper must then be revised and re-submitted the following semester.
b) Violation of the word limit will lead to rejection of the paper for compulsory course assignments. The paper cannot be re-submitted and the the right to sit the exam is lost.
Section 4-2 Violation of the regulations
Violation of the rules in Section 4-1 or the rules in Section 4-7 of the Universities and University Colleges Act concerning Master's theses, examinations or submitted assignments and/or other compulsory elements related to the teaching may be considered as cheating.
Wilful or grossly negligent violation may lead to annulment of the relevant examination or assignment, cf. the Universities and University Colleges Act, Section 4-7, subsection 1, and possibly also exclusion from the University for up to two semesters, cf. the Universities and University Colleges Act, Section 4-8, subsection 3.
Attempted violations will be treated in the same manner as actual violations, if intent can be shown.
An annulled examination or assignment counts as an attempt to sit the examination as regards the number of times the examination can be taken.
Providing false information about attendance at study group sessions or large group sessions or any other classes where attendance is required may be considered as cheating or an attempt at cheating.
Cases of annulment or exclusion will be decided upon by the University's Central Appeals Committee. The appeal body is the national appeals board "Felles klagenemnd", cf. the Universities and University Colleges Act, Section 5-1 subsection 7, cf. Regulation FOR 2005-10-10 no. 1192: Regulations on the central appeal board for the consideration of complaints and appeals pursuant to the Universities and University Colleges Act, Sections 4-7 to 4-10.