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Unit description
Explores the origins of Australian law from both jurisprudential and historical viewpoints, and the structure of our legal institutions and divisions of legal personnel. Develops skills of legal reasoning, the ability to interpret cases and statutes, and clear and concise oral and written legal communication.
Unit content
Module 1: Legal Education and the Politics of Law
Module 2: Australian Legal Institutions and the Assertion of Colonial Law
Module 3: Statutory Interpretation
Module 4: Precedent and the Common Law
Module 5: Access, Equality and Official Discretion
Module 6: The State of Exception
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | critique the law from a number of theoretical perspectives, exploring how legal and social phenomena are inter-related; the role of the judiciary in mystifying and legitimising law, and law’s claims to be neutral and objective |
| 2 | utilise specific skills to predict the ways in which legal rules will be interpreted and applied, namely the theory of precedent and the rules governing the interpretation of statutes |
| 3 | communicate face-to-face, online and in writing, with precision and clarity, utilising a variety of media to engage with the process of learning |
| 4 | demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with other students. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critique the law from a number of theoretical perspectives, exploring how legal and social phenomena are inter-related; the role of the judiciary in mystifying and legitimising law, and law’s claims to be neutral and objective
- utilise specific skills to predict the ways in which legal rules will be interpreted and applied, namely the theory of precedent and the rules governing the interpretation of statutes
- communicate face-to-face, online and in writing, with precision and clarity, utilising a variety of media to engage with the process of learning
- demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with other students.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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