LAW5000: Australian Legal Reasoning and Methods

LAW5000: Australian legal reasoning and methods

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Description

Outcomes

At the successful completion of this Unit students will be able to:

  1. explain the legal principles and institutional arrangements that underpin government in Australia;
  2. demonstrate an awareness of the principles and values that have shaped the Australian system of government, including representative democracy, the rule of law and human rights;
  3. articulate and critically examine the purposes and scope of the fundamental constitutional rules that govern the relationships between Parliament, the executive and the judiciary;
  4. demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues;
  5. select, interpret and apply relevant rules and principles of statutory interpretation in order to reach a considered view on the legal meaning, or likely legal meaning, of a doubtful legislative provision, including determining whether, as a matter of statutory interpretation, a statutory offence requires proof of a mental element and (if so) what that mental element is;
  6. give a reasoned opinion as to the appropriate meaning of a legislative provision;
  7. communicate in ways that are effective, appropriate and persuasive; and
  8. learn and work independently and make use of feedback to support their further learning.

Assessment (Australian legal reasoning and methods)

  1. Written Assignment (3000 words): 40%
  2. Examination (2 hours plus 30 minutes reading time): 60%

Workload requirements

Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 36 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.

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