PCE2040

Legal regulation and social relationships

(ART)

Not offered in 2000

Scott Beattie

8 points + 3 hours per week + Prohibition: PCE1040

Synopsis: Civil liberty and the legal notion of freedom. Notions of legality and morality. Police and freedom. The ambit of anti-discrimination laws. Anti-discrimination regulation relating to employment, education, accommodation, the provision of goods and services, migration and indigenous Australians. Family and individual relationships, including the legal and social implications of marriage. Legal regulation of marital dissolution and family breakdown, including care and control of children. Policing domestic violence.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Tutorial presentation and short paper (500 words): 20%