Undergraduate - UnitATS2356 - Indigenous legal issues

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Shannon Faulkhead

Notes

Previously coded AAS2060

Synopsis

This unit examines the historical and cultural dimensions of law, law administration and the legal representation of Indigenous peoples in Australia from a critical inter-disciplinary perspective. Topics covered include: the recognition of Indigenous customary law, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, mandatory sentencing, intellectual property, heritage protection and the Stolen Generations.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this units students will be able to:

Describe and critically analyse both orally and in writing, the operation of key Australian law and legislature relating to Indigenous cultures and peoples.

Describe and critically analyse the central themes and issues relating to historical and contemporary approaches to Indigenous issues both orally and in writing.

Assessment

Written work: 100% (5000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Shannon Faulkhead

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Human rights theory
Criminology
Australian Indigenous studies

Prerequisites

First year Arts sequence or permission of coordinator

Prohibitions

AIS2040, AIS3040