units

LAW5081

Faculty of Law

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Law
OfferedCity (Melbourne) Trimester 1 2015 (On-campus block of classes)
City (Melbourne) Term 3 2015 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/postgraduate/pg-disc-dates.html
For postgraduate Law unit timetables, please see http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html
Previously coded as LAW7436

Quota applies

Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.

Synopsis

This unit is only available to international students. It is designed to provide international students, in particular those from civil law countries, with a general understanding of the operation of the Australian legal system and common law systems more generally, including the structure and content of cases and the main principles of statutory interpretation, and with the legal research and communication skills necessary for postgraduate legal research and writing

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of recent developments in relation to the rules of precedent and statutory interpretation to new situations in professional practice with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning;
  • Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex legal information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to the operation of the Australian legal systems;
  • Conduct research into the common law systems more generally, including the structure and content of cases based on knowledge of appropriate research principles and methods; and
  • Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to case law, statutory interpretation, and advanced legal research.

Assessment

Research methods exercise(750 words): 10%
Research assignment(s)(3375 words): 45%
Take-home examination: 45%

Workload requirements

Classes commence two weeks prior to the beginning of Semester 1 and Semester 2.
36 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements)

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Leighton Morris Personal ProfilePersonal Profile (http://www.law.monash.edu.au/staff/postgraduate/sess-leighton-morris.html)

Prohibitions

LAW5080