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LAW5080

Faculty of Law

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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

Faculty

Law

Quota applies

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

Offered

City (Melbourne)

  • Trimester 1 2016 (Day)
  • Term 3 2016 (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 LAW7212

Synopsis

The unit covers Australian legal and political institutions (including the institutions of government and the constitutional framework), sources of law in Australia (including the historical origins of our legal system, common law and equity, legislation and delegated legislation and the contemporary relationship between the courts and Parliament), legal writing (including an introduction to legal terminology, an overview of the different types of writing required in the Law School and a discussion of the criteria for assessment), case law and statutory interpretation.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  • apply knowledge of the rules of precedent and statutory interpretation with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice;
  • investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information in relation to legal and political institutions in Australia, sources of law in Australia, case law and its evolution and the role of judges in interpreting legislation;
  • conduct research based on knowledge of appropriate research principle and methods and an understanding of the requirements of good legal writing, including basic matters of style; and
  • use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to the Australian legal system.

Assessment

Research paper (3750 words): 50% and
Examination (2 hours): 50% or
Take-home examination (3750 words): 50% (to be determined by the unit lecturer)

Workload requirements

24 contact hours per teaching period (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements).

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Gaye Lansdell Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=2900&pid=3317) (Trimester 1)
Dr Azadeh Dastyari Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=8388&pid=4030) (Term 3)