Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The aim of this subject is to investigate specific legal themes which serve to regulate social behaviour and community relationships. Topics analysed will include civil liberty and the legal notion of freedom - including a review of international human rights, civil and criminal commitment; the notions of legality and a morality; police and freedom, the ambit of anti-discrimination laws; specific instances of anti-discrimination regulation - employment, education, accommodation, the provision of goods and services and migration, indigenous Australians; policing anti-discrimination law; and analysis of family and individual relationships, including the legal and social implications of marriage; legal regulation of marital dissolution and family breakdown, care and control of children; policing domestic violence.
Assessment Essay (3000 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Tutorial presentation and short paper: 30%