Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 36 contact hours of workshops per teaching period. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.
Explain and demonstrate an advanced understanding of the public law principles and institutional arrangements that underpin the Australian system of government and shape the process of statutory interpretation, including representative democracy, the rule of law, separation pf powers, constitutionalism, federalism and human rights.
Learn and work independently and make use of feedback to support your further learning.
Demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues;
Articulate, critically analyse the purposes and scope of the fundamental constitutional rules and public law principles that govern the relationships between Parliament, the executive and the judiciary and govern the process of statutory interpretation.
Communicate in ways that are effective, appropriate and persuasive; and
Demonstrate the capacity to critically analyse and give a reasoned legal opinion in response to specific legal problems by applying the legal principles and values that underpin Australia’s system of government, legal system, and process of statutory interpretation of legislation.
2 hours and 30 minutes
2,250 words
