LA4027:03
Human Rights Law
Townsville
Prerequisites: Level 3 LA subjects
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. First semester.
Available to LLB students.
Theories of human rights, international human rights documents, human rights treaties and domestic law, protection of human rights in Australia — State and Commonwealth, comparative human rights law — USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand.
Learning Objectives:
- understanding of the jurisprudential concepts underlying human rights;
- a knowledge of substantive human rights law internationally and within Australia;
- understand how human rights are protected in other jurisdictions.
Assessment by coursework (25%); examination (75%) (subject to variation).
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