LA4027:03
Human Rights Law
Cairns, Townsville
HECS Band 3
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. Semester 2.
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).