LA1101 - Legal Institutions and Processes

Credit points:	03
Year:	2017
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	College of Business, Law & Governance

This subject explores the foundations of the Australian legal system including the processes by which Australian law is made and its implication in the colonization of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It introduces the key institutions and principles of public law that support government in Australia, including the relationship between the three arms of government, the operation of the federation, and the limits on government power. Students will be introduced to foundational principles of statutory interpretation involving a range of public law issues. NOTE: Law students are not permitted to enrol in the External offering.

Learning Outcomes

• an ability to describe the historical foundations of Australian law;
• an understanding of the ways in which formal law making bodies function in the Australian context;
• an ability to analyse and critique the operation of Australian legal institutions from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives;
• an awareness of the process and history of colonisation and the conquest and survival of Indigenous peoples under Australian law;
• an awareness of current themes and future directions in the development of Australian law;
• An awareness of the principles of statutory interpretation involving a range of public law issues and contexts.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

LA1007

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coord/Lect:	Mrs Van Le.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hour lecture/week; lectures may be video-conferenced. 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour tutorial/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); on-course assessment (40%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coord/Lect:	Mrs Van Le.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); on-course assessment (40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coordinator:	Mrs Van Le
Lecturer:	Ms Rachael Philp.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hour lecture/week; lectures may be video-conferenced from Townsville. 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour tutorial/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); on-course assessment (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.