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Unit of Study LAW00111 - Legal Process (2018)

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    This unit consists of a compulsory workshop held at the Gold Coast. Students commencing in Session 1 and Session 3 are required to attend the workshop at the beginning of Session 1. Students commencing in Session 2 are required to attend the workshop at the beginning Session 2.


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 explain the ways in which legal and social phenomena are inter-related
2 critique law from a number of perspectives including ecological, feminist, post-modernist, multicultural and Indigenous perspectives
3 explain the various legitimating techniques used by the legal system to justify the assertion of sovereignty by centralised authority
4 utilise specific skills to predict the ways in which legal rules will be interpreted and applied, namely the theory of precedent and the rules governing the interpretation of statutes
5 critique the role of the judiciary in the mystification and legitimisation of law and assess law's claims to be neutral and objective
6 communicate face-to-face, online and in writing, with precision and clarity, utilising a variety of media to engage with the process of learning
7 engage in collaborative group work with other students.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. explain the ways in which legal and social phenomena are inter-related
    • GA1:
  2. critique law from a number of perspectives including ecological, feminist, post-modernist, multicultural and Indigenous perspectives
    • GA1:
  3. explain the various legitimating techniques used by the legal system to justify the assertion of sovereignty by centralised authority
    • GA4:
  4. utilise specific skills to predict the ways in which legal rules will be interpreted and applied, namely the theory of precedent and the rules governing the interpretation of statutes
    • GA4:
  5. critique the role of the judiciary in the mystification and legitimisation of law and assess law's claims to be neutral and objective
    • GA4:
  6. communicate face-to-face, online and in writing, with precision and clarity, utilising a variety of media to engage with the process of learning
    • GA6:
  7. engage in collaborative group work with other students.
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.