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Unit of Study LAW73010 - The Model Litigant (2017)

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  • Enrolment information

    External students are required to attend a four day compulsory residential school for this unit.

Unit description

Investigates the Australian legal system’s capacity to deal justly with a critical range of moral, historical and political issues that arise from Aboriginal communities. Model litigant standards, including the exercise of proportionate power and a proper regard for justice and fair play, are examined in relation to the Commonwealth’s interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

Unit content

Topic 1: The Commonwealth and the Law
Topic 2: Justice in Process and Procedure
Topic 3: Case Studies in Aboriginal Justice
Topic 4: Determinations and Aboriginal Justice
Topic 5: A Model Litigant

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Not currently available in 2017

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 review the principal doctrines and debates regarding just procedural frameworks, model litigant standards and legal equity
2 critically analyse case studies in Australian law and legal history in terms of just procedural frameworks and model litigant standards
3 apply the principles that inform cross-cultural equity and justice under Australian law.

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

  1. review the principal doctrines and debates regarding just procedural frameworks, model litigant standards and legal equity
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. critically analyse case studies in Australian law and legal history in terms of just procedural frameworks and model litigant standards
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. apply the principles that inform cross-cultural equity and justice under Australian law.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA7: