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Unit of Study LAW73051 - Global Legal Pluralism (2019)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    Any 12 Units (144 credit points) at tertiary level

  • Co-requisites

    N/A

  • Anti-requisites

    N/A

  • Enrolment information

    This is an intensive unit taught over 4 days in the first week of session. Intensive classes are delivered at the Gold Coast campus from 4 July to 7 July 2018. Class times and room details will be provided on the learning site. Students must be able to commit to the delivery mode before enrolling in this unit.


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 Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of Global Legal Pluralism
2 Explain the differing approaches available to resolve conflict of laws problems
3 Analyse strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to conflict of laws problems
4 Demonstrate an understanding of how to conceptualize law to include non-formal legal systems

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of Global Legal Pluralism
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Explain the differing approaches available to resolve conflict of laws problems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. Analyse strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to conflict of laws problems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of how to conceptualize law to include non-formal legal systems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4: