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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
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
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 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:
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review the principal doctrines and debates regarding just procedural frameworks, model litigant standards and legal equity
- GA1:
- GA4:
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critically analyse case studies in Australian law and legal history in terms of just procedural frameworks and model litigant standards
- GA1:
- GA4:
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apply the principles that inform cross-cultural equity and justice under Australian law.
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA7: