Law and Contemporary Issues - LAWS3122

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Restricted to students enrolled in Legal Studies: Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 4055 or 3408 or 4054.

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course focuses on how the law impacts and/or reacts to changing social and political issuesand how the law must constantly adapt and undergo renewal in order to meet the changing needs of society and it is the role of Australian legislatures to effect these changes. It examines the operation of parliaments and the role of the courts in providing judicial oversight of legislation. It then explores how the parliament and the courts must react and adapt to changes in contemporary Australian society. This will be done by examining the legal responses which may or have been made to contemporary issues, such as gay marriage, multiculturalism, asylum seekers, climate change, social justice and human rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, constitutional recognition of indigenous people, social media and a Bill of Rights.

The topics may be varied if new issues emerge during the course of the semester.

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.