The High Court of Australia - LAWS3292

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: 4

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.

Excluded: JURD7592

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The role of the High Court of Australia as a legal, political and social institution in the framework of the Australian Government. Topics include: the relationship of the High Court to other institutions of government; the relationship of the Court to other courts within the judicial system; the historical development of the Court and the distinctive features through different periods of that development; the Court's composition and internal workings; its style of legal reasoning; its contribution to the development of distinctively Australian law in selected areas and the place of its individual members in the Australian judicial tradition.

Main Topics:
  • The history of the Court and its justices
  • Appointment and removal of justices
  • The jurisdiction and operation of the Court
  • the Court's role and record in private and public law
  • the Court's relationship with the political branches of Government, including its public accountability
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.