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Summer Session 2009-10 |
lec > subject pages > legal institutions |
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This course emphasises building a core of legal knowledge to facilitate further study, and a strong set of legal skills to assist in the practical application of that knowledge. The course will introduce students to the origins, history and present operation of the institutions which make up the Australian legal system, to the sources of law, and to the Commonwealth and New South Wales Constitutions. The matters which will be considered include the distribution of legislative powers between the Commonwealth and the States, the executive powers of the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments and the sources of those powers, the system of courts and tribunals operating at Commonwealth and New South Wales levels, the relationship between the various legal institutions, the theory and practice of precedent, the rules of statutory interpretation, the legal profession and arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Students are given an opportunity to develop the skills necessary for successful completion of legal studies, including legal essays and answering legal problems. This is done through a study of relevant legislation and cases, class problems and class skills tasks, web tutorials and problems and the completion of assignments. Then, students must complete the two compulsory assignments. Assignment 1 is 1500-2000 words and Assignment 2 is 1500 words. A pass mark is 50%. Refer to page 34 of the Course Information Handbook for the assignment grading and assessment criteria. Students also have the option to submit a plan of the first assignment for comments, but this is not an assessable task. |
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