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Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: Mr S Johnston.
Prerequisite: 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.
Contact: A 1-hour class and a 2-hour seminar.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have a broad understanding of the theory, history and promotion of human rights;
- be able critically to analyse instruments and arguments on human rights;
- be able to conduct library and field research into aspects of human rights;
- be able to make orally and in writing a positive, scholarly contribution to policy and practice in this area.
Content:
Theories of rights; sources of rights, status in the law; bills of rights; the rights of particular groups eg crime victims; prisoners; remedies under national law and human rights conventions.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6,000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 44)
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