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 730-113 Law Reform Project

Note

This subject has a quota of 10 students.

Credit Points

10

Coordinator

Professor M Tilbury

Prerequisites

Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Contracts; Property.

Semester

2

Contact

2 hours per week

Subject Description

The course will contain a core component which studies the nature, history and methodology of the law reform process and its relationship to attempts at harmonisation of law both in Australia and internationally. The course will also comprise a clinical component in which each student will be involved in a law reform project in a government department, law reform agency or Parliamentary committee. The purpose of the clinical component is to develop skills for effective involvement in the law reform process.

Assessment

Research report 5000 words (80%); seminar presentation (20%).



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