Law - History and Context (LAW621) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, Australia

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Unit name	Law - History and Context
Unit code	LAW621
Credit points	12.5
Faculty/School	College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Law
Discipline	Law
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Requisites

Prerequisites

LAW253 AND LAW251 AND LAW250 AND LAW204 AND LAW252 AND LAW254 AND LAW255 AND LAW256

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Weeks 1 to 6 All of the material and instruction for this unit will be available for students to view on-line, read or download in weeks 1 to 6 of the semester. There will be two workshops each week where they will have the opportunity to debate and discuss the issues raised in the material. Each workshop will be one hour in length (a total of 12 hours across the 6 weeks). A lecturer will facilitate this discussion based on a set of questions distributed in or prior to the class. The matters addressed in the materials and workshop will be examined in assessment task 1. Weeks 7 to 12 In weeks 7 to 12 four additional one hour workshops will be held to discuss matters associated with assessment task 2 and to arrange the LHC forum in week 13. In addition a lecturer will be available on-line during student consultation times.
Assessment	1 X 3,500 word essay worth 50% 1 X 1,500 reflective piece on public forum 40% 4 X 250 word abstracts 10%
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

Weeks 1 to 6

All of the material and instruction for this unit will be available for students to view on-line, read or download in weeks 1 to 6 of the semester.

There will be two workshops each week where they will have the opportunity to debate and discuss the issues raised in the material. Each workshop will be one hour in length (a total of 12 hours across the 6 weeks).
A lecturer will facilitate this discussion based on a set of questions distributed in or prior to the class.
The matters addressed in the materials and workshop will be examined in assessment task 1.

Weeks 7 to 12
In weeks 7 to 12 four additional one hour workshops will be held to discuss matters associated with assessment task 2 and to arrange the LHC forum in week 13.

In addition a lecturer will be available on-line during student consultation times.

Assessment

1 X 3,500 word essay worth 50%

1 X 1,500 reflective piece on public forum 40%

4 X 250 word abstracts 10%

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	TBA
Recommended	TBA

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