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Introduction

Examines sources of family law, legal recognition of family relationships, legal obligations between family members, processes for responding to family law issues, the family law courts, principles applying to parenting and financial matters, the socio-economic context, and law reform.

Summary 2020

Unit name Family Law
Unit code LAW682
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Law
Discipline Law
Coordinator

Dr Olivia Rundle
Teaching staff

Level Advanced
Available as student elective? Yes
Breadth Unit? No

Availability

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify, research and synthesise knowledge of the family law system, sources of family law, legal principles, legislation, case law and processes.
  2. Evaluate and critique the effect of family laws and processes on society in various contexts.
  3. Conceptualise family law issues, apply principles to unique facts, and conduct sound legal analysis.
  4. Communicate fluently in written and/or verbal form, appropriate to the audience, using correct grammar, logical structure, and attribute sources in appropriate referencing style.
  5. Participate collegially and constructively in classes, engage in learning both independently and as part of a group.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

LAW204 OR LAW253 AND LAW255 AND LAW252 AND LAW256 AND LAW250 AND LAW251 AND LAW254 OR LAW205 AND LAW221 AND LAW225 AND LAW226 AND LAW222 AND LAW224 AND LAW223 OR LAW352 AND LAW253 AND LAW223 AND LAW351 AND LAW222 AND LAW221 AND LAW224

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

LAW681

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

50 minute weekly lecture, 2 hour fortnightly seminar

Assessment

Assessment Task 1: Quiz 25% 
Assessment Task 2: In class discussion  25%
Assessment Task 3: Take home examination  50%

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Textbooks

Required

Belinda Fehlberg, Rae Kaspiew, Jenni Millbank, Fiona Kelly and Juliet Behrens, Australian Family Law: The Contemporary Context (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2015) ISBN 9780195574333.

Australian Law Reform Commission, Family Law for the Future – An Inquiry into the Family Law System: Final Report (Report No 135, March 2019)

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