Australian Politics: Advanced Debates - ARTS3845
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Social Sciences
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at level 1 and 6 UOC at level 2 in one of the following streams, Australian Studies, International Relations, Politics, or Politics and International Relations
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Politics and International Relations
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Australian Studies
Who is free to speak and on what? In this course, you will analyse how freedom of speech is understood and regulated, as an example of the complexities around key questions of governance in contemporary Australian politics. In this course you will examine frameworks of freedom of speech, and how such questions involve the relation between parliament and judiciary in implementing key human rights and freedoms. Questions about discriminatory speech on the grounds of race, sex, and sexual orientation, blasphemy and religious vilification, pornography and other abuse materials, and obscenity in Australia are also placed within a comparative global context of conventions and institutions.
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