Japanese Law and Society - LAWS4129

In this course, you will use Japan as a case study to examine the whether or not - and, if so, how - law can be used as a transformative tool to achieve social justice. More specifically, you will develop a model for understanding the way social policy is created, consumed and expressed in Japanese law. Japanese Law and Society serves multiple objectives. For those with an interest in Japan, you will develop a heightened appreciation of Japan's regulations on human rights and social justice. For those with an interest in social justice (whether in Australia, internationally or comparatively), you will gain a contextual understanding of the conditions under which law reform will cause transformative social change. And for those with an interest in social activism, you will cultivate advanced cross-cultural skills - by being able to design effective policy and law reform proposals for different legal and cultural systems.

Asian Law

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By the end of the course, students will be able to dismiss common stereotypes about Japanese society and develop a more nuanced understanding of social law and policy in Japan.

You have great flexibility in determining the assessment scheme in this course. The only assessment that all students must undertake is online participation (20%). Your chosen assessment scheme must suit the learning outcomes you have articulated. There is some variation in the available assessment options and their weighting, but the following is indicative of the range of assessment options you may select: