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Description This course will explore the debates about the desirability of constitutional and other models of bills of rights. It will explore the reluctance in Australia to enact formal bills of rights, and examine the development and operation of the modern statutory "charters" of rights adopted by the ACT and Victoria, as well as the proposals for similar legislation at the State/Territory and federal levels. It will examine the impact of the human rights legislation in the ACT and Victoria on the policy-making, government decision-making, legislative processes, and the work of the courts. It will also follow the proposed national consultation on a charter of rights and other human rights protections. This course will involve consideration of selected areas of substantive law, and reference to developments in other comparable jurisdictions.
Recommended Prior Knowledge Students will be expected to have taken Public Law or an equivalent course.
Mode of Delivery Semester-length course, 4 hours per week (two 2-hour sessions)
Course Objectives By the end of the course, participants should:
Main Topics
Assessment 1. Class participation (10%) Course Texts Prescribed Texts
Xeroxed reading materials will be available for purchase from the UNSW Bookshop Recommended Texts
G Williams, A Charter of Rights for Australia (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2007) Resources
Please refer to the course outline which will be available approximately four weeks before the start of the course.
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