Corruption Law and Policy: Australian and international perspectives - LAWS8012
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9285 or 5285 or 9220 or 5750.
Excluded: JURD7913
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course will also consider anti-corruption laws and bodies that have been established in Australian and particularly in NSW. Each stage of this history has been a response to some major public scandal. The class will consider the extraordinary law enforcement powers that have been granted to these bodies, some of which run counter to the rule of law. Case studies of corruption and vice will be covered.
LLM Specialisation
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
- To provide students with an appreciation of different cultural concepts of corruption.
- Assist students to understand the international legal framework of anti-corruption instruments and agreement.
- Give students an awareness of the social costs of corruption and the policy arguments about how it should be dealt with.
- Provide students with an understanding of historical examples of corruption in Australian public institutions and how they have driven policy in this area.
- Provide students a working knowledge of anti-corruption laws and bodies in Australia and NSW.
Main Topics
- Historical and philosophical underpinnings of international anti-corruption law.
- Corruption in developing nations and economies.
- Australian Anti-Corruption laws and bodies.
- Corruption case studies.
Assessment
In class seminar 20%
Essay(5000 words) 70%
Course Texts
Prescribed
Resources