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Administrative Justice - LAWS8048

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:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9211 or 5211 or 9235 or 5235 or 9220 or 5750.

Excluded: JURD7414, JURD7530, LAWS3014, LAWS3130

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course provides a comprehensive coverage of the mechanisms for delivering administrative justice, including systemic issues such as access and the structuring of review and scrutiny mechanisms. The focus is on administrative decision-making and on extra-judicial means of redress for individual grievances against bodies exercising public power, including investigation and adjudication processes.

LLM Specialisation

Dispute Resolution
Human Rights and Social Justice

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Administrative Law.

Course Objectives

This course aims to locate themes and current issues in administrative justice in context, providing a comprehensive coverage of review and scrutiny mechanisms and processes. The focus is on extra-judicial means of redress for individual grievances against the exercise of governmental or public power including complaints, investigation, dispute resolution, and adjudication. The course asks students to reflect on the extent to which the mechanisms for delivering administrative justice achieve the goals of acceptable and justifiable administrative decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:

Understand the institutional framework, principles and values of administrative justice
Understand the main legal and regulatory issues raised by the topics for the course
Think critically about the mechanisms for access to information, and scrutiny, investigatory, and review processes
Critically evaluate institutional frameworks for delivering administrative justice, having regard to access issues, and outcomes
Demonstrate effective written communication skills by articulating legal concepts clearly, persuasively and appropriately
Demonstrate effective oral communication skills by discussing and debating course concepts in a scholarly, reflective and respectful manner
Engage in reflective practice regarding dispute resolution processes and issues

Teacher

[mailto://Commissioner_Pearson@agd.nsw.gov.au||Commissioner Linda Pearson]]

Assessment

Class Participation	20%
Class Presentation	10%
Essay Outline and Bibliography	20%
Research Essay – 5,000 words	50%

Course Texts

Prescribed
There is no prescribed text for this course. Required readings, texts and resources for this course will be available in a printed pack of readings available from the UNSW Bookshop, and supplemented by resources on Blackboard.

Recommended Reading
Michael Adler (ed) Administrative Justice in Context 2010, Hart Publishing

Order from UNSW Bookshop

Resources

Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of session.