Taking Facts Seriously:Fact-finding Evidence Proof - LAWS8195
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: 24
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9235 or 5235 or 9285 or 5285
Excluded: JURD7595
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Aims
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a functioning and contextual knowledge of inferential reasoning in a legal process context;
- Demonstrate, through independent research and charting exercises, how to accomplish evidence gathering and forensic fact finding in legal proceedings;
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills as evidenced by rigorous analysis, reflection and an ability to make informed judgments about proving facts and drawing inferences from facts in a legal process context;
- Demonstrate effective oral communication skills by debating and discussing course concepts in a scholarly and reflective manner.
Assessment
Minor Charting Exercise - 20%
Final Charting Exercise and Reflective Essay - 70%
Course Texts