Australian Bills of Rights and the Protection of Human Rights - LAWS8061
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 9220 or 5750 or 9211 or 5211.
Excluded: JURD7461
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
This course will explore the theoretical debates around the desirability of protecting human rights via constitutional and other models of bills of rights. Comparative analysis will involve study of bills of rights in a number of jurisdictions, which may include an examination of the South African, Indian and other experiences. It will also include a comparative examination of statutory bills of rights in Australia, focusing on the impact of the human rights charters in the ACT and Victoria on policy-making, government decision-making, legislative processes, and in the courts, will engage with the ongoing debate about the adoption of bills of rights in Australia. Among other topics, this course will address debates surrounding the protection of socio-economic rights, including their the status as rights, the desirability and practicability of including them in constitutional or statutory charters of rights, and means of implementing and enforcing such rights.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.