Discrimination and the Law - JURD7412
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: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: JURD7691, JURD7792, LAWS3412, LAWS8391, LAWS8392
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
- Consider the theoretical underpinnings of anti-discrimination laws and encourage students to think critically about the limitations of concepts of 'equality' and 'non-discrimination' in the promotion and protection of human rights
- Give students a solid practical understanding of the operation and coverage of anti-discrimination legislation and provide an overview of relevant case law to equip students for professional practice
- Examine the relationship between federal and State anti-discrimination laws
- Give students a solid practical understanding of the operation and coverage of anti-discrimination legislation and provide an overview of relevant case law to equip students for professional practice
- Develop skills in statutory interpretation and legal problem-solving in the context of discrimination laws
- Cover practical issues in the resolution of discrimination complaints, including administrative procedures before complaint-handling bodies, the process of conciliation and taking a matter before the Federal Court, Federal Magistrates Court or Administrative Decisions Tribunal
- Consider the theoretical underpinnings of anti-discrimination laws and encourage students to think critically about the limitations of concepts of 'equality' and 'non-discrimination' in the promotion and protection of human rights
- Give students a solid practical understanding of the operation and coverage of anti-discrimination legislation and provide an overview of relevant case law to equip students for professional practice
- Develop skills in legal problem-solving and statutory interpretation in the context of discrimination laws
- Consider the appropriateness of conciliation and litigation as methods of resolving complaints of discrimination
- Cover practical issues in the resolution of discrimination complaints, including administrative procedures before complaint-handling bodies, the process of conciliation and taking a matter before the Federal Court, Federal Magistrates Court or Administrative Decisions Tribunal
- Encourage students to critique the operation of anti-discrimination laws as a means of overcoming social inequality and disadvantage and consider the experiences of groups that anti-discrimination laws are designed to 'protect'
- Introduction and overview
- Theoretical underpinnings - equality, equal opportunity and discrimination
- The Australian Approach to Discrimination Law - 'Direct' and 'indirect' discrimination; Special measures, affirmative action and 'positive discrimination', Vicarious liability, ancillary liability and victimization
- Sex, marital status and pregnancy discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Race discrimination
- Racial vilification
- Disability discrimination
- Age discrimination
- Practice and procedure and options for law reform