Australian Legal System - LAWS8271
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 9200, 9230 or 5740.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
• Introduction to the Australian Constitution and legal system. Presentations on participants' home jurisdictions
• The Common Law Legal System: court process, judicial reasoning, reading law reports. Visits to the NSW Court of Appeal, and the District Court of NSW to observe appeal proceedings and a criminal trial before a jury
• The Australian Constitution: the Executive, the Legislature and the Judicature. The role of the High Court of Australia in interpreting the Constitution
• Criminal law and procedure, focusing on comparative aspects of the criminal process. The jury system
• Contract law through the cases. Comparative aspects of contract law. Consideration. Interaction of common law and statute
• Civil wrongs - the law of torts, developed through the cases and legislation
• Overview of property law in Australia. Real and personal property
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.