The High Court of Australia - LAWS3292
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.
Excluded: JURD7592
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The role of the High Court of Australia as a legal, political and social institution in the framework of the Australian Government. Topics include: the relationship of the High Court to other institutions of government; the relationship of the Court to other courts within the judicial system; the historical development of the Court and the distinctive features through different periods of that development; the Court's composition and internal workings; its style of legal reasoning; its contribution to the development of distinctively Australian law in selected areas and the place of its individual members in the Australian judicial tradition.
Main Topics:
Main Topics:
- The history of the Court and its justices
- Appointment and removal of justices
- The jurisdiction and operation of the Court
- the Court's role and record in private and public law
- the Court's relationship with the political branches of Government, including its public accountability
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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