Principles of Public Law - LAWS1141
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:
This course is strictly for students undertaking Law programs only.
Equivalent: JURD7140, LAWS1140
Excluded: JURD7140, JURD7141, LAWS1140
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
- The Westminster Tradition
- The American Tradition
- Colonisation, Indigenous Sovereignty and Crown Sovereignty
- The Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 and the Path to Federation
- The Acquisition of Legal Independence and Popular Sovereignty
- History and Development
- The Franchise and the Composition of Parliament
- Legislative Power
- Judicial Review of Legislation
- Statutory Interpretation
- State Constitutions and State Legislative Power
- History and Development
- Federal and State Executive Power
- Judicial Review of Executive Action
- Non-Judicial Forms of Executive Accountability
- History, Development and Composition
- A Foundation of Judicial Independence