Subject description
A student who has successfully completed this subject should be able to: identify the central themes and schools of legal theory, and their development through history; recognise the use of these themes and schools of legal theory in the practices and processes of legal interpretation; identify the ways in which … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
LLB 290 - Legal Theory
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Tutors
Engagement hours
1 hr blended online content, 2 hr seminar:1 hr blended online content, 2 hr seminar
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Develop and communicate theoretical and critical knowledge regarding the fundamental themes, historical evolution and jurisprudential frameworks of legal theory;
2.
Critically analyse the application of these fundamental themes and schools of legal theory in the context of legal interpretation's practices and processes;
3.
Critically analyse and evaluate the ways in which law draws upon the range of legal theories and philosophies in the development of doctrine, law reform and legal policy formation within the wider social and political contexts of law and its practices;
4.
Critically engage with the tensions that exist between conventional legal theories and critical legal theories; and
5.
Undertake high level analysis using legal theory to identify gaps in the law, its doctrines, principles and practices.
Assessment details
Engagement
Mid Session Test
Final Exam
Work integrated learning
Foundational WIL:This subject contains elements of "Foundational WIL". Students in this subject will observe, explore or reflect on possible career pathways or a work-related aspect of their discipline.