
(Solution) LAW5000 – Australian legal reasoning and methods
Description
LAW5000 – Australian legal reasoning and methods
Outcomes
At the successful completion of this unit, students will demonstrate knowledge and skills to:
- design and implement an efficient research strategy which requires them to synthesise relevant legal, factual and policy issues;
- apply professional judgment and critical thinking skills to interpret legal conclusions and legislation, evaluate alternative constructions and justify a considered opinion;
- generate appropriate responses to legal problems and communicate them in a form appropriate for legal practice or scholarship; and
- exercise professional judgment in responding to ethical issues that arise in legal practice or the administration of justice.
Assessment
- Tutorial participation and activities: 10%
- Research assignment (37,500 words): 50%
- Take home examination (3,000 words): 40%
- Attendance at two library tutorials is a hurdle requirement for sitting the examination.
Workload requirements
Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 24 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering plus 6 hours of library and 6 hours of tutorials. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.
LAW5000 – Australian legal reasoning and methods
Outcomes
At the successful completion of this unit, students will demonstrate knowledge and skills to:
- design and implement an efficient research strategy which requires them to synthesise relevant legal, factual and policy issues;
- apply professional judgment and critical thinking skills to interpret legal conclusions and legislation, evaluate alternative constructions and justify a considered opinion;
- generate appropriate responses to legal problems and communicate them in a form appropriate for legal practice or scholarship; and
- exercise professional judgment in responding to ethical issues that arise in legal practice or the administration of justice.
Assessment
- Tutorial participation and activities: 10%
- Research assignment (3,750 words): 50%
- Take home examination (3,000 words): 40%
- Attendance at two library tutorials is a hurdle requirement for sitting the examination.
Workload requirements
Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 24 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering plus 6 hours of library and 6 hours of tutorials. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.