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Indigenous People and the Law - LAWS3211

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Crime & Criminal Process (LAWS1021/JURD7121) & Criminal Laws (LAWS1022/JURD7122) OR Crim. Law 1 (LAWS1001/JURD7101) & Crim. Law 2 (LAWS1011/JURD7111). Co-requisite: Litigation 1 [LAWS2311/ JURD7211] OR Res. Civil Disp. (LAWS2371/JURD7271)

Excluded: JURD7411

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The aim of the course is to equip students with an understanding of technical legal matters and broader issues that arise in the relationship between Indigenous peoples, their own legal systems and non-Indigenous law. This is a survey course, an opportunity to develop students' knowledge and understanding of a range of Indigenous legal issues, and it addresses both international and domestic law. The course looks at property rights, constitutional arrangements, criminal justice, the position of children and families, intellectual property and human rights, amongst other issues. In other words, it builds on students' general knowledge from a number of compulsory courses and may also complement other electives in a student's program.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to:

develop a general familiarity with a range of domestic and international legal issues relevant to Indigenous peoples, from an Australian perspective
build an awareness of the historical interaction of Indigenous and Western legal systems in Australia
gain a greater appreciation of the major currents in international law of relevance to Indigenous peoples in Australia
obtain more detailed knowledge of particular aspects of Australian law and society where Indigenous legal issues arise
better perceive the wider political and economic culture of law-making
improve oral and written skills through contribution to class discussion and the production of high quality written work in a research paper.

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