Unit of Study LAWS4004 Advanced Law in Context (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Builds on foundational legal theory skills to facilitate advanced thinking about the jurisprudential underpinnings that influence and shape contemporary Australian law and to critically engage with contemporary social, cultural, political and regulative contexts of Australian law and practice.

Unit content

Module 1: Jurisprudential and cultural contexts of Anglo-Australian law

Module 2: Theoretical and ideological underpinnings of Anglo-Australian Law

Module 3: Law and social, cultural, political and legal practices

Module 4: Contemporary trends and issues

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge of jurisprudential and cultural contexts in which contemporary Australian law operates

demonstrate an understanding of contemporary trends and issues that influence contemporary and future law and practice

critically reflect upon theoretical and ideological assumptions that inform the learning and practice of Anglo-Australian Law

demonstrate advanced knowledge of the relationship between law and social, cultural, political and legal practices and effectively communicate collaborative solutions to pertinent complex problems.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Essay	60%
Presentation	40%

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Domestic

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