LAW4129 Law and discrimination
Faculty of Law
LAW4129 Law and discrimination is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before LAW4129
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After LAW4129
No unit lists LAW4129 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
Topics include: concepts of equality and discrimination; the Australian social context; the law developed around State and Federal anti-discrimination legislation primarily in sex discrimination; grounds of discrimination including sex, race, disability and sexuality discrimination, and (if time) discrimination based on political or religious belief or activity; areas of activity covered or exempted from the legislation; constitutional complications of the legislation; problems of proof; procedural issues and the remedies available to victims of discrimination; concludes by evaluating effectiveness of the legislation and alternative measures like affirmative action.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for LAW4129.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Acquired knowledge of the problem of unjustifiable discrimination and its Australian social context, and of anti-discrimination laws and their application and interpretation
- 2
Developed their research and writing skills through preparing a research paper
- 3
Developed an understanding of the philosophical and legal concepts of equality and discrimination and the problems of the development of this area in the common law context
- 4
Developed the ability to think critically about concepts of equality, discrimination, special treatment, and the capacity and limits of law as a mechanism of social change.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Colin Campbell
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW4129?
None, but you must take LAW3111 and LAW3112 before or alongside it.
When is LAW4129 offered?
LAW4129 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is LAW4129?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.