LAW4555 Law and literature
Faculty of Law
LAW4555 Law and literature is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2027. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
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Requisites
Before LAW4555
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After LAW4555
No unit lists LAW4555 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students who commenced their course in or before 2026 must have completed a minimum of 60 credit points of law study.
Students who commenced their course in 2027 or later must have completed a minimum of 54 credit points of law study.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
In this unit, you will examine how core legal skills can be sharpened through an understanding of literary techniques. Lawyers work with stories: they listen to clients, interpret competing narratives of events, and construct persuasive accounts of what happened. You will explore narrative capacities central to legal practice, including crafting persuasive accounts, listening closely to the stories others tell, recognising different perspectives, and exercising imaginative empathy in legal reasoning. These capacities are examined through literary forms such as plays, memoirs, fiction, and songs. By studying literary texts alongside legal materials, you will examine how stories operate within the law and how attention to narrative craft can strengthen legal practice
Offerings in 2027
The 2027 handbook lists no offerings for LAW4555.
Assessment
- Quizzes or testQuiz / Test20%
- In-class assessment taskDemonstration30%
- Written assignmentWritten50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply advanced knowledge and demonstrated understanding of issues and topics relating to law and literature.
- 2
Critically analyse and persuasively evaluate key concepts and issues in law and literature, contextualised within a broad range of practice, policy and theoretical perspectives.
- 3
Undertake research in order to analyse and synthesise complex information in response to complex issues relating to law and literature.
- 4
Demonstrate engaging, detailed, and persuasive communication across a range of topics law and literature.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit typically comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study applicable to a 6 credit point unit. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning, and online engagement
Learning resources
Required resources
See the Moodle unit page for required and recommended resources.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW4555?
LAW4555 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is LAW4555 offered?
LAW4555 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
Does LAW4555 have an exam?
No. LAW4555 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Available
- Handbook years
- 20262027