LAW5303 Forensic family law
Faculty of Law
LAW5303 Forensic family law is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
This unit focuses on intra-family conflicts and how decisions are made under the Family Law Act 1975. It looks at practice and changes in family law over the past 40 years and analyses how expert evidence and social, psychological and medical sciences inform family law decision making. Areas explored include shared parenting, family violence and attachment theory. The unit looks at how this knowledge is applied by decision makers. It also investigates the interaction between the Family Law Act and international conventions such as UNCROC, the Hague Convention on child abduction and the Hague Convention on child protection.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5303.
Assessment
- Other20%
- Research assignment60%
- Mixed mode20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply knowledge and understanding of issues and developments in relation to a range of intra-family disputes with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning;
- 2
Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to expert evidence and social science research in a range of topics in family law decision making under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth);
- 3
Conduct research in Forensic Family Law based on knowledge of appropriate research principles and methods; and
- 4
Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to family law theory and practice.
Workload and teaching
24 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements)
Where it fits
LAW5303 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Renata Alexander
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW5303?
LAW5303 has no prerequisites.
When is LAW5303 offered?
LAW5303 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
Does LAW5303 have an exam?
No. LAW5303 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include LAW5303?
LAW5303 is part of Criminal law and forensics; Dispute resolution; and Health law and community.