LAW5345 Business and human rights
Faculty of Law
LAW5345 Business and human rights is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before LAW5345
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After LAW5345
No unit lists LAW5345 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
For Legal Studies students (L4004, L5004, L6013) you must have completed LAW5000 or LAW5081
and
For Juris Doctor students (L6005), you must have completed 72 points of study.
Overview
This unit focuses on the impact upon human rights of business activities, particularly those of multinational enterprises, and accountability mechanisms for those impacts in international, transnational and domestic law. This topic is one of the most dynamic within the field of human rights, especially since the enactment of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in 2011. It is widely recognised that businesses cannot ignore the human rights impacts of their operations.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5345.
Assessment
- Class participationDemonstration10%
- Presentation20%
- AssignmentWritten20%
- Research essayWritten50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply knowledge of the human rights impacts of businesses to propose new approaches for addressing human rights concerns
- 2
Identify, investigate and explain a contemporary case involving the real life practice of business and human rights
- 3
Conduct investigative research, analysis and synthesis of human rights concepts as applied to business practices using appropriate research principles and methods
- 4
Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate, articulate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts relevant to business and human rights
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
24 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements). Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.
Learning resources
Required resources
See the Moodle unit page for prescribed and recommended resources. Prescribed texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW5345?
LAW5345 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is LAW5345 offered?
LAW5345 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
Does LAW5345 have an exam?
No. LAW5345 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.