UnitPostgraduate

LAW5467 Gender and Law

Faculty of Law

LAW5467 Gender and Law is a 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

No unit lists LAW5467 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

For students enrolled in the Juris Doctor, completion of 72 credit points of core units.

Introduction: feminist issues in relation to law: basic concepts and legal categories: legal divisions – public and private law – some problems with the public/private divide; brief history of women and common law; legal personhood; equality/ difference debate; sex/gender; intersectional issues: race, class, disability, sexuality – the “embarrassed etc” Hidden histories and interest in the future.
Specific subject areas: these may vary with legal changes. The following is indicative:

Torts law: Why do women receive lower damages? What does this tell us about law? What is the “reasonable person”? Consent to medical treatment regarding pregnancy Privacy issues
Criminal law: Historical perspectives on domestic violence
Contracts: reflection on consent and what is meant by a contract; Is the marriage contract a contract? The historical relationship between marriage contract and employment contract.
Public law: what is a citizen?
Gender and the future of the legal profession; women as judges; feminist issues on AI and gender bias;
the impact of neo-liberalism on law: gender implications
Gender in the Law School – future of Law Schools
Concluding ideas – what creates social change?

The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5467.

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1
Demonstrate knowledge and evaluation of the relationship between gender and law, for example focusing on legal subject areas.
2
Assess relevant academic literature and apply the results of the research to the specific issues under reflection
3
Critically assess, and communicate both orally and in writing, developments and challenges in relation to gender and the law.
4
Reflect on their own capabilities and performance, and make use of feedback on their classroom performance to support personal and professional development.

24 hours contact time in one semester

LAW5467 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

LAW5467 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

LAW5467 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.