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Indigenous Justice Issues
Undergraduate | TAS-HAB308 | 2023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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Indigenous Justice Issues
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse and compare Indigenous experience of Australian legal and justice systems through critical review.
- Evaluate historical interaction between Indigenous and Australian law through case studies and examples.
- Discuss and appraise contexts in which these themes are explored within Indigenous Justice Issues.
- Study schedule to be announced prior to semester commencement
This subject engages students in a detailed study of Indigenous experience of Australian legal and justice systems, and of the historical interaction between Indigenous and Australian law. Contexts in which these themes are explored include Land Rights and Native Title, criminal justice, Indigenous dispute settlement, and Indigenous ownership of intellectual and cultural property. Where appropriate, comparisons are drawn from the experience of Indigenous people in other places.
- Take-Home Exam (30%)
- Essay (40%)
- Review Essay (20%)
- Participation (10%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-BJS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Justice Studies
- TAS-JUS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Justice Studies
- TAS-PJS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies
Others
Conditional requisite: 25 credit points at the introductory level or higher
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Undergraduate
TAS-BJS-DEGUndergraduate
TAS-JUS-DEGUndergraduate
TAS-PJS-DEGBachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies