Undergraduate TAS-LAW185-2022
Law and Social Change
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Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe and explain the role law has played in shaping or influencing some of the major ideas, political events and personalities and how these factors have, in turn, influenced law.
- Respond critically to the way that law and legal history has been reported in a range of secondary literature.
- Construct and communicate clear and persuasive written arguments about the relevance of context and history to thinking about law and legal institutions by identifying, appraising and synthesizing evidence.
- Distil and present key points about the role of law in society clearly and engagingly in an online medium.
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- Introduction
- History and Lawyers’ Mythology
- Ethics, Diversity and the Business of Law
- Lawyers, Symbolism and National Identity
- Lawyers and Social Movements
- Lawyers and the Future
- Shaping Minds and Morality: Legal Education
- Law and Society — Law and the Creation of the Market
- Closing the Gap between Rich and Poor
- Law and Decolonisation
- Judging and Social Change
- Law and Pandemics
No eligibility requirements
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Law and Social Change considers the role that law and lawyers have played in shaping or influencing some of the major ideas, political events and personalities within society and how these factors have, in turn, influenced law and lawyering. It also introduces students to key issues concerning the future of law and lawyers. Students are encouraged to consider Tasmania’s unique position and history and to draw comparisons with experiences in other States and countries. A range of historical literature, including life histories, forms the intellectual core of the subject and students receive instruction on how to evaluate and engage with this literature to advance cogent arguments. By situating law within its broader context this subject aims to assist students to better understand the relevance of their studies to their future lives and careers.
- Abstracts for Review Essays (20%)
- Review Essay (50%)
- Leadership Question Exercise (30%)
Current study term: 20 Feb 22 to 29 May 22
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