Duration
14 weeks
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Prior study
Not required
Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.
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QS Ranking 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
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Subject details
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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
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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%)