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School: Business and Law

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• Unit Title

  Human Rights Law

• Unit Code

  LAW3855

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  A/Prof Joshua Nathan ASTON

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Description

This unit introduces students to Australian human rights law. Human Rights Law explores the accountability of the executive and legislative branches of government regarding individual rights. This unit develops students understanding of the legal framework with which the state and federal authorities as well as corporations must comply. The unit informs students of the general and specific mechanisms (judicial or extra-judicial) that are available to redress victims grievances. The unit equips students with the tools to identify human rights issues and the law necessary to resolve those issues.

Prerequisite Rule

Students studying K30,K50,K58,V72,Y04,Y11,Y66,Y67,X01,X03,X05,999,Y88,Y70,K34,Y65 and W28 can enrol into this unit once they have passed LAW2314. Students studying G95 and W23 and studying the Law in Business major (MABUUT) can enrol into this unit but must have completed LAW1100 and have completed a minimum of 225 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Examine how critical individual rights have become in our modern societies and take into account the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of these rights.
2. Analyse the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of individual rights.
3. Evaluate First Australian and other diverse cultures' needs with respect to domestic and international human rights.
4. Research, evaluate and synthesise cases and peer review articles on the implementation of human rights in Australia and how compliance with human rights law could be improved.
5. Evaluate how rights should evolve or how new rights, such as the right to a healthy environment, can emerge and be consolidated.

Unit Content

1. Introduction to Human Rights Law: history, sources of law, actors.
2. Anti-discrimination laws in Australia.
3. Contemporary perspectives
4. Protection of vulnerable groups, including people from diverse cultures.
5. The right to a healthy environment.
6. Corporations and human rights.
7. Non-compliance with human rights and remedies to victims.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour lecture and a one- hour tutorial. Off-campus students access the materials and participate in tutorials via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Groves, M., & Campbell, C. (2017). Australian Charters of rights A decade on.
• Adam McBeth, J. N., & Rice, S. (2011). The International Law of Human Rights. Oxford University Press.

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