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Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts

Legal Studies major sequence


The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Legal Studies within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

First Year

LEGL1001

Australian Legal System

4.5

LEGL1003

Contemporary Legal Issues

4.5

Second and Third Years

24 units from the following topics:

LEGL2001

Child Protection

6

LEGL2002

Researching Juvenile Crime

6

LEGL2003

Gender, Law and Society

6

LEGL2004

Access to Justice in Australia

6

LEGL2100

Small Business: Legal Issues

6

LEGL2103

Technology, Regulation and Society

6

LEGL3010

Comparing Legal Cultures

6

LEGL3016

Law and Urban Change: The Impact of Built Heritage

6

LEGL3023

Cultural Heritage and the Law

6

LEGL3027

Law, Public Health and the Environment

6

LEGL3100

Introduction to China's Laws and Legal System

6

OR

Students may substitute one 6-unit topic from the following list for the Second and Third Year LEGL topics above:

CRIM3001

Crime and Punishment

6

INTR3059

Debating Human Rights in International Relations

6

LLAW2027

Law and Literature

6

PHIL2330

Freedom. Law and Society

6

SOCI3026

Sociology of the Law

6

WMST2009

Sex, Gender and the Law

6