LLAW3244 Health Law

2020

4.5

2 x 6-hour intensive workshop-2s per semester
3 x 4-hour intensive workshop-1s per semester

1 Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
1c Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
1d Admission into BLAWS-Bachelor of Laws
1e Admission into BLAWSH-Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
1f Admission into BLLAW-Bachelor of Laws
1g Admission into BLLAWH-Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
1h Admission into BLLAWFP-Bachelor of Laws - City Campus
1i Admission into BLLAWHFP-Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - City Campus
1j Admission into CLAWBU-Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business - City Campus
1k Admission into CLAWIR-Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science - City Campus
1l Admission into CLAWIT-Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Information Technology - City Campus
1m Admission into CLAWAC-Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Accounting - City Campus
1n Admission into CLAWCR-Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Criminology - City Campus
1o Admission into CLAWHIR-B Laws (Hons)/B Intl Relations and Political Science
1p Admission into CLAWHIT-B Laws (Hons)/B Information Technology
1q Admission into CLAWHAC-B Laws (Hons)/B Accounting
1r Admission into CLAWHCR-B Laws (Hons)/B Criminology
1s Admission into CLAWHBU-B Laws (Hons)/B Business
2 27 units of first year LLAW topics
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g or 1h or 1i or 1j or 1k or 1l or 1m or 1n or 1o or 1p or 1q or 1r or 1s) and 2)

LLAW2020 has been successfully completed

This topic is an elective that explains the policy frameworks, law, ethical debates and emerging issues that affect health practitioners in Australia.

This topic aims to teach students:

• the policy frameworks within which healthcare practitioners and lawyers operate in
• the statutory, common law and international law bases of health law principles
• the ethical underpinnings of health law
• how to use the research materials necessary to practise, research and update health law

Students who complete this topic should be able to:

• research, update and be familiar with health law frameworks, policy and legal principles
• apply legal and policy principles to health law dilemmas and issues
• apply ethical principles to health law dilemmas and issues
• evaluate the current and emerging legal and ethical trends in health law from local, national and and international perspectives