LAW4556 · Law and history

Overview

This unit explores the interactions between law and history. In this unit you will explore approaches to the study of law and history, and be asked to think critically about the law’s impact on history and history’s impact on law.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Apply knowledge and understanding of issues and topics in law and history.
2. Critically analyse and evaluate concepts in law and history, contextualised within a broad range of practice, policy and theoretical perspectives.
3. Undertake research in order to analyse and synthesise information from a broad range of sources in response to issues relating to law and history.
4. Demonstrate persuasive well-informed communication across a range of topics.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.