LAW4563 · Children, harm and the state

Overview

This unit explores the legal, ethical, and policy frameworks that govern the ways we respond to harm against children. You will examine key issues such as the Australian child law framework, information disclosures and online safety issues. You may also consider other relevant matters including children’s experience of family violence, consent in the health space, and children’s engagement with the justice system. Through legal case studies, debates, group activities, and written assessments, you will develop the skills to analyse and apply the law in complex, real-world contexts.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and apply fundamental legal principles governing the response to harm against children.
2. Conduct effective legal research by methodically identifying and synthesising information from a broad range of appropriate sources.
3. Critically analyse applicable legal issues contextualised within a broad range of practice, policy and theoretical perspectives on the ways we respond to disclosures of children experiencing harm.
4. Communicate effectively and persuasively on a range of topics about the law and policies concerning the ways we respond to the different forms of harm children experience.

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.