78024 Corruption Law and Policy: Australian and International Perspectives

Requisite(s): 77885 Legal Process and Legal Research OR 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

This subject provides a theoretical understanding of the nature of corruption and critically analyses the nature and impact of corruption in different societies. It covers the development of anti-corruption laws and the creation of inquisitional commissions in Australia, with a particular focus on the laws and institutions of New South Wales. This includes an analysis and evaluation of the additional investigative and special coercive powers granted to those commissions and applicable practices, procedures and evidentiary rules. The subject also considers global efforts to counter corruption and compares some of the laws, strategies and methods that have been adopted in an attempt to combat corruption in developed and developing economies.

Assessment: Class participation (10 per cent), oral presentation (20 per cent) and a research essay (70 per cent)