76902 Law and Literature
6cpRequisite(s): ( 70616 Australian Constitutional Law OR ((70108 Public International Law OR 76006 Public International Law) AND 70110 Introduction to Law))
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 78210 Law and Literature AND 78211 Law and Literature
Description
In this subject students examine literary and legal responses to violence and trauma. The purpose of this examination is for students to understand and apply complex concepts that are drawn from the interdisciplinary area of law and the humanities. Students engage in a rigorous process of reading and discussion that includes some of the most fascinating and thought provoking literary works of the present, and of the 20th century, as well as judgments and other legal documents. Using these texts, students think about questions of justice related to central problems and traumas of recent times: the Holocaust, family violence, slavery and the Stolen Generations. Students use their readings of legal and literary texts to respond to questions about the role of law in adjudicating suffering and violence. Students apply advanced critical skills of analysis, research, communication and critical thinking—learning to not only evaluate and synthesise information, but also to critique legal and academic arguments. Students develop their capacity to communicate understanding of the concepts and critiques of the materials by presenting their ideas in lectures and seminars and providing peer feedback in weekly online activities.
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
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- Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students: fees are charged according to the course enrolled in; refer to Domestic Fees Search: Postgraduate and Research
- International students: fees are charged according to the course enrolled in; refer to International Fees Search
- Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Access conditions
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