78237 Geographies of Law
6cpRequisite(s): ( 78101c Postgraduate Legal Research OR ((22 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C07122 Graduate Diploma Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in C04147 Master of Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in C07074 Graduate Diploma Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04264 Master of Legal Studies)) OR ((94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04236 Juris Doctor OR 142 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04250 Juris Doctor Master of Business Administration) AND 70106c Principles of Public International Law AND 70107c Principles of Company Law) OR (94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04320 Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate Professional Legal Practice AND 70106 Principles of Public International Law))
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Description
Context is essential to legal analysis and often that context is geographical, involving particular facts, conditions or issues pertaining to place and space. How do law and geography bear upon each other? What are the physical impacts of law on land, water and the atmosphere? What restrictions on law are imposed by particular geographical contexts?
Topics covered in this subject include: mining and law; water and law; sustainable cities and law; globalisation and law; law in the Anthropocene.
This subject explores the connections between law and geography. It bridges the gap between legal theory and legal practice. The subject is structured into three modules: (i) introduction to the key concepts and ideas of legal geography; (ii) exploration of specific applications of legal geography to current legal issues; and (iii) production of an independent and in-depth analysis of a single specific case study that combines legal theory and legal practice.
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- Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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