MLL419 - Contemporary International Legal Challenges (Intensive)
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Not offered in 2025 |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Felicity Gerry KC Trimester 3: Felicity Gerry KC |
| Cohort rule: | For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only |
| Prerequisite: | Must have completed 8 law units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 30 hours spread over 3 weeks |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:Trimester 2 2025 online intensive dates: to be advised T2 Topic: to be advised Focus: Business and Human Rights WEEK A - to be confirmed WEEK B - to be confirmed WEEK C - to be confirmed T3 Topic: to be confirmed.
Week A - to be confirmed Week B - to be confirmed Week C - to be confirmed If you have previously studied MLL419, and are not able to enrol, please email: buslaw@deakin.edu.au | |
Content
This unit, on Contemporary International Legal Challenges, is explicitly intended to extend skills and knowledge, developed in core subjects studied in the law curriculum, by exploring key contemporary issues in a selected area of law. This is done with a lens provided by an externally recognised expert in the field. The unit will focus on a specialist area while simultaneously investigating the wider implications for other areas. Students will analyse specific legal issues and controversies within the selected area, taking into account social attitudes, institutional practices, relevant laws and legal processes. (The specialist area that forms the subject of this unit will vary bi-annually. Specific details will be identified by DLS and notified to students as these become known and prior to enrolment being made available). The essential focus of the unit will be to reflect on issues of legal principle relating to specific emerging issues and controversies and to develop forward-thinking strategies and solutions to address emerging law and public policy issues.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Research legal principles, statutes and legal doctrine relevant to the topic area to develop a specialised understanding. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Recommend and justify approaches that lawyers may adopt to account for the complexities that arise through changing contexts for legal application(s). | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Critically consider broader social, cultural and ethical context in analysing contemporary legal issues and controversies. | GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Video recording | 3 minutes | 15% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) Essay Proposal | 500 words | 25% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: (Individual) Essay | 4000 words | 60% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MLL419 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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