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LAWS3522: Rights

2024 unit information

This unit of study seeks to enable understanding and critical analysis of some theories of rights, including legal, moral and human rights. It considers philosophical work on their nature, their holders and their justification. It examines what they are, who can have them, and what grounds them.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Law

Code LAWS3522
Academic unit Law
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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LAWS5222
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Demonstrate knowledge of philosophical work on rights.
  • LO2. Analyse philosophical work on rights.
  • LO3. Present orally and in writing philosophical work on rights.
  • LO4. Research philosophical work on rights.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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