This unit provides students with an introduction tothe understanding of legal ideas, policy formation, institutions and practices in their social and historical contexts. It will provide an historical overview of legal institutions and forms of law in Australia, the place of the idea of the rule of law in state-formation, liberalism, processes of civilisation and colonialism, law, policy and the public/private distinction, changing conceptions of human rights, as well as outlining the central features of the various fields of law and policy.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Sociology and Criminology |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Allen George, allen.george@sydney.edu.au |
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