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SLSS2607: Making Policy and Law
2025 unit information
How and why do some ideas about social justice, resource (re)distribution and inequality get translated into policy and law while others do not? This unit examines how a web of decisions and actions that allocate values come into being. A system of laws constitutes a critical component of this process. Through the use of case studies, students are given the opportunity to explore the policy and legislative dynamics that underpin the emergence, development and demise of value choices.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Sociology and Criminology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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SCPL3604 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. engage with contemporary debates about various public policy ideas and their practices
- LO2. understand the theoretical frameworks that inform the process of policy and law making
- LO3. understand the complexity of socioeconomic and political forces that shape policy and law
- LO4. demonstrate improved research and writing skills
- LO5. demonstrate how various policy ideas are translated into policy practices and law
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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