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LAW1111 Australian Legal System

Units : 1
School or Department : School of Law and Justice
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Requisites

Students must be enrolled in: LLBP or BCLW or BALW or BART or BEDU or BSED
Pre-req/Co-req (BART only): CMS1000 or HAC1000
Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if LAW1201 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 has been previously completed

Overview

This course is the foundation course for the Bachelor of Laws programs. It provides students with the introductory skills necessary to then complete remaining law courses. This is a core course in the Bachelor of Laws programs and is approved by the Legal Practitioners’ Admission Board, Queensland.

This course is the foundation course for the Bachelor of Laws programs. It provides students with the introductory skills necessary to then complete remaining law courses. This is a core course in the Bachelor of Laws programs and is approved by the Legal Practitioners' Admission Board.

This course provides students with an introduction to the key skills necessary to undertake their substantive law courses, including knowledge of Australian legal institutions; sources of law (judge made law and statute law); professional identity and the importance of legal ethics; how to interpret the law (both case law and statute law) and how to conduct legal research. This course also includes the development of skills relating to problem solving within the context of statutory interpretation. These skills are explicitly taught and assessed throughout the course. Students will continue to build and develop these skills as they progress through other core courses in the Law program.

Course offers

Study period Mode Campus
Interim Trimester 1, 2023 On-campus Ipswich
Interim Trimester 1, 2023 On-campus Toowoomba
Interim Trimester 1, 2023 Online
Interim Trimester 2, 2023 On-campus Ipswich
Interim Trimester 2, 2023 On-campus Toowoomba
Interim Trimester 2, 2023 Online
Interim Trimester 3, 2023 On-campus Ipswich
Interim Trimester 3, 2023 On-campus Toowoomba
Interim Trimester 3, 2023 Online
Date printed 9 February 2024