70102 - Foundations of Law - D

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These extensive notes include information taken from seminars, various textbooks, prescribed readings/resources and further online research compiled into an easily read format. They contain relevant theoretical content, supported by authoritative cases and legal decisions to aid comprehension. I consistently achieved Ds and HDs throughout the semester with these notes. They are particularly useful for the in class quizzes throughout the semester. These notes can aid you to easily achieve your desired mark - with 73 thoroughly compiled pages, no topic is ignored! Topic List (INCLUDED TOPICS): Seminar 1: Introduction: Legal dispute analysis and introduction to research Seminar 2: Overview of Australian legal system: Legal classification and categories the important skill of critical thinking Seminar 3: Development of Anglo-Australian law I: Colonisation to Federation Seminar 4: Development of Anglo-Australian law II: Sovereignty to native title Seminar 5: Critical Legal Theory I: Race, colonisation and law Seminar 6: The Constitutional Framework I: Federalism Seminar 7: The Constitutional Framework II: Separation of powers and democratic theory Seminar 8: Legal Institutions and Processes I: Courts and tribunals Seminar 9: Judicial Decision-Making I: Common law, equity and precedent Seminar 10: Judicial Decision-Making II: Ratio and basic elements of reading cases Seminar 11: Legal Research I: Finding a case, using case citators. Seminar 12: Judicial Decision-Making III: Case analysis, critical legal reasoning and writing a case note Seminar 13: Critical Legal Theory II: Feminist legal theory Seminar 14: Putting it into practice I: Revision class for writing your case note Seminar 15: Legal Institutions and Processes II: Parliament and the making of legislation Seminar 16: Legal research II: Finding legislation Seminar 17: Statutory Interpretation I: Reading and navigating legislation and approaches to statutory interpretation Seminar 18: Statutory Interpretation II: Statutory interpretation skills Seminar 19: Law in Practice I: Regulation and enforcement and the rule of law revisited Seminar 20: Law in Practice II: The impact of technology Seminar 21: Putting it into practice II: Revision for the statutory interpetation assessment task combining legal knowledge, legal skills and critical thinking/analysis