LAW AND PRACTICE OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

LCR2CBP

2017

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject identifies and critically evaluates the laws and practices undertaken to protect Australia at its seaports and airports. Set within the context of contemporary geopolitical events, the course will explore security challenges for Australia including terrorism and population displacement and identifies and critically evaluates frameworks and rules governing the processing and movement of travellers and goods, managing border threats, undertaking patrols and surveillance, boarding and searching aircraft and vessels, enforcing legislation and exercise regulatory powers, conducting investigations and conducting digital forensics.

School: La Trobe Law School

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Suzie O'Toole

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Enrolment in an undergraduate or graduate (but not postgraduate) degree offered by the School of Law or permission of the Course Co-ordinator or delegate.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Law and Practice of Customs and Border Protection	Prescribed	Various	Various

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Demonstrate a capacity to understand and critically evaluate key concepts relating to customs and border protection

Activities:: Lectures, concept presentations and tutorials emphasizing the meaning of legal terminology. Students are required to use new language in discussion and written settings. Assessment requiring identification and analysis of key concepts requiring reading and analysis of primary and secondary legal materials. Assessment
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

02. Explain and critique case-based and statutory principles relating to customs and border protection

Activities:: Frameworks for doctrines explained and illustrated in presentations, individual student reading of cases and texts provided in the Course Materials and in-class discussions to clarify and evaluate applications. Case readings, recorded strategic case presentations.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

03. Demonstrate an understanding of the key policy issues arising in the management of border security, particularly in the context of mass human movement globally

Activities:: Argument development and evaluation modelled through case-study examples in lectures and concept presentations. Individual student reading of cases and textbooks and in- class discussions to clarify and evaluate applications. Assessment
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

04. Write effectively using the principles of plain legal English

Activities:: Tutorial discussion and concept presentations emphasising the necessity for clarity; modelling of written case studies, assessment tasks requiring written communication to a range of audiences.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

Melbourne, 2017, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzie O'Toole

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
One 1,500 word essay.	To be submitted and marked online. No hard copy submission required.	30	01, 04
One take home exam (3-hour examination (3000 word equivalent)		70	01, 02, 03, 04