LEGAL CHANGE, LEGISLATION AND LAW REFORM
LAW3LCL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The chief tool for implementation of legal change is legislation. This subject critically examines the technique of parliamentary legislation as an ongoing process of achieving social change. The 'life cycle' of legislation is fully examined - from its emergence, drafting and parliamentary phases, to its post-enactment phases: its implementation and impact. Interdisciplinary perspectives and a case study of legislative change inform the subject. The subject has practical aims: to assist students in evaluating proposed or enacted legislation and to prepare students for participation in law reform, whether inside or outside of government.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jeffrey Barnes
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Readings, lectures, provision of exemplars and model essay structure, tutorial discussion, class presentations, research essay
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: LAW1LIM and completion of 60 credit points of LAW coded subjects
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: LAW2LCL
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
How to Do Things with Rules
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Twining, W. and Miers, D.
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Edition/Volume: latest edition
Publisher: Cambridge U P
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Legal Change, Legislation and Law Reform
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Barnes, J.
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Publisher: LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
ISBN: 978-0-9943724-6-8
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Law, Government and Public Policy, Chapter 1
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Cranston, R.
Year: 1987
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Publisher: OXFORD
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A