STATUTORY INTERPRETATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
LAW5SIH
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This unit will provide an advanced course of study and reflection on how the principles of statutory interpretation are applied to protect and promote human rights. In order to do so the unit will : Examine the core principles and values of statutory interpretation and the relevant judicial role in a system with a strong doctrine of separated powers: Identify the legal sources of human rights and how this impacts upon the manner in which judicial interpretation is capable of their protection ; Explore the increasingly important interaction between the Australian constitution and the principles and values of statutory interpretation; and Consider the extent to which the interpretive practices of other comparable legal systems might inform our own and understand how key human rights instruments and approaches affect existing interpretive techniques.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator:
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be admitted to the Juris Doctor Degree (LMJD) or have permission from the Director of the LMJD program.LAW5CSL LAW5SIN
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Statutory Interpretation and Human Rights
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: James Spigelman
Year: 2008
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
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