LAW, JUSTICE AND POWER
LST2LJP
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Law, Justice and Power is the core subject for second year students undertaking a major in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies. Bringing together interdisciplinary approaches with concepts of 'power' and 'justice' the subject explores legal institutions and law in action. The limitations and potentials of law for securing just outcomes are considered through a study of criminal justice, therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice and human rights. This subject will provide students with a general understanding of institutions and processes, as well as an appreciation of the limits involved in law as practice and as power. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking Essential. Sustainability Thinking entails deep appreciation of how the choices we make affects the natural, economic, social, political and cultural systems now and in the future. In Law, Justice and Power, Sustainability Thinking entails deep appreciation of how the choices we make in the context of law affects social, political and cultural systems now and in the future, particularly as they can be understood to relate to how power works and how justice is experienced.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kirsty Duncanson
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 15 credit points of any first year Crime, Justice and Legal Studies subject and 15 credit points of any Humanities and Social Sciences subject, or subject coordinator's approval
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
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
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kirsty Duncanson
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.50 hour seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.50 hour unscheduled online class per week from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seminar Exercises (equivalent to 800 words in total)Five Exercises delivered as group work across the seminars | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO2, SILO3 |
One 2000-word research essay | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO4 |
Group Presentation (equivalent to 1200 words) | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |