Socio-Legal studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1035 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Year and Campus: 2009

Coordinator

Dr Jennifer Balint
School of Social and Political Sciences
Email: jbalint@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre
Contact: http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com

Overview:
  • Thesis 12,000 words (37.5 points)
  • One compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • One core methods subject (12.5 points)
  • Three elective subjects (37.5 points)

Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.

Objectives:

Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Socio-legal Studies) should:

  • understand the social, political and historical context of law and legal process;
  • have developed a specialized knowledge in an area of socio-legal studies;
  • appreciate the problems of legal reform;
  • gain a deep conceptual understanding of the relationship between law and society;
  • be able to critically and constructively discuss the role of law in society;
  • gain a high level of critical thinking and analysis and a high standard of academic writing;
  • be equipped to engage in creative and methodologically rigorous, independent and high quality research, integrating theoretical and empirical analysis.
Subject Options:

Thesis subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
37.50

Compulsory subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Core methods subjects

Students must select one of the following subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Elective subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
25.00
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Related Course(s): Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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