Gender and the Legal System (11259.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible Online real-time On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Canberra Law School | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit may be taught with a G version of the unit.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Identify, explain and analyse cultural assumptions regarding gender and their historical and contemporary impact on law, legal process and the experience of justice;
2. Determine and evaluate how gendered constructs within and outside the legal system affect women and men in their interactions with the law;
3. Determine and evaluate how violence against women affects women's interactions with the law;
4. Research, critically analyse and evaluate law, legal process and law reform proposals through a holistic framework; and
5. Reflect on their learning and on their changing perceptions of law and justice and its social and cultural contexts.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Prerequisites
Must have passed at least 24 credit points including either 11251 Foundations of Law and Justice OR 11257 Law and Society.Corequisites
None.Equivalent units
8523 Women and the Law 7032 Gender and the Australian Legal SystemAssumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Flexible | Dr Toni Johnson |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Online real-time | Dr Toni Johnson |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Dr Toni Johnson |
Required texts
Suzie Miller, Prima Facie (Nick Hern Books, 2022).
Readings and other materials for this unit will be posted on Canvas.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
N/A
Work placement, internships or practicums
None.
- Semester 1, 2024, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (219024)
- Semester 1, 2023, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (213044)
- Semester 1, 2022, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (206027)
- Semester 1, 2021, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (202511)
- Semester 1, 2020, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (191922)
- Semester 1, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (192182)