Legal Philosophy
UndergraduateUND-LAWS35002025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,280
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Legal Philosophy
About this subject
On completion of this course students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Explain how theories of law relate to particular issues that arise for public comment.
- Formulate an independent and coherent comment on particular issues based on key theories of law.
- Analyse and evaluate the contribution made by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition to Legal Philosophy.
- Theories of law
- Traditions of thought about law and legal systems
- Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Legal Philosophy
In this course, students will learn of the major traditions of thought about law and legal systems, with a view to encouraging them to place their own ideas within the context of those traditions, and to become constructively critical of their own views and the views of others. The course will combine a rigorous approach to the gaining by students of knowledge about those traditions, with openness to different views among the students and the encouragement of the development in them of an understanding of where they themselves stand within these traditions, and the advantages and deficiencies in their choices. Particular emphasis is given to the contribution made by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Christianity in general to Legal Philosophy.
- Online Quiz (10%)
- Research Essay (40%)
- Final Invigilated Examination (50%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
UND-LAWS3210 (Not currently available)
UND-LAWS3003 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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