This course is designed to help students understand the relationship between law and regulation, and the nature of regulation and enforcement. This will be achieved through a careful consideration of theoretical and applied debates. In essence the course asks: what can regulation accomplish and what is beyond its reach? The course includes a variety of case studies and workshops.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
A participant who has successfully completed this course should:
- Be familiar with a range of classic and ongoing theories and academic debates on law and regulation, and the concepts and problems addressed in these
- Be able to reflect on the development of past and current regulatory regimes
- Be able to evaluate and research regulatory regimes through critical analysis using the theories and academic debates studied
- Be able to consider future directions of regulatory regimes
- Be able to interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas on law and regulation to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the approved Means of Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Assessment is likely to consist of a Research Essay (100%, 6000 - 8000 wds).
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Workload
26 contact hours (Intensive mode over 4 days). In addition time for required readings and assessment tasks is required making a total of approximately 120 hours for the course.
2014 Intensive course dates: 20-21 & 27-28 June
Click here for the LLM Masters Program timetable.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Morgan, B., & Yeung, K. (2007) An Introduction to Law and Regulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Further required readings for this course will be available on the Wattle Course Home Page
Preliminary Reading
A Course Outline will be available on the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Assumed Knowledge
Non-lawyers must have completed LAWS8015 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial LawFees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2958 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Autumn Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1635 | 15 Jun 2015 | 15 Jun 2015 | 26 Jun 2015 | 03 Aug 2015 | In Person | N/A |