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ANTH3030 – Human Rights and Law
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convener and lecturer
Jaap Timmer
Contact via 0243568077
Australian Hearing Hub, Level 2, Department of Anthropology
Thursdays (during semester), 1-2pm
Tutor
Roberto Costa
TBA
Payel Ray
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit on law and human rights brings to life the ways in which the institutions and interactions of human society shape legal formats and frameworks. Approaching both legal systems and rights-based projects as situated human phenomena, students learn about the dominant themes in legal anthropology and justice studies, and also engage in debates about the importance of these studies to the universal human rights framework that has emerged globally over the last seven decades. The unit will discuss the history of law in anthropology, suggesting ways in which we can detach the concept of law itself from Western moorings and take a global perspective on the ways that societies resolve disputes, regulate power and authority, and emulate and articulate elements of 'law' (and 'state'). The unit also focuses particularly on human rights across cultures, asking how contemporary human rights concepts came to be, and exploring the difficulties involved in translating 'universal' rights into new and unfamiliar cultural settings. It seeks to answer the question of how human rights advocacy should best proceed in a world where the universal applicability of a human rights framework cannot be assumed. Moreover, it asks what the expansion of human rights-related legal frameworks can teach us about the anthropology of legal systems in practice more broadly. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO2: Demonstrate an understanding of the changing relationship between anthropology, law and human rights, especially with regard to the concepts of culture and cultural relativism.
- ULO3: Assess received understandings of law and human rights discourses using anthropologically informed holistic and relativistic descriptions of cultural practices.
- ULO1: Show familiarity with the anthropology of law and the history and evolution of human rights in legal, philosophical, and institutional contexts.
- ULO4: Critically evaluate the validity of a number of prominent critiques of law and human rights using anthropologically informed approaches.
- ULO5: Apply a critical understanding of human rights and its critics to real world situations and phenomena.
- ULO6: Analyse how cultural difference affects the interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of the law and human rights in different societies.
Assessment Tasks
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