Professional Skills Task

Assessment Type: Research Task

Indicative Time on Task: 30 hours

Due: 8.9.2023, 11:55pm

Weighting: 40% of total mark for unit

Students will research and prepare a policy brief on an aspect of the course. The policy brief question and assessment guidance will be released via iLearn.

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of the basic mechanisms and principles of administrative law (merits review, judicial review, Freedom of Information, natural justice, errors of law).
• Evaluate administrative law principles and doctrines, assessing deficiencies and strengths in Australian administrative law - both historical and current.
• Contextualise administrative law within the government, legal and constitutional frameworks
• Develop your skills to prepare comprehensive and relevant advice for a specific audience

Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

 

Hypothetical Task

Assessment Type: Hypothetical

Indicative Time on Task: 30 hours

Due: 5.11.2023, 11:55pm

Weighting: 40% of total mark for unit

Students will complete hypothetical questions based on the law learned throughout the course. The hypothetical question and assessment guidance will be released via iLearn.

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of the basic mechanisms and principles of administrative law (merits review, judicial review, Freedom of Information, natural justice, errors of law).
• Demonstrate competence in the skill of statutory interpretation
• Contextualise administrative law within the government, legal and constitutional frameworks

Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

 

Participation: In-Class

Assessment Type: Participatory Task

Indicative Time on Task: 12 hours of in-class time

Due: Ongoing (assessed across all tutorial weeks)

Weighting: 20% of total mark for unit

This individual component is worth 20% of students' overall grade. Students will be assessed on their informed participation in weekly discussions, role plays, debates, breakout group work, and other in-class activities. Note that mere attendance at tutorials does not equate with participation.

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of the basic mechanisms and principles of administrative law (merits review, judicial review, Freedom of Information, natural justice, errors of law).
• Demonstrate competence in the skill of statutory interpretation
• Evaluate administrative law principles and doctrines, assessing deficiencies and strengths in Australian administrative law - both historical and current.
• Contextualise administrative law within the government, legal and constitutional frameworks

 

If you need help with your assessment, please contact:

• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• the Writing Centre (run by the Learning Skills Unit) for academic skills support

 

LATE ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION POLICY

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of '0' (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who are able to demonstrate that they experienced a technical issue in the upload of their assessment.

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (including essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special Consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

There are two required texts for this unit:

Robin Creyke, John McMillan, Mark Smyth, Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2022, 6th ed); and

Doron Goldbarsht and Nathan Johnston, Fundamentals of Australian Administrative Law Questions and Answers (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2022) - this is a companion to the Creyke et al text, working as a quick search resource with short questions and answers about foundational principles, terms, and legal authorities. It then directs students to where they can find the more detailed explanation in the Creyke et al text.

Additional readings will be available via Leganto, iLearn, or linked to a publicly available source.

Students require access to a computer and a secure and reliable internet provider.

 

Each week, there will be one live lecture and one recorded lecture, both of which will be available on Echo. The lectures will take place Week 1 to Week 12. The schedule of topics to be covered in the lectures, and notes on required readings, will be available in detail on iLearn. 

Weekly one hour tutorials begin in Week 2 and finish in Week 13. Discussion questions for each tutorial will be available on the iLearn page for the unit. There is no tutorial in Week 1.