Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Dr Doron Goldbarsht
6 First Walk (W3A) 514
Monday, 13:00-14:00
Tutor
Dr Uche Ngwaba
Tutor
Christine Mikhael
Tutor
Raihana Haidary
Tutor
Avivit Ore
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
LAW314
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides a basic introduction to administrative law. It covers access to information (including the provision of reasons for decisions, freedom of information, and privacy), merits review, and judicial review, as well as considering varying theories, overarching concepts and doctrines, and statutory interpretation.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline.
Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be marked.
All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit.
Moderation
Detailed marking rubrics will be made available on iLearn. Markers in this unit undertake a process of 'blind marking' to establish a common marking standard and all Fail papers are double marked.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Participation | 20% | No | on going |
Research Essay | 30% | No | 13/09/2019 17:00 |
Hypothetical Problem | 50% | No | 8/11/2019 17:00 |
Due: on going
Weighting: 20%
Due: Ongoing
Participation in-class:
This individual component is worth 10% of student's grade and it will be based on attendance at tutorials or the On-Campus Session and an assessment by the tutor of student individual contribution to the class discussion and tutorial presentation.
If students are unable to attend a tutorial or the On-Campus Session due to a serious and unavoidable disruption, they should submit a Special Consideration application online by visiting ask.mq.edu.au.
External Students: If you miss the OCS due to an approved Special Consideration application you are to complete the following:
If you miss one day you are to complete 3 tutorial questions (relating to different lectures - ie 1 question each from Lecture 1, Lecture 2 and Lecture 7 tutorial questions) and 3 hypothetical problems (relating to different lectures). Max 4 pages double-spaced.
If you miss both days you are to complete 6 tutorial questions (relating to different lectures) and 6 hypothetical problems (relating to different lectures). Max 8 pages double-spaced.
You are to submit this work to the Unit Convenor. You will have until 4 October 2019 at 5pm to complete this work unless your case for special consideration requires that you be given more time.
Participation on-line (Q&A postings):
Last day to post: End of S2 Week 13, 5pm.
This individual component is worth 10% of student's grade. Starting in Week 2, a forum will be open for Q&A posting on iLearn. In this forum, students will post 2 times in total during the semester: Questions that have occurred as a result of listening to the weekly lectures, or from the material covered in tutorials. Along with the question students will post an answer to the question, based on a research into the weekly readings/resources and a justification for the answer.
Student question, answer and justification together should be no more than 150 words for each Q&A. Content over 150 words will not be marked.
Assessment guideline for in-class and on-line participation will be released via iLearn.
Due: 13/09/2019 17:00
Weighting: 30%
Essays must be submitted in double line spaced text, 12 point font, Times New Roman. The word limit is 1,500 words, excluding footnotes. Footnotes should only be used for references, with no further discussion. Content over 1,500 words will not be marked. A bibliography should not be provided.
The essay must comply with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th edition).
All work, in WORD format, is to be submitted via Turnitin on iLearn.
The essay question and assessment guidance will be released via iLearn.
Due: 8/11/2019 17:00
Weighting: 50%
Release date: 29 October 2019, 17:00 PM
Essays must be submitted in double line spaced text, 12 point font. The word limit is 2,000 words, excluding footnotes. Footnotes should only be used for references, with no further discussion. Content over 2,000 words will not be marked. A bibliography should not be provided.
The essay must comply with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th edition).
All work, in WORD format, is to be submitted via Turnitin on iLearn.
The hypothetical problem and assessment guidance will be released via iLearn.
Once the hypothetical problem is released to students the Unit Convenor and Tutors will not be in a position to answer any questions about it.
Each week, one lecture or set of lectures will be pre-recorded and available to students on iLearn. A second on-site lecture will then be given on Monday, 14:00-15:00. These 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. A list of covered topics is provided below in the Unit Schedule.
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.
External students have a compulsory two day on-campus session and the dates are available via timetables. The two days will mirror most of the tutorial classes.
The required text is: Robin Creyke, John McMillan, Mark Smyth, Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2015). It is available from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop. Additional readings will be available via iLearn or else they will be linked to a publicly available source.
Students require access to a computer and a secure and reliable internet provider.
LAW315 S2 2019 - LECTURE SCHEDULE |
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WEEK |
DATES: WEEKS STARTING |
LECTURE [Tutorial content will cover the topics from the previous week's lectures]. |
WEEK 1 |
29 JUL |
- INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIT - ADMIN LAW - THEORY, HISTORY AND CONTEXT - THE FRAMEWORK FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW |
WEEK 2 |
5 AUG |
- MERITS REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS |
WEEK 3 |
12 AUG |
- OTHER METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW - CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS |
WEEK 4 |
19 AUG |
- RULE-MAKING AND CONTROL OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - FOUNDATION CONCEPTS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW |
WEEK 5 |
26 AUG |
- UNAUTHORISED DECISION-MAKING |
WEEK 6 |
2 SEP |
- STATUTORY PURPOSE AND RELEVANT CONSIDERATION - NATURAL JUSTICE |
WEEK 7 |
9 SEP |
- EXECUTIVE POLICIES, DIRECTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS - LAW, FACT AND EVIDENCE |
BREAK |
OCS 26 and 27 SEP |
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WEEK 8 |
30 SEP |
- FAILURE TO PERFORM A STATUTORY DUTY - WEDNESBURY UNREASONABLENESS, GOOD ADMINISTRATION AND THE OUTER LIMITS OF LEGALITY |
WEEK 9 |
7 OCT |
- EXECUTIVE POWER AND DECISION-MAKING - THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNLAWFUL DECISION-MAKING |
WEEK 10 |
14 OCT |
- JUDICIAL REVIEW REMEDIES - STANDING |
WEEK 11 |
21 OCT |
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION - PRIVACY |
WEEK 12 |
28 OCT |
- OBTAINING REASONS FOR GOVERNMENT DECISIONS - PROBLEM SOLVING |
WEEK 13 |
4 NOV |
NO LECTURE |
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