LAWS8104 Legislation and Legislative Drafting

LAWS8104 is only available under certain award programs.

Offered By	Law
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Laws
Offered in	Winter Session, 2009 and Winter Session, 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	Objectives: This course provides students with: knowledge of the nature of legislative drafting and the role of the legislative drafter in the legislative process basic skills for drafting legislation an understanding of how the interpretation of legislation affects, and is affected by, legislative drafting techniques Content: Principal topics: what is legislation? the role of the legislative drafter legislative drafting techniques the role of parliamentary scrutiny committees legislative interpretation in the context of legislative drafting
Learning Outcomes	Students will: increase their knowledge of legislation and the legislative drafting process acquire some foundation skills in legislative drafting enhance their capacity to analyse and interpret legislation.
Indicative Assessment	The proposed assessment will be 2 short "homework" exercises, an interpretation problem and a major assignment involving drafting a small bill. Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.
Workload	26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery) - Six weekly evening sessions and one all-day session. Click here for 2009 Graduate Law Timetable
Course Classification(s)	AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs. and SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Areas of Interest	Law
Assumed Knowledge and Required Skills	Students should have one or more of: a legal qualification knowledge of law or legislation acquired in the course of non-legal studies professional experience working with legislation. This need not be "legal" professional experience - for example, experience in government employment with the legislative process is fine.
Requisite Statement	LAWS8153 Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Research (non-lawyers); LAWS8568 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial Law (non-lawyers)
Technology Requirements	Access to a computer and the internet
Programs	Graduate Diploma in Government and Commercial Law, Master of Government and Commercial Law, Master of Laws (Legal Practice), and Master of Legal Studies
Other Information	The challenge of legislative drafting is to express complex concepts in clear language, and to embody them in effective legal rules. This course offers students a rare opportunity to gain an overview of a specialised area of government law, and to try their hand at developing some basic drafting skills. The principal lecturers are professional legislative drafters. It is a practical course. All sessions involve both a lecture and a tutorial component.
Academic Contact	Nick Horn and Graduate Administration

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