Foundations of Law (70102) full detailed notes. Received a Distinction pass. These are complete notes to cover entire course.
Topics Covered:
- History (Terra Nullius to 1900)
- Australian Legal System: History (1901 to Now)
- Australian Legal System: International Law
- Australian Legal System: Indigenous Law
- Jurisprudence: Judicial Reasoning
- Jurisprudence: Law, Class and Gender
- Jurisprudence: Law, Race and the Environment
- Jurisprudence: Louth v Diprose
Cases covered:
- Speluncean Explorers
- Cohen v Sellar
- Papathansopoulus v Vacopoulos
- Barrett v Ministry of Defence
- Ball v McIntyre
- O’Flaherty v City of Sydney Council
- McEwen v Simmons
This subject introduces students to the foundations of Australian law: its origins, institutions, cultural contexts and theoretical foundations. We examine the role of the legal doctrine of terra nullius in the British colonisation of Australian peoples and places, and its connection to the ‘reception’ of English law into Australia. We explore the key ideas that underpin Australia’s legal institutions including democracy, sovereignty, the rule of law and the separation of powers.
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