MLP323 - Constitutional Law

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
Trimester 3: Online

Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as: MLL323
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only

Prerequisite:

Before 2019: Students must have passed MLL110 plus 5 additional MLL/MLP coded units From 2019: Students must have passed 2 units from MLL110, MLL113 plus 5 additional MLL/MLP/MLT coded units

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 2 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

Content

The unit aims to provide students with an introduction to the principles of constitutional law at state and federal levels. The content of the executive, judicial and legislative powers conferred by the Australian Constitution and regulated by the Victorian Constitution will be identified; and the core principles of federalism, responsible government and the separation of powers will be examined.

Unit Fee Information

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