Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 110-minute lecture weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial fortnightly
Prerequisites
1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1c Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
1d Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
1e Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
2 1 of LLAW1212, LLAW1104
3 1 of LLAW1213, LLAW1103
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2 and 3)
Enrolment not permitted
1 of LLAW2107, LLAW3311 has been successfully completed
Topic description
Judicial review of administrative action, state and Commonwealth; theAdministrative Decisions Judicial Review Act 1977(Cth) and the relevant SA Rules of Court 2006; standing; reviewability; grounds of review; remedies. Statutory Interpretation 2 will include extrinsic aids to interpretation; the presumptions in statutory interpretation; the provisions of State and Commonwealth Acts Interpretation Acts on public officers.
Educational aims

This topic aims to assist students to:

  • Understand the principles of judicial review
  • Apply these principles to concrete problems
  • Formulate and evaluate solutions to concrete problems
  • Understand and apply statutory interpretation principles in concrete cases
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

  1. Explain the principles of judicial review
  2. Apply these principles to a problem
  3. Construct solutions to judicial review problems
  4. Understand and apply principles of statutory interpretation to legal problems at an advanced level