Undergraduate Teaching
During 2008, Centre Members will teach a number of other subjects in the LLB degree, including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Obligations and Corporations Law.
730-436 Employment Law
This subject provides a detailed overview of the legal regulation of work relationships in Australia, in an industrial, social and political context. Historical and theoretical perspectives are used. The subject examines how work relationships are regulated through a contractual paradigm, as well as through statutory regimes designed to ensure the fair and non-discriminatory treatment of workers, and reasonably safe work practices. [...more]
730-401 Labour Rights in International Law
The subject aims to familiarise students with the key elements of the international legal system for the protection and promotion of the rights of workers and organised labour. Students will be introduced to the core labour standards that protect workers' basic rights: freedom of association and bargaining, non-discrimination in employment, and freedom from forced labour and harmful child labour. The subject will examine the sources of international labour law and the institutional structures for its development and oversight. [...more]
730-408 Unions, Bargaining and Industrial Action - (Previously Regulating Workplace Organisations)** Not offered in 2008
This subject examines the regulation of Australian workplaces in the aftermath of the Federal Government's Work Choices legislation. The subject focuses on the issues of freedom of association and the right to organise unions, bargaining over employment conditions, and controls [...more]
730-214 Constitutional Law
This subject continues the analysis of the laws establishing and regulating the Australian state that began in Principles of Public Law and that will continue in Administrative Law. It is structured around the fundamental principles of Australian public law – constitutionalism, representative [...more]
730-465 Corporations Law
This subject introduces students to the general body of corporations law and provides a brief comparison with other forms of association such as partnerships. The subject undertakes a functional analysis of basic concepts of corporations law, as they apply to both closely and widely held companies. [...more]
730-396 Discrimination, Law and Equality
This subject examines the challenges of using law to counter discrimination and critically examines the contribution of anti-discrimination law to reducing inequality. It begins with a review of the concepts of equality and discrimination and the Australian social context. Turning to the legal response [...more]
730-213 Obligations
The subject involves a study of the foundations of the law of obligations, structured around the organising principles of consent, wrongs and unjust enrichment [...more]
For further information on these subjects, please visit the LLB Website