Presentation (30%): Students are tasked with delivering a presentation and facilitating discussion over 30 minutes of class time. Students will present one of the discussion topics listed in the reading guide for the unit. The discussion points will be available to students via Canvas. 

 You will need to reserve your choice of case via the separate sign-up sheet available in Modules on the Canvas page.

Short-release final assignment (70%):  This assignment has two [2] parts:

1. A problem question-style task that will ask students to respond to a set of facts and answer specific legal questions.
2. A discussion question where students will have to critically analyse a proposition and discuss whether they agree or disagree with it. The propositions will be formulated taking into account the topics raised throughout the unit.

Each part of the final assignment is weighted equally (35%:35%) and each has a word limit of 3500-words (including footnotes and references) (total 7000-words).

The fact set and propositions for the assignment will be available to students from 10:00am (Sydney, Australia time) on 4 October 2024. and must be submitted no later than 10:00am (Sydney, Australia time) on 8 October 2024 via Canvas. Instructions and marking criteria for the final assessment will be discussed in class and available via Canvas.

Special Consideration: Successful grants of Special Consideration may involve alternative tasks, as appropriate

Use of editors or proof-readers: In completing unsupervised assessments, students may use editors, proof-readers, and automated writing tools (including translation software, grammar checkers, reference generators and artificial intelligence), provided that all use is acknowledged and consistent with University policies and procedures including Academic Integrity Policy. Acknowledgment must be made in writing on the front of the work submitted for assessment, or in an appropriate footnote or other reference, and state the name of the person or software.  

Word limit penalty: A piece of assessment that exceeds the prescribed word limit will attract a penalty of 10% of the total marks available for the piece of assessment for every 100 words, or part thereof. The total word count for essay and other written assessments will exclude all footnotes and any bibliography (if required), and acknowledgements of permissible assistance from editors, automated writing tools or generative AI (where use is permitted).

Assessment requirements to pass a unit of study: A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.