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LAWS6928: Courts, Justice and Development
2023 unit information
This unit provides a critical overview to law and justice reform in international development. It analyses the global reform experience over the past half-century. It interrogates the nature and justification(s) of reform theory, studies the empirical evidence of various approaches, and examines the conceptual/practical challenges of evaluating development endeavour, using case studies from the Asia/Pacific region. Students enrolling in this unit will develop an evidence-based understanding of the use of law and justice reform in broader development strategies.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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LAWS3478 or LAWS5178 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate your ability to analyse the history and global performance of law justice and development including recent initiatives
- LO2. demonstrate a detailed understanding of theoretical justifications for law justice and development
- LO3. critically consider the empirical evidence of global practice
- LO4. evaluate the effectiveness of law justice and development with a view to exploring alternative theoretical and practical approaches.
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