Administrative Law (11282.2)

Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
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Administrative Law
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
Online real-time
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Canberra Law School Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
The legal avenues available to citizens who wish to challenge governmental decision making and action that they consider flawed are the subject areas of this unit. Those avenues include merits review by institutions such as the Ombudsman and administrative appeals tribunals (appeal). They also include judicial review by superior courts in Commonwealth and State/Territory spheres. The unit introduces freedom of information and privacy legislation. The unit concludes with review of the need for reform of Administrative Law in light of emerging topical issues.This unit may be taught with a PG version of the unit.The legal avenues available to citizens who wish to challenge governmental decision making and action that they consider flawed are the subject areas of this unit. Those avenues include merits review by institutions such as the Ombudsman and administrative appeals tribunals (appeal). They also include judicial review by superior courts in Commonwealth and State/Territory spheres. The unit introduces freedom of information and privacy legislation. The unit concludes with review of the need for reform of Administrative Law in light of emerging topical issues.This unit may be taught with a PG version of the unit.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand legal avenues available to citizens who wish to challenge government decisions and actions through merits review and/or judicial review;
2. Apply principles of good administrative decision-making found in the common law and in legislation;
3. Explain the significance of legal and institutional reforms introduced following the Kerr report in the 1970s and onwards, including freedom of information and privacy legislation;
4. Critically reflect on the need for ongoing reform of Australian Administrative Law in light of 21st century developments in law and practice; and
5. Solve practical problems through the application of Administrative Law methods.



Graduate attributes

1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Skills development

This unit facilitates student acquisition of all of the Graduate Attributes, although not all of them will be subject to examination in the assessment tasks of the unit.



Prerequisites

Students must have passed 24 credit points including 11251 Foundations of Law and Justice.

Corequisites

This unit is only available to students in a Bachelor of Laws course.

Incompatible units

11441 Administrative Law PG

Equivalent units

7018 Administrative Law

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Janet Hope
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Online real-time Dr Janet Hope
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

Prescribed text -- all students will require ongoing access to this textbook to complete weekly assessment tasks: McDonald, Rundle and Hammond, Principles of Administrative Law (Oxford University Press, 4th ed, 2023).

Links to other recommended texts will be provided via Canvas.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Assessment items in this unit are to be submitted via Canvas. Further instructions are provided on Canvas.

Artificial intelligence

Students are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as indicated in the assessment instructions for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The  Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

Special assessment requirements

Assessment 1: Each sub-task has an automatic built-in extension for flexibility, detailed on Canvas. No additional extension requests will be considered.

Assessment 2: Extension requests should be submitted via Canvas drop-box (not via email). Full instructions are given on Canvas.

Assessment 3: Students requiring a deferral must apply via the relevant form on My海角社区.

Supplementary assessment

Students who have failed a single unit in their final semester with a final mark between 45-49% are eligible for supplementary assessment in this unit.

Supplementary and/or alternate assessment tasks will not be offered otherwise than in accordance with the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedure.

Students requesting a supplementary assessment task must apply via the relevant form on My海角社区.

 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

海角社区 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

海角社区 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the , , and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The academic expectations in this unit are scaled to the expectations of a law graduate about to enter practical training prior to legal practice. This is a challenging unit requiring steady commitment throughout the semester.

Participation requirements

Students are expected though not required to attend live workshops which are available F2F and online.

Required IT skills

Students need basic computer, internet and word processing skills and the ability to teach themselves how to use simple web-based apps.  

If you feel that you lack these, or any other academic study skills, please Study Skills (link from My海角社区). 

In-unit costs

Your participation can be made easier by 鈥�

  • purchasing the prescribed text, instead of using a copy on three hour reserve in the library;
  • having access to computing facilities and the internet at home, instead of using only university computer labs; 
  • bringing a laptop or similar large-screen device to F2F classes

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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