LLB104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Legal Education, Economic Rationalism, Animal Ethics
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Week 1 lecture: introduction to contemporary law & Legal education, done right, is an advanced degree in analytic thinking, ethical reasoning, and policy- based analysis : knowledge of the context informing australian law and justice. In this unit, we are looking beyond and beneath the law that is written in legislation or found in cases and focusing on law-related issues. The law and law-related issues (exploring both: rules in statutes, cases, contracts, constitutions, treaties or regulations, decisions by official actors and organisations, policies underpinning rules, institutions or decisions, institutionalised procedures. The law = legal systems in a broad sense. Law-related issues : any situation or matter that is regulated by or intersects with the law , drivers license etc, critical legal analysis skills. Having knowledge is not enough: critical analysis, technical analysis. Need to draw on a broader idea to support your argument. Find deeper reasons about why things are & why to change legal analysis.
