LAWS12061 Administrative Law examines the legal rules, principles and procedures applied by the courts and administrative tribunals to review and check the exercise of executive power and the legality of administrative (executive) action and decision-making, especially insofar as they affect the rights, interests and legitimate expectations of individuals and the public. It also looks at the constitutional, statutory, common law and equitable remedies available against invalid executive action and decision-making. Topics you will study in this unit include: the organisation and structure of the administration; administrative law theory; common law and statutory avenues of judicial review at Commonwealth and State level; grounds of judicial review; remedies; crown immunity; the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; statutory review; and Freedom of Information. This unit meets the LPAB requirements for administrative law.

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student evaluations

Unit material presented in an engaging and passionate manner: "I really enjoyed the way Jacob stepped through the tutorial questions and explained the concepts. It was the most organised and well-resourced law unit I've done in a while" "I have had many lecturers throughout my study, however, none have been as considerate or as engaging as Dr Deem. His methods were extremely easy to engage with and he would consistently endeavour to ensure everyone understood a topic before progressing"

Maintain and extend engagement with students in a manner that allows UC's passion for the subject matter to shine through.

Feedback from Student evaluations

Participation and engagement in tutorials could have been better: "There was a lack of participation in the tutorials. Some kind of incentive to attend would have been good. Despite this Jacob dealt with the challenge exceptionally well though and ran very informative tutorials"

As a matter of student equity it is not possible to offer incentives for tutorial attendance or participation. However, additional strategies are being explored to encourage participation in tutorial exercises.

Feedback from Student evaluations

Feedback on assessments was well-received: "Jacob provides some of the best feedback I have ever received on my assessments. I didn't expect to like Admin Law as much as I did!"

Live feedback following the advocacy exercise offers an excellent opportunity to provide detailed comments on students' performance in a caring manner that means it can be taken in its context. This practice should continue.