LAWS12061 - Administrative Law

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites Prerequisites: 24 credit points of law

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Group Discussion 10%
2. Practical Assessment 40%
3. Take Home Exam 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 88.89% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 21.43% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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.

Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
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"
Recommendation
Maintain and extend engagement with students in a manner that allows UC's passion for the subject matter to shine through.
Action Taken
Student engagement was maintained and extended, especially through use of MS Teams.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
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"
Recommendation
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.
Action Taken
Students were encouraged to attend and participate in tutorials. Tutorials are made as informative and engaging as possible to present a strong value prospect to attending.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
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!"
Recommendation
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.
Action Taken
Live feedback continued
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Students enjoyed the effort to make learning materials relevant and contemporary - "found the material very relevant and helpful for our own lives in the community, and also working in government roles"
Recommendation
Continue efforts to make learning materials relevant and tangible
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Student comments reflected an appreciation for the way tutorials were conducted - "I couldn't speak highly enough of Jacob and how grateful I am for his approach to teaching" "Jacob is easy to understand and makes the content interesting in discussion" "Although I was not able to attend the live tutorials throughout the semester due to work commitments I really enjoyed the line of questioning that was asked throughout as it was a great opportunity to test my knowledge after I had completed the weeks work"
Recommendation
Continue emphasis on discussion and skill building in tutorials
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Moodle analytic data
Feedback
Moodle analytic data indicated a low uptake of some resources including video and written guides. It is possible that the tile format makes these resources difficult to locate for some students
Recommendation
Review access of documents and consider posting resources to multiple locations across Moodle and Teams.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply and critique the legal rules and procedures applied by the courts and administrative tribunals to review the legality of administrative (executive) action and decision-making.
  2. Analyse and apply the range of remedies available against invalid executive action and decision-making.
  3. Work individually and in groups in an effective, professional and reflective manner to develop persuasive oral and written arguments.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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3 - Take Home Exam • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice •
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