AIS2010 - Social justice and indigenous Australians

Leader: Dr Liam Brady

Offered

Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit examines the relationship between social justice and Indigenous rights, focusing on the role of the State and its obligations to the international community; Aboriginal human and civil rights and self-determination; land rights and native title; Aboriginal sovereignty, and service provision in the areas of health, education, housing and the law. The value of an interdisciplinary approach to these topics is highlighted.

Objectives

Upon completion of this units students can expect to have developed a thorough understanding of the concept and theories of 'social justice' and its relationship to the application of British law and institutions within Australia and should be able to demonstrate both orally and in writing an understanding of theories of social justice as they have and have not applied to Indigenous Australians.

Assessment

Research essay (3000 words): 75%
Class project (1500 words): 25%

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

AIS3010; KRS3010 (2000 and previously)