| Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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| Code: | LAWS13-527 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Law |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
Media and Communications Law is an undergraduate elective subject offered by the Faculty of Law. This subject deals with the law relating to communications media in the information society.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Critically review the philosophical foundations of free speech and controls on free speech, and investigate how freedom of speech is or is not protected within Australia and internationally.
- Interpret the competing normative claims of legal doctrines relating to information communication within the public domain.
- Identify and apply doctrines, principles and rules of media law to contemporary legal challenges.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: |
Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge. Assumed Prior Learning (or equivalent):
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| Restrictions: |
Must have completed a minimum 20 Credit Points of LAWS. Must be admitted into a Bachelor Law degree OR Bachelor of Laws combined degree OR be an approved Law Study Abroad OR Law Exchange student. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject outlines
- January 2024 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2023 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2022 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2021 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2020 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2019 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
- January 2018 [Standard - Media and Communications Law]
Subject dates
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January 2024
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023 Semester start: 15/01/2024 Subject start: 15/01/2024 Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024 Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024 Last enrolment: 28/01/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024 Teaching census: 09/02/2024
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 12/11/2023 |
| Semester start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Subject start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Cancellation 1: | 29/01/2024 |
| Cancellation 2: | 05/02/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 28/01/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 10/02/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 02/03/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 09/02/2024 |