LAWS206-11W (C) Whole Year 2011

Public Law

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 4 September 2011

Description

The principles and working of the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power and relations between the citizen and the state. Controls on the exercise of public power, including an introduction to judicial review.

The subject aims to provide students with an understanding of the New Zealand constitution – its history, institutions, laws and conventions.  It covers two broad areas of law – constitutional law and administrative law.  Constitutional law is concerned with the functioning of central government, administrative law with judicial review of executive and official action.  The former involves the study of law, politics, history and convention, the latter concerns citizens’ rights in dealing with local bodies and government departments.

Students should consult the opening page of the Course Reader ("About the Public Law Course") for details concerning lectures, tutorials, assessment, the recommended text and aims of the course.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110 from 2012

Restrictions

LAWS201

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Philip Joseph

Lecturers

John Hopkins and Natalie Baird

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Midsessional Test 20%
Final Examination 80%


The assessment for this course will be:
an Essay (worth 10%);
a Midsessional Test (worth 25%); and
an End of Year Examination (worth 65%).

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Laws 206 Course Reader ; (Medium: Readings).

Joseph, Philip A; Constitutional & administrative law in New Zealand ; 3rd ed; Thomson/Brookers, 2007.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,260.00

International fee $6,025.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 260

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS206 Occurrences

  • LAWS206-11W (C) Whole Year 2011
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