Demonstrate familiarity and understanding of domestic and international human rights law (quizzes; essay).
SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONThis subject brings together a range of theoretical approaches to understanding law rights and socialjustice with a focus on both the limits and the potentials of rights rhetoric in law and politics. Thesubject critically evaluates the role that law plays in promoting protecting hindering and violatingfundamental rights through an examination of both domestic and international laws. We consider arange of different but interrelated issues including: Indigenous rights and self-determination; womenand girls in western and non-western worlds; poverty and homelessness; refugee rights; counterterrorism;torture; armed conflict genocide humanitarian intervention and transitional justice; andenvironmental and animal rights.4The subject is structured around a 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial discussion. This SubjectSyllabus (including reading list) weekly PowerPoint slides hand-outs assessment information and allother relevant materials are available via the LMS.Contacting Tutors/LecturersAll students are welcome to contact their tutor/lecturer/subject coordinator for advice and assistancethroughout the semester. Students can drop in without an appointment during the advertisedconsultation times (see details of these times above; this information is also posted on the officedoor). You can alternatively make an appointment outside of consultation times. The best way to dothis is to send an email to arrange an agreeable time to meet. Generally student emails will beresponded to within two working days however do not expect a response in the eveningsweekends or public holidays.Students are strongly encouraged to seek help from the subject coordinator if undergoing personaldifficulties. This is particularly important during the assessment period as there are penalties forhanding in late work (see pp. 22-23). Please also note that you can only apply for an extension beforethe assessment deadline (unless there are exceptional circumstances).READING MATERIALSIt is important that you keep up with your readings each week. We have tried to reduce the amountof reading that you need to do on a weekly basis. Please note that for some weeks there is morereading than other weeks due to the timing of the semester and the importance of the readings forthe essays.The required readings are essential in this subject because:? The readings will assist assessment activities (you will be expected to engage with the requiredreadings in all components of your assessment).? The readings will form the basis of tutorial discussion each week.? The weekly quizzes will test your understanding of the readings.? The readings will help you stay focused and engaged with the subject and may help in otherrelevant subjects.You must do the required readings prior to attending the lecture and tutorials each week.The reading material has been placed on e-reserve. This means you will either need to read thematerial online and/or print the material yourself. The list of required readings can be found on pp. 9-14. Please ensure that you check the page range that you are required to read (see list of requiredreadings below). For example sometimes in e-reserve an entire article or chapter will be availablebut students will only be required to read parts of it. To locate these readings please visit: the LMSpage for the subject and on the right-ha??d side u??de?? ??Li????a???? esou????es?? ??ou ??ill ??e di??e??ted to thelist of readings for the semester. Please make sure you bring the readings with you to tutorials.5Further ReadingsStudents must go beyond the required readings in preparation for their assessment in this subject.Students can find their own articles books etc through Google Scholar and/or the library databasesystem.USING LMSIt is essential that you log on to LMS regularly (i.e. at least once a week) because importantinformation related to this subject will be posted here including messages announcementsassessment information hand-outs PowerPoint slides and other relevant materials. You will also doyour weekly quizzes via the LMS site.To access:1. Go to the La Trobe University home page at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au2. ele??t ??tude??ts?? ??at the top of the page??3. ele??t LM f??o?? eithe?? the ??tud?? tools?? se??tio?? to take ??ou to the login pageTo skip steps 1-3 simply click on: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/lms/login/4. Enter your user name and password5. ele??t use?? t??pe: ??stude??ts?? a??d the?? ??li??k ??logi????6. For user guides and help with LMS please refer to:http://www.latrobe.edu.au/studentlmsinfo/GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMESStudents who complete the subject should:? Demonstrate a good understanding and application of the critical perspectives on rights(quizzes; essay).? Demonstrate familiarity and understanding of domestic and international human rights law(quizzes; essay).? Have awareness and understanding of contemporary debates on human rights and socialjustice issues within domestic and international contexts (weekly reflections; quizzes; essay).? Demonstrate the capacity to think and write critically about rights and social justice from botha practical and theoretical perspective (weekly reflections; quizzes; essay).? Demonstrate the capacity to critically assess the efficacy of law for resolving rights issuesparticularly in terms of whether law is an effective means of contributing to social justice andinjustice (essay).? Be able to apply complex interdisciplinary approaches to understanding a case study or casestudies (essay).? Show active engagement with issues on a weekly basis across the semester (weeklyreflections; quizzes).? Demonstrate good team-work and oral skills (tutorial/lecture discussions).6? Show improvement in writing research and critical thinking skills (weekly reflections; essay(including optional essay draft)).? Exhibit good administrative and organisational skills (e.g. meeting deadlines; attendinglectures and tutorials) (weekly reflections; quizzes; essay).? Develop research skills (e.g. in the use of library and online technologies) and the ability towork independently (weekly reflections; essay).? Show an appreciation of culture and diversity (tutorial/lecture discussions; weekly reflections;essay).ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATIONThis su??je??t is pu??posefull?? ??ha??ds-o????. I?? othe?? ??o??ds it has ??ee?? desig??ed to ??a??i??ise stude??tinteraction attendance and participation. Assessment is tied to both the lecture and tutorialattendance so it is critical to the success of the subject that students attend both the lecture andtutorials on a weekly basis.There are a couple of key points to take note of:(1) Lecture Attendance While the lectures will be recorded each week the recording will not beavailable on LMS until after the weekly quiz closes. You will therefore need to attend the lectureeach week (and do your readings) in order to be able to do the quiz. The weekly quizzes will need tobe completed within 24 hours after the end of the lecture. The quiz will open at 9am on Wednesdaysand close at 9am on Thursdays. After this time the answers to the quizzes will be available via LMSand the lecture recordings will be available for download at this time. Please also note that only inexceptional circumstances will quizzes be reopened for students. Documentation will be required inthis situation as it is time-consuming reopening a quiz after it has closed.Across the semester there will be a total of 10 quizzes these begin in Week 2 (on 5th August). Pleasesee pp. 16-17 for more details. The quizzes will be based on the required readings and the lecturematerial so it is essential that you attend the lecture each week. Students will a lecture clash will begiven special access to the lecture recording and slide each week please contact the subjectcoordinator if you have a lecture clash.(2) Tutorial AttendanceThe tutorials in this subject are not recorded and students are required to attend the tutorials on aweekly basis. Students are required to submit a weekly reflection during the tutorial as part of theassessment for this component. These reflections will not be accepted outside of the tutorial timeunless there are exceptional circumstances for non-attendance (in which case a medical certificate orsimilar documentation or explanation will be required). See pp. 15-23 for more information on theassessment tasks in this subject.It is highly recommended that students take a general library tour and/or training session. Seehttp://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/training/ for details and to make a booking. Students with a disabilityor those who suffer from illness anxiety depression or any other physical or psychological condition7are encouraged to contact the Subject Coordinator and/or tutor and/or the Equality and DiversityCentre (EDC): (visit http://www.latrobe.edu.au/equality/ for more details).ASSESSMENT AT A GLANCE1. Eight 100-word weekly reflections (worth 10%) to be submitted in tutorials from 4 August2015.2. Ten weekly quizzes (worth 15%) starting from 4 August 2015.3. One 1000-word essay abstract annotated bibliography and essay plan (worth 15%) dueMonday 7th September 2015.4. One 3000-word research essay (worth 60%) due Thursday 22nd October 2015.Information on assessment is provided on pp. 15-23.Grade Distribution
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