LAWS320-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

The course focuses on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, and involves consideration of the origins and theory behind the legislation and comparison with similar laws in other jurisdictions. There will be case studies of certain protected rights (eg freedom of speech, rights to legal representation in criminal trials, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure).

Co-requisites

LAWS202-206

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 F3 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator

Andrew Simpson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 60%
Essay 22 Apr 2024 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,663.00

* 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.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS320 Occurrences

  • LAWS320-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024