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78039 Wickedness and Vice

6cp
Requisite(s): (70311 Torts OR (70110 Introduction to Law AND 76006c Public International Law))
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Undergraduate and Postgraduate

The legal system organises and expresses multiple meanings. This subject considers the structure of wickedness and vice it communicates. The approach taken is consistent with traditional jurisprudential concerns such as natural law theory and positivism, and theorising about the criminal legal system as a system of blaming. The subject introduces students to various jurisprudential and general philosophical accounts of the legal system's approach to wickedness and vice. These theories are applied to specific issues, including questions about our duty to obey, the regulation of morality, the malice of the law and the characterisation of terrorism. This subject is particularly timely, given increasing international reliance on a 'discourse of evil'. Theory is essential to the law. Theory gives us a way of thinking about issues differently. This is particularly important when a legal problem appears to be insurmountable. Theory offers the possibility of imagining the world differently.


Detailed subject description.

Fee information

  • 2013 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $1224 (Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2010 should consult the Fees Calculator by Subject for relevant student contribution charges for Commonwealth-supported students. Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth-supported places.)
  • 2013 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3101 (Note: Fees for postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the annual fees schedule.)
  • Subject EFTSL: 0.125

Access conditions

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