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LAW522: Advanced Torts |
This unit will focus on developing areas in the law of torts, exploring a range of issues on a thematic/interests basis. Themes will include: medicine and health (wrongful life/wrongful birth, consent and refusal, professional negligence, interface between law and medicine, tobacco, alcohol and drug related injuries); dignitary and discriminatory injuries (defamation, privacy, emotional well-being, sexual harassment); torts and environment, including toxic torts; sports torts; educational/school torts; and compensation.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 4 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: 28-29 April) |
| Staff Contact: |
Ms Penelope Watson |
| Prerequisites: |
Any 300-level LAW unit with a grade of P
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| Offered By: |
Department of Law |
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