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InstructionsFor this task, create two separate brochures – one for prospective job applicants, and one for interviewers to use to help them select the best candidate for the job. You will conclude this assignment with a brief summary paper. Use your new found knowledge of social psychologists’ views concerning the influential power of first impressions […]

Objectives On successful completion of this module, you should be able to demonstrate – LO1: Knowledge of (a) international and comparative contexts of the social and historical development of law; (b) social, historical, philosophical and economic contexts in which legal issues arise; and (d) evolutionary theories of law, and the distinctive features of legal evolutionary

Objectives On successful completion of this module you should be able to demonstrate: LO1: Knowledge of (a) philosophical and economic contexts in which legal issues arise; (c) the principles and values of justice; and (d) liberal political theories LO3: Thinking skills Identify and articulate liberal explanations and critiques of legal issues Comprehend materials relating to

Objectives On successful completion of this module, you should be able to demonstrate – LO1: Knowledge of (d) major postmodern and feminist theories of law and justice LO3: Thinking skills Identify and articulate major postmodern and feminist explanations and critiques of legal issues Comprehend major materials of postmodernism and feminism Apply reasoning and research relating

Objectives On successful completion of this module, you should be able to demonstrate – LO1: Knowledge of (b) broader contexts within which legal issues arise, namely social contexts in which legal issues arise; (c) the principles and values of justice; and (d) critical theories of law LO2: Ethics and professional responsibility An ability to recognise

Objectives On successful completion of this module, you should be able to demonstrate – LO1: Knowledge of (d) major social theories of law and justice LO3: Thinking skills Identify and articulate major social explanations and critiques of legal issues Comprehend major materials of social theory Apply reasoning and research relating to social theories of justice

Objectives LO1: Knowledge of (b) broader contexts within which legal issues arise, namely social, historical, philosophical and economic contexts in which legal issues arise; (c) the principles and values of ethical practice in lawyers’ roles; and (d) natural law (including virtue ethics). LO2: Ethics and professional responsibility An ability to recognise and reflect upon the

Objectives On successful completion of this module you should be able to demonstrate LO1: Knowledge of the themes of natural law jurisprudence, and the nature of modern philosophies of natural law LO3: Thinking skills Identify and articulate natural law explanations and critiques of legal issues Comprehend natural law materials Apply natural law reasoning and research

Prepare answers to all four questions The bad man thesis: The Path of the Law, 459–463. 1. You make a contract to sell Blackacre to Henry for $200,000.  Then, before you transfer title to Blackacre to Henry, Eleanor offers you $250,000.  So far, Henry has paid you nothing.  What does the law consider is the

Look at Selected Readings 3.1 (Irving) and 3.2 (Dixon).  Dixon’s argument is difficult to follow – but as you read it, keep asking yourself: ‘What does Dixon think is the basic norm of the legal system, and what evidence does he have for it?’ 1. What is Australia’s grundnorm? 2. A question about positivism generally.