13249 (v.3) Information Studies 398 - Legal Reference

Area:	Department of Media and Information
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0

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Seminar:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	The Australian legal system. The structure of government. The judiciary. Statute law and common law. Federal and state jurisdictions. The creation of legislation. Government publications related to the legal system. Law reports and the doctrine of precedence. Legal reference sources including digests, citators and legal encyclopedias. Secondary legal materials. The Internet and other forms of automated legal research. International legal research. The various types of law libraries.

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Field of Education:	091301 Librarianship and Information Management
Funding Cluster:	05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
Availability
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