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Courses Handbook 2015

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Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

HRIG4005 (v.1) Human Rights Theory and Philosophy

Area: Faculty of Humanities
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 310681 (v.2) Human Rights Theory and Philosophy 401
OR
HRIG5013 (v.1) Human Rights Theory and Philosophy or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit questions what is meant by human rights, and examines the foundations of conventional human rights discourse in western philosophy. It also examines the development of the post-Holocaust human rights tradition, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and some contemporary rights perspectives including human rights norms, regimes and socialisation theories. Critiques of universalism are also explored from the cultural relativist, postmodern and feminist perspectives.
Field of Education: 090300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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