Course Overview

Course Title: Justice Innovation
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Nicole Shackleton
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: Nicole.Shackleton@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

A range of new approaches to traditional legal problems are being introduced in the Australian civil and criminal justice system. These new methods are underpinned by a critical analysis of law and the legal system, and by theories of therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice, and procedural justice. New strategies to address access to justice and appropriate dispute resolution are also emerging, and responding to the availability of new technologies. This course will engage with current social justice problems, and the development of legal policy and law reform, in order to explore the ways innovation is evolving in the Australian justice system. This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a simulated context. You will work with your peers to develop an innovative justice solution to a current social problem and. you will have the opportunity to connect with industry and/or community as part of this experience.

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