| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | LAWS76-202 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Law |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
Tort Law is a compulsory subject in the Juris Doctor Online. It explores the principles governing civil liability for harm, including intentional torts, negligence, statutory civil liability regimes, and emerging forms of responsibility. Students analyse how liability is allocated across complex factual scenarios and how responsibility is translated into remedies. The subject emphasises rigorous doctrinal reasoning alongside critical evaluation of the policy and normative foundations of tort law. Through applied problem-solving, students develop advanced skills in legal analysis and professional argument. The subject covers the prescribed areas of knowledge in satisfaction of the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Analyse the doctrinal structure of civil liability across intentional torts, negligence, and statutory regimes.
- Apply principles of civil liability to allocate civil responsibility in complex scenarios.
- Conduct analytically rigorous legal analysis addressing tortious liability and remedies.
- Evaluate the policy rationales underpinning contemporary tort doctrine.
- Determine appropriate remedies by integrating doctrinal elements across complex factual scenarios.
Enrolment requirements
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Pre-requisites:There are no pre-requisites Co-requisites:There are no co-requisites Pre/Co-requisites: |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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This subject is not available to
This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject outlines
Subject dates
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September 2026
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 19/07/2026 Semester start: 14/09/2026 Subject start: 14/09/2026 Last enrolment: 27/09/2026 Teaching census: 09/10/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 10/10/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 31/10/2026
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| Enrolment opens: | 19/07/2026 |
| Semester start: | 14/09/2026 |
| Subject start: | 14/09/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 27/09/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 09/10/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 10/10/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 31/10/2026 |