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Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions

Graduate diploma students with no previous training in law and international students who do not have a degree from a common law system are normally required to undertake Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

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This preliminary subject provides an introduction to the law and the legal system in Australia. It also provides a framework for the development of basic legal skills relevant to understanding and using the primary sources of law, namely common law and statutory law. The program focuses on the operation and practical application of these sources of law in a common law system.