Undergraduate Notices
1. New Semester 2 Undergraduate Unit
A new undergraduate unit will be introduced next semester which may be of interest to some law students. The unit is called “Introduction to Transitional Justice”. It is a cross between international criminal law, international human rights and international relations. It will analyse the way that societies, ranging from Rwanda to South Africa to Egypt, recover from a legacy of human rights abuse. Discussion will include a consideration of prosecutions, truth commissions, reparations programs as well as mechanisms of institutional reform and their relevance to various case studies.
For more information please see the unit page in the handbook.
2. New Semester 2 Elective Unit
A new unit, Tax Policy (LAW 4243), is now available for enrollment for semester 2, 2013. This unit will cover issues such as:
- the role of taxation in a market economy
- who should bear the burden of taxation?
- what should be taxed – income, consumption, wealth, resources?
- the role of taxation in achieving outcomes beyond revenue raising including the role of taxation in the redistribution of resources, and the use of tax expenditures to achieve various social, economic and political outcomes
- the link between the tax and transfer system or, more specifically, the link between taxation and the modern welfare state
- the political influence of individuals and groups in shaping tax policy and legal outcomes.
For more information on this unit please see the handbook entry.