Selected issues on how the law responds to accidents.
| Paper title | Accidents and the Law |
|---|---|
| Paper code | LAWS588 |
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1250 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2
(Distance learning)
Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,037.38 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- LAWS 488
- Limited to
- PGDipBHL, MBHL
- Notes
- May not be credited together with LAWS474 passed in 2018-2019.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
Course readings via eReserve
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking,
Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
After completion of Accidents and the Law (LAWS 588), students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme, including advanced understanding of select aspects of the scheme;
- Demonstrate knowledge of New Zealand’s workplace safety regime;
- Engage in informed critical analysis of the choices made by legislators and the courts in those two areas of law (accident compensation and workplace safety).
In addition, LAWS 588 will:
- Develop an interdisciplinary perspective and life-long learning within the MBHL/PGDipBHL courses by enabling students to learn about New Zealand law, and to learn new/further develop their skills of legal reasoning and critical thinking;
- Enable MBHL/PGDipBHL students to demonstrate advanced knowledge of NZ’s health law terrain in a specialist area by identifying the key principles that underpin the relevant regulatory regimes and develop their ability to critique and evaluate outcomes of this regime for individuals and society.
The compulsory independent research assignment (in addition to the final examination) seeks to make the requirements of this paper commensurate with post-graduate study. It requires students to plan and execute a significant piece of independent research. This will enable students to:
- develop the capacity to communicate information, arguments and analyses effectively (communication), whilst also applying specific skills in acquiring, organising, analysing, evaluating and presenting information, in particular recognising the increasing prominence of digital-based activity (informational literacy);
- cultivate the ability to evaluate the current law and the relationship between legal and normative standards through lectures, readings and assessment and encourages the students ability to analyse issues logically, to challenge conventional assumptions, and to consider different options and viewpoints (synthesise complex information and critically evaluate);
- extend students’ ability to conduct research by recognising when information is needed, and locating, retrieving, evaluating and using it effectively (display skills in research);
- foster the capacity for self-directed activity and the ability to work independently (self-motivation).
