27 February 2006 - Mandatory Attendance, Assessment Questions and Reading Assignments

There is one key point that I failed to mention in today's class. There is a mandatory attendance requirement. This is spelt out in the Handbook and the Reading Guide (page 4). In order to get a mark in this subject, you must attend at least 75% of the seminars and guest presentations.That means 8 of the 11 seminars (including today's) and three of the four guest presentations. The aim is to ensure that there are enough people at each class to have a fruitful discussion.

As you look through the Reading Guide you will see that the assessment questions are set out there - there is one for each substantive class. You can start thinking right away about which two you want to do for the two items of assessment.

Finally, as promised, here are the assignments to the various reading groups for next week only (we may need to reshuffle a bit as people finalise their enrolments):

1. Griffith, Knox, McTiernan, Aickin, Dawson, Hayne: Kate Brennan, Kate Bruce-Rosser

2. Barton, Starke, Fullagar, Owen, Mason, Gummow: Patrick Fitzgerald, Phoebe Talbot

3. O'Connor, Gavan Duffy, Latham, Taylor, Walsh, Jacobs, Wilson, McHugh, Crennan: Andrea De Leon, Tim Wilson, Michael Symons

4. Isaacs, Webb, Menzies, Murphy, Toohey, Callinan: Duncan McGauchie, Josh Szwarcbard

5. Higgins, Dixon, Barwick, Brennan, Gleeson: Nawaar Hassan, Alysia Debkowski, Tim Rogan

6. Powers, Evatt, Williams, Windeyer, Stephen, Deane, Kirby: Athol Birtley, Miranda Webster, Laura Dickie

7. Rich, Kitto, Gibbs, Gaudron, Heydon: Michael Griffith, Mai Kuroda

See you all next week. Let me know if you have any questions.

The Commonwealth Constitution. (Cth) Australian Government Publishing Service.
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