LAWS20013 Health Law, Ethics and Society (University of Melbourne): rated 4.6/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
LAWS20013 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Melbourne Law School in Law. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 健康法学、伦理与社会
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Law
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This subject is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of some of the current legal and ethical issues arising in promoting and protecting human health in contemporary society. It will engage students to think about human health, illness and disability through the traditional leg.
LAWS20013 has 4 scored reviews: overall 4.6/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.5/5).
On Reddit: "I'm not a law student or someone considering that field so can't really comment on how the subject prepares you for that. But I took the subject as a breadth since I really enjoyed AI, Ethics and the Law (LAWS10009), so I'll give a quick review. Its a really good introduction to…"
On Reddit: "Took LAWS20013 in sem 2 last year, it was an interesting subject. Lectures were prerecorded into bite size contents. Assessment wise, assignment 1 focuses mainly on the legal and ethical aspects while assignment 2 was a research essay choice coming from 10 topics."
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Q: Is LAWS20013 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches LAWS20013, and when is it offered?
A: LAWS20013 is taught by the Melbourne Law School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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