Commercial Law
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points. | |||
2017 Units of Study |
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| LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | A Available to law graduates only Note: Department permission required for enrolment Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/ |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6809 Breach of Contract |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice, in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience, they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6838 Competition Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6328 Contract Management |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6100 Corporate Fundraising |
6 | A undergraduate law degree with corporate law background |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Intensive February |
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| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals |
6 | A Available to law graduates only. Students undertaking this unit must have a good working knowledge of the Australian Corporations Act and the rules and practices applicable to securities offerings and takeovers or the equivalent in their home jurisdiction. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6945 Doing Business in Emerging Markets |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6307 Expert Evidence and Class Action Procedure |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 Students without a law degree or equivalent may enrol in this unit but should be aware that the unit focuses on legal and evidentiary issues. This unit replaced LAWS6230 Expert Evidence and LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6321 Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest |
6 | A Undergraduate knowledge of equitable principles or company law would be desirable |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6955 Fundamentals of Finance Law |
6 | A This unit assumes no previous knowledge and is available to non-lawyers and to lawyers who have not previously studied or practised in the area. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6159 Insolvency Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree with good background in Australian corporate law N CLAW6006 or LAWS3403 or LAWS3445 or LAWS5103 This unit replaced LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6882 Insurance Contract Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6351 IP: Management and Disputes |
6 | A LAWS3480/LAWS5180 Copyright & Designs, LAWS3479/LAWS5179 Trade Marks & Patents or LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6059 International Business Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction N LAWS3438, LAWS5138 Core unit for MIntBus&L students. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6060 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 |
This is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6903 Interpreting Commercial Contracts |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6879 Japanese Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/ |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6944 Market Manipulation and Insider Trading |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property |
6 | N LAWS6854 or LAWS3480 or LAWS3479 or LAWS5180 or LAWS5179 Students who have previously completed an equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate unit in intellectual property are not permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment MIL and GradDipIL students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/ |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties |
Intensive August |