Elective unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Elective Units of Study |
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| Students must successfully complete 42 credit points from the elective units of study including: | |||
| (a) a maximum of 36 credit points from Part 1- Elective Units of Study | |||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2- Jurisprudence Units of Study | |||
| (c) no more than 24 Credit Points of master's level elective units of study. | |||
2017 Part 1 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS3401 Advanced Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) C LAWS2011 N LAWS3027 or LAWS5101 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 N LAWS5104 |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS3406 Advanced Evidence |
6 | P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 N LAWS5106 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3477 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and (LAWS1002 or (LAWS1015 and LAWS1017)) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) N LAWS5177 Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3009 or LAWS5108 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 N LAWS5109, LAWS3013 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3411 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012 or LAWS5111 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS5112, LAWS3047 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3413 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) N LAWS3101, LAWS5113 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS5368 Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Intensive December Semester 2 |
| LAWS3416 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006 or LAWS3022 or LAWS5116 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and priority is given to final year students. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3417 Commercial Land Law |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS5117 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3419 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016 or LAWS5119 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS5126 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3478 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS5178 Enrolment in the Himalyan Field School is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| LAWS3507 Energy Law: Renewables and Emerging Tech |
6 | P LAWS1015 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS5130 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3474 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 N LAWS5174 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3506 Families, Children and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3432 This unit is an alternative to Family Law |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3432 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS5132 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3435 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law |
6 | N LAWS3005 or LAWS5135 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3445 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5145 or LAWS5103 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3503 Insurance Law and Risk |
6 | P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015 and LAWS1017 and LAWS2015 N LAWS5203 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3508 Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | A Students are expected to have completed all core units with the exception of Private International Law A. N INDP3000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. It is only available to students in their final year of study who have a WAM above 65. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3437 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3092 or LAWS5137 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3439 International Economic Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3090 or LAWS5139 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3034 or LAWS5134 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3489 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3035 or LAWS3093 or LAWS5189 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitive selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition. |
Intensive December Intensive February Semester 1 |
| LAWS3443 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) N LAWS5143 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3441 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5180 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5179 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS5144 Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by seperate application to Sydney Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS3446 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023 or LAWS5146 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3900 Law Honours |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Further information regarding the honours program, including eligibility requirements, workload, supervision and award, can be found at http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/undergrad/honours_program.shtml. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3451 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5151 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5128 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3452 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 or LAWS5152 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3499 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P (LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021) or (LAWS5007 and LAWS5010)) and (LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS2011 or LAWS5011) C (LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010) and (LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005) N LAWS3045 or LAWS3458 or LAWS5158 or LAWS3453 or LAWS5153 or LAWS5199 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3455 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048 or LAWS5155 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS5157 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3509 Redfern Legal Centre Clinic |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS5160 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3484 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS5184 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3461 Social Justice Legal Clinic A |
6 | N LAWS4061 or LAWS5161 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Intensive February Semester 1 |
| LAWS3431 Social Justice Legal Clinic B |
6 | N LAWS3025 or LAWS5131 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 or LAWS5165 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. For further information, please visit sydney.edu.au/law/slr. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3492 Topics in Legal History |
6 | N LAWS5192 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3496 United States Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5011 or LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 N LAWS3418 or LAWS5118 or LAWS3491 or LAWS5191 or LAWS5196 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3483 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS5183 or LAWS6218 |
Semester 1 |
2017 Part 1 - Master's Level Elective Unit of Study |
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| LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6353 Business Crime |
6 | Intensive December |
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| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | A Available to students who have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6320 Climate Disaster 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 July |
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Intensive September |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A undergraduate law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction or LAWS6252 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6945 Doing Business in Emerging Markets |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6354 Environ Planning and Impact Assessment Law |
6 | A students who do not hold an undergraduate law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit and LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy (MEL only) N LAWS6043, LAWS6045, LAWS3430, LAWS5130 |
Intensive September |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6862 Hate Crime |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Intensive May |
| 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 |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6304 International Family Law |
6 | A Available to students who hold a law degree or knowledge of private international law |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6351 IP: Management and Disputes |
6 | A LAWS3480/LAWS5180 Copyright & Designs, LAWS3479/LAWS5179 Trade Marks & Patents or LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 This unit replaced LAWS6816 Labour Law in the New Economy |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478, LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6944 Market Manipulation and Insider Trading |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia |
6 | Intensive June |
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| LAWS6349 Muslim Minorities and the Law |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 | Intensive April |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
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 June |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6344 Work, Care and Gender |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties |
Intensive August |
2017 Part 2 Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| Candidates must complete a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2 to satisfy the Jurisprudence requirements. | |||
| LAWS3436 International/Comparative Jurisprudence |
6 | N JURS3006 or LAWS5136 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3447 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036 or LAWS5147 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3500 Law, Morals and Politics |
6 | N LAWS5200 This unit satisfies the Part 2/Jurisprudence requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3475 Philosophy of International Law |
6 |
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3454 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459 or LAWS5154 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS3462 Sociological Theories of Law |
6 | N JURS3001 or LAWS5162 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3495 The Rule of Law and its Value |
6 | N LAWS5195 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3471 Theories of Conscientious Obedience |
6 | N LAWS5171 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3468 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077 or LAWS5168 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
2017 Part 2 Masters's Level Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law and Soc Control |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6836 Precedent, Interpretation and Probability |
6 | N JURS6028 or JURS6029 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | Intensive September |
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