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Bachelor of Laws

Electives Part 2 Jurisprudence unit of study table

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 29 November 2023.
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Part 2 - Jurisprudence elective units of study

Students must successfully complete 42 credit points from the elective units of study including:
(a) a maximum of 36 credit points from Part 1 - Electives
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2 - Jurisprudence
(c) no more than 24 credit points of Master's level electives

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
 

Part 2 - Jurisprudence elective units of study

 
LAWS3447
Law and Economics
6 N LAWS5147
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3454
Philosophy of Law
6 N LAWS3459 or LAWS5154
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3468
Theories of Justice
6 N LAWS5168
This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3471
The Morality of Obeying the Law
6 N LAWS5171
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3475
Philosophy of International Law
6 N LAWS5175  
LAWS3495
The Rule of Law and its Value
6 N LAWS5195
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3500
Law, Morals and Politics
6 N LAWS5200
This unit satisfies the Part 2/Jurisprudence requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3501
Theories of the State
6 N LAWS5201
This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3513
Philosophy of Criminal Law
6 P LAWS1016
N LAWS5213
 
LAWS3517
The History of Legal Thought
6 N LAWS5217
 
LAWS3522
Rights
6 N LAWS5222
This unit satisfies the Part 2/Jurisprudence requirement of the LLB.
 
LAWS3527
Property Theory
6 P LAWS2012 and LAWS2017  
LAWS3528
The Commonwealth and the Common Law
6    

Part 2 Masters's level Jurisprudence electives

 
JURS6019
Freedom of Speech
6 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html  
LAWS6316
Theories of the Judiciary
6    
LAWS6338
The Nature of the Common Law
6 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html  
LAWS6836
Precedent, Interpretation and Probability
6    

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
29/11/2023 'Property Theory'  listed twice as LAW3527 and LAWS5227 under Part 2 Jurisprudence elective units of study LAWS5227 Property Theory removed from Part 2 Jurisprudence elective units of study
29/11/2023

'The Commonwealth and the Common Law' listed twice as LAWS3528 and LAWS5528 Part 2 Jurisprudence elective units of study LAWS5228 The Commonwealth and the Common Law removed from Part 2 Jurisprudence elective units of study