Master of Business Law (MBL)

A flexible qualification in business law and regulation, this program offers candidates the opportunity to select from the entire range of units offered through the Sydney Law School’s commercial law, corporate, securities and finance law, international business law, international taxation and taxation programs. Candidates can choose from up to 70 units of study in any given year, the largest choice of any coursework master's at the Law School besides the Master of Laws (LLM).


Applications are still open for Semester 2, 2011. However, some units may have restricted class size and compulsory units may run early in the semester. It is strongly recommended that applicants submit their application on time to avoid disappointment. Please contact the Postgraduate Team for further details

Program Co-ordinator

Professor Roger Magnusson

Admission requirements

Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree at an appropriate level in accountancy, business, commerce or another suitable discipline. Candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System prior to enrolling in other law units. Candidates enrolling in the Master of Taxation (MTax) units who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years are recommended to undertake Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in other tax units. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program Coordinator.

Program structure

The Master of Business Law (MBL) requires the completion of 48 credit points, equivalent to eight units of study. Most of the units on offer carry a value of six credit points each. Students choose from the entire range of relevant units on offer, a guide of which is listed below.

Attendance Pattern

Each unit of study entails 26 contact hours. Units are offered on a semester length basis or intensive basis. Semester length units are taught once a week over 13 weeks on either a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm. Intensive units of study condense the 26 hours over a period of four to five days. The units are then taught between 9am and 5pm over a block period. For example, an intensive unit may be taught two consecutive days one week and then two consecutive days in a fortnight's time. All classes are held in the Law School or another Sydney CBD location.

Duration

Mode

Timeframe

Full-time 1-3 years
Part-time 2-6 years

Units of study

Please note: some units of study may have pre-requisite requirements or prohibition guidelines and may not be available to those without a law degree. Please check with the Sydney Law School directly if in doubt.

Compulsory Units of Study (2012)

Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System *
*Candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake this unit prior to enrolling in other law units.


Elective Units of Study (2012)
Advanced Financing Techniques
Australian International Taxation
Breach of Contract
Capital Gains Tax
Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation
Chinese International Taxation
Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
Commercial Equity Litigation
Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law
Comparative Corporate Taxation
Comparative Income Taxation
Comparative International Taxation
Comparative Value Added Tax
Competition Law
Compliance: Theory & Practice in the Financial Services Industry
Construction Law
Consumer Contracts and Product Defects
Contract Negotiation
Copyright and Copyright Industries
Corporate Fundraising
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility: Theory and Policy
Corporate Taxation
Cross-Border Deals: A US Perspective
Current Issues in Defamation Law
Doing Business in China
Economics of Tax Policy
Employment Law Advocacy
Equity Financing
Financial Risk Allocation in Equity
Fundamentals of Commercial Law
Fundamentals of Contract Law
Fundamentals of Corporate Law
Fundamentals of Finance Law
Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts
Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues
Goods and Services Tax Principles A
Goods and Services Tax Principles B
Human Rights and the Global Economy
Independent Research Project
Insolvency Law
Intellectual Property: Trade Marks
International Banking Law
International Business Law
International Commercial Arbitration
International Commercial Litigation
International Contract Law
International Financial Organisations
International Financial Transactions: Law & Practice
International Import/Export Laws
International Investment Law
International Law I
International Sales
International Structured Finance
Introduction to Australian Business Tax
Japanese Law
Law and Investment in Asia
Law and Society in Indonesia
Law of Asset Protection
Law of International Institutions
Law of Tax Administration
Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia
Microfinance: Law and Policy
Olympic Sports Arbitration
Personal Property Securities
Plain English in Legal Writing
Principles of Intellectual Property
Principles of Oil and Gas Law
Principles of Patent Law
Private International Law
Problems in Contract Formation
Public Policy
Regulation and Regulators
Regulation of Financial Products and Services
Securities and Markets Regulation
Shareholders' Remedies
Sports Law
Takeovers and Reconstructions
Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance
Tax Litigation
Tax of Business and Investment Income A
Tax of Business and Investment Income B
Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts
Tax Treaties
Tax Treaties Special Issues
Taxation of Corporate Finance
Taxation of Corporate Groups
Taxation of Financial Products
Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts
The Business of Tax Administration
The Legal System of the European Union
Transfer Pricing in International Tax
UK International Taxation
US Corporate Law
US International Taxation
World Trade Organization-Dispute Resolution

Staff

For further information on individual staff, their research interests and publications, please refer to the Our People section of the website.