Units of study 2012 by alphabetical order
Each year more than 150 units of study are offered within the Sydney Law School's Postgraduate Program. The following is a summary of available postgraduate units of study for 2012. The unit descriptions represent a detailed snapshot of each unit of study. The unit descriptions do not represent the official version, published in the Sydney Law School Handbook, available to download on the relevant University of Sydney Handbooks website.
Each unit description contains details on the relevant lecturer(s), credit point value, session offering, dates, assessment and degree applicability. Information such as pre and co-requisites, textbook and other relevant details are not included.
The Sydney Law School reserves the right to make any alterations to this information without notice. It cannot guarantee the availability and certainty of delivery of each unit of study. Please refer to the Postgraduate Law @ Sydney Law School Noticeboard for the latest information in relation to each unit of study.
We hope this information provides a useful guide to planning your path of study for 2012.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
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- Administrative Law (LAWS6011)
- Advanced Financing Techniques (LAWS6014)
- Aspects of Law & Justice (LAWS6837)
- Australian International Taxation (LAWS6209)
- Capital Gains Tax (LAWS6169)
- Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation (LAWS6936)
- Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives (LAWS6105)
- Children and Family Law (LAWS6960)
- Chinese International Taxation (LAWS6091)
- Chinese Laws & Chinese Legal Systems (12cp) (LAWS6001)
- Clash of Systems: Indigenous People & Law (LAWS6988)
- Class Actions & Complex Litigation (LAWS6869)
- Commercial Equity Litigation (LAWS6188)
- Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law (LAWS6900)
- Comparative Climate Law (LAWS6921)
- Comparative Corporate Taxation (LAWS6153)
- Comparative Income Taxation (LAWS6170)
- Comparative International Taxation (LAWS6128)
- Comparative Law of Evidence (LAWS6907)
- Comparative Value Added Tax (LAWS6814)
- Competition Law (LAWS6838)
- Compliance: Theory & Practice in the Financial Services Industry (LAWS6264)
- Construction Law (LAWS6851)
- Consumer Contracts and Product Defects (LAWS6227)
- Contract Negotiation (LAWS6872)
- Copyright and Copyright Industries (LAWS6160)
- Corporate Fundraising (LAWS6100)
- Corporate Governance (LAWS6222)
- Corporate Social Responsibility: Theory and Policy (LAWS6140)
- Corporate Taxation (LAWS6030)
- Crime Research and Policy (LAWS6032)
- Criminal Justice Internship (LAWS6986)
- Criminal Liability (LAWS6034)
- Criminal Procedures (LAWS6035)
- Critical Issues in Public Health Law (LAWS6839)
- Cross-Border Deals – A US Perspective (LAWS6997)
- Current Issues in Defamation Law (LAWS6915)
- Development, Law & Human Rights (6 credit points) (LAWS6973)
- Development, Law & Human Rights (12 credit points) (LAWS6974)
- Discretion in Criminal Justice (LAWS6066)
- Discrimination in the Workplace (LAWS6039)
- Dispute Resolution in Australia (LAWS6130)
- Doing Business in China (LAWS6852)
- Economics of Tax Policy (LAWS6984)
- Employment Law Advocacy (LAWS6937)
- Energy and Climate Law (LAWS6163)
- Environmental Criminology: Space & Place (LAWS6893)
- Environmental Impact Assessment Law (LAWS6043)
- Environmental Law and Policy (LAWS6044)
- Environmentally Sustainable Business (LAWS6899)
- Equity Financing (LAWS6046)
- Explaining Crime (LAWS6048)
- Family Law, ADR & Techniques in Negotiation (LAWS6981)
- Financial Issues on Relationship Breakdown (LAWS6979)
- Financial Risk Allocation in Equity (LAWS6954)
- Forensic Psychology (LAWS6970)
- Freedom of Speech: Theoretical and Comparative Issues (JURS6019)
- Functional Analysis of Law and Social Control (LAWS6187)
- Fundamentals of Commercial Law (LAWS6987)
- Fundamentals of Contract Law (LAWS6991)
- Fundamentals of Corporate Law (LAWS6810)
- Fundamentals of Finance Law (LAWS6955)
- Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts (LAWS6912)
- Global Energy and Resources Law (LAWS6964)
- Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues (LAWS6933)
- Goods and Services Tax Principles A (LAWS6214)
- Goods and Services Tax Principles B (LAWS6828)
- Government Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics (LAWS6052)
- Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice (LAWS6985)
- Information Rights in Health Care (LAWS6058)
- Insolvency Law (LAWS6159)
- Intellectual Property: Trade Marks (LAWS6860)
- International and Comparative Labour Law (LAWS6022)
- International Banking Law (LAWS6156)
- International Business Law (LAWS6059)
- International Commercial Arbitration (LAWS6060)
- International Commercial Litigation (LAWS6884)
- International Contract Law (LAWS6958)
- International Criminal Law (LAWS6219)
- International Environmental Law (LAWS6061)
- International Financial Organisations (LAWS6800)
- International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice (LAWS6138)
- International Human Rights (LAWS6161)
- International Human Rights Advocacy (LAWS6894)
- International Humanitarian Law (LAWS6218)
- International Import/Export Laws (LAWS6037)
- International Investment Law (LAWS6916)
- International Law and the Use of Armed Force (LAWS6062)
- International Law I (LAWS6243)
- International Law II (LAWS6167)
- International Sales (LAWS6868)
- Introduction to Australian Business Tax (LAWS6825)
- Introduction to Law for Health Professionals (LAWS6881)
- Labour Law (LAWS6071)
- Law and Healthy Lifestyles (LAWS6848)
- Law and Investment in Asia (LAWS6932)
- Law and Society in Indonesia (LAWS6135)
- Law of Asset Protection (LAWS6953)
- Law of International Institutions (LAWS6977)
- Law of Tax Administration (LAWS6112)
- Law of the Sea (LAWS6047)
- Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia (12cp) (LAWS6149)
- Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (LAWS6252)
- Legal Research 1 (LAWS6077)
- Legal Research 2 (LAWS7001)
- Legal Research 3 (LAWS7002)
- Legal Systems of the Pacific (LAWS6929)
- Mediation – Skills and Theory (LAWS6821)
- Mental Illness: Law and Policy (LAWS6877)
- Microfinance: Law and Policy (LAWS6271)
- Personal Property Securities (LAWS6956)
- Personal Property Securities in the US (LAWS6980)
- Plain English in Legal Writing (LAWS6950)
- Policing Australian Society (LAWS6197)
- Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality & Reproduction (LAWS6245)
- Pollution and Contaminated Land (LAWS6065)
- Principles of Intellectual Property (LAWS6873)
- Principles of Oil and Gas Law (LAWS6990)
- Principles of Patent Law (LAWS6969)
- Private International Law (LAWS6948)
- Problems in Contract Formation (LAWS6919)
- Public Policy (LAWS6257)
- Registered Associations (LAWS6999)
- Regulating Global Crisis (LAWS6998)
- Regulation and Regulators (LAWS6963)
- Regulation of Financial Products and Services (LAWS6962)
- Reproduction and the Law (LAWS6003)
- Risk, Fear and Insecurity (LAWS6888)
- Securities and Markets Regulation (LAWS6247)
- Shareholders’ Remedies (LAWS6957)
- Sports Law (LAWS6808)
- Sustainable Development Law in China (12 cp) (LAWS6154)
- Takeovers and Reconstructions (LAWS6008)
- Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance (LAWS6965)
- Tax Litigation (LAWS6107)
- Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts (LAWS6129)
- Tax Treaties (LAWS6177)
- Tax Treaties Special Issues (LAWS6946)
- Taxation of Business & Investment Income A (LAWS6840)
- Taxation of Business & Investment Income B (LAWS6841)
- Taxation of Corporate Finance (LAWS6125)
- Taxation of Corporate Groups (LAWS6244)
- Taxation of Financial Products (LAWS6906)
- Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts (LAWS6118)
- The Business of Tax Administration (LAWS6926)
- The Causation Element (LAWS6976)
- The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth (LAWS6887)
- The Legal System of the European Union (LAWS6207)
- The State and Global Governance (LAWS6119)
- Transfer Pricing in International Taxation (LAWS6123)
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