Units of study 2013 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 2013. 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 Directors’ Duties (LAWS6311)
- Advanced Employment Law (LAWS6013)
- Advanced Obligations and Remedies (LAWS6947)
- Advanced Trusts: Theory and Practice (LAWS6309)
- Anti-Terrorism Law (LAWS6856)
- Aspects of European Union Commercial Law (LAWS6905)
- Australian International Taxation (LAWS6209)
- Chinese International Taxation (LAWS6091)
- Chinese Laws & Chinese Legal Systems (12cp) (LAWS6001)
- Clash of Systems: Indigenous People & Law (LAWS6988)
- Commercial Equity Litigation (LAWS6188)
- Commercial Maritime Law (LAWS6849)
- 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)
- Constitutional Theory (JURS6018)
- Constitutionalism and Democracy (LAWS6303)
- Consumer Contracts and Product Defects (LAWS6227)
- Contract Negotiation (LAWS6872)
- Contractual Damages (LAWS6874)
- Controlling Liability by Contract (LAWS6250)
- 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 (LAWS6997)
- Death Law (LAWS6889)
- Debt Financing (LAWS6038)
- 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)
- Doing Business in Emerging Markets (LAWS6945)
- Economics of Tax Policy (LAWS6984)
- Employment Law Advocacy (LAWS6937)
- Energy and Climate Law (LAWS6163)
- Environmental Criminology: Space & Place (LAWS6893)
- Environmental Law and Policy (LAWS6044)
- Environmental Planning Law (LAWS6045)
- European Health Law and Policy (LAWS6312)
- Expert Evidence Law and Class Action Procedure (LAWS6307)
- Explaining Crime (LAWS6048)
- Explaining Punishment (LAWS6194)
- Forensic Psychology (LAWS6970)
- Functional Analysis of Law and Social Control (LAWS6187)
- Fundamentals of Contract Law (LAWS6991)
- Fundamentals of Corporate Law (LAWS6810)
- Fundamentals of Finance Law (LAWS6955)
- Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts (LAWS6912)
- Genetics and the Law (LAWS6914)
- Global Energy and Resources Law (LAWS6964)
- Global Health Law (LAWS6920)
- 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)
- Health Care and Professional Liability (LAWS6054)
- Health, Development, Trade and Investment Law (LAWS6306)
- Heritage Law (LAWS6055)
- Human Rights and Environmental Law (LAWS6302)
- Human Rights and the Global Economy (LAWS6846)
- Immigration & Nationality Law (LAWS6223)
- Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice (LAWS6985)
- Information Rights in Health Care (LAWS6058)
- Insolvency Law (LAWS6159)
- International & Comparative Criminal Justice (LAWS6896)
- International Business Law (LAWS6059)
- International Commercial Arbitration (LAWS6060)
- International Contract Law (LAWS6958)
- International Criminal Law (LAWS6219)
- International Environmental Law (LAWS6061)
- International Family Law (LAWS6304)
- 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 Insolvency Law (LAWS6939)
- International Investment Law (LAWS6916)
- International Law and the Use of Armed Force (LAWS6062)
- International Law I (LAWS6243)
- International Law II (LAWS6167)
- Introduction to Australian Business Tax (LAWS6825)
- Introduction to Chinese Law (LAWS6857)
- Islamic Law and Commerce (LAWS6975)
- Labour Law (LAWS6071)
- Law and Investment in Asia (LAWS6932)
- Law and Literature (LAWS6968)
- Law and the Holocaust (LAWS6232)
- Law of Asset Protection (LAWS6953)
- Law of International Institutions (LAWS6977)
- Law of Tax Administration (LAWS6112)
- Law of the Sea (LAWS6047)
- Law, Justice and Development (LAWS6928)
- 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 Responsibility and Philosophy of Mind (LAWS6827)
- 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)
- Philosophy of Law (LAWS6308)
- Plain English in Legal Writing (LAWS6950)
- Policing Australian Society (LAWS6197)
- Pollution and Contaminated Land (LAWS6065)
- Principles of Oil and Gas Law (LAWS6990)
- Principles of Patent Law (LAWS6969)
- Problems in Contract Formation (LAWS6919)
- Public Policy (LAWS6257)
- Refugee Law (LAWS6198)
- Registered Associations (LAWS6999)
- Regulation and Regulators (LAWS6963)
- Regulation of Market Manipulation and Abuse (LAWS6944)
- Reproduction and the Law (LAWS6003)
- Takeovers and Reconstructions (LAWS6008)
- Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance (LAWS6965)
- Tax Litigation (LAWS6107)
- 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 Mergers and Acquisitions (LAWS6892)
- Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts (LAWS6118)
- The Business of Tax Administration (LAWS6926)
- The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth (LAWS6887)
- Theories of Law (LAWS6940)
- Transfer Pricing in International Taxation (LAWS6123)
- Water Law and Climate Change (LAWS6191)
- Workplace Bargaining (LAWS6122)
- Workplace Investigations (LAWS6305)
- World Trade Organization – Dispute Resolution (LAWS6924)
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