Juris Doctor
Part 2 Jurisprudence elective unit of study table
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Elective units of study |
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| Students must complete 42 credit points of elective units of study, comprising: | ||
| (i) a maximum of 36 credit points of units of study from Part 1 Electives | ||
| (ii) a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study from Part 2 Jurisprudence Electives | ||
| (iii) no more than 24 credit points of master's level units of study in the Juris Doctor | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Part 2 - Jurisprudence Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS5147 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3447 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5154 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3454 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
| LAWS5168 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3468 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5171 The Morality of Obeying the Law |
6 | N LAWS3471 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5175 Philosophy of International Law |
6 | N LAWS3475 |
| LAWS5195 The Rule of Law and its Value |
6 | N LAWS3495 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5200 Law, Morals and Politics |
6 | N LAWS3500 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5201 Theories of the State |
6 | N LAWS3501 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5213 Philosophy of Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS5004 N LAWS3513 |
| LAWS5217 The History of Legal Thought |
6 | N LAWS3517 |
| LAWS5222 Rights |
6 | N LAWS3522 This unit satisfies the Part 2/Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
| LAWS5227 Property Theory |
6 | |
| LAWS5228 The Commonwealth and the Common Law |
6 | |
| LAWS5229 Australian Critical Legal Theory |
6 | |
Part 2 - Master's Level Jurisprudence Electives |
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| JURS6019 Freedom of Speech |
6 | |
| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | |
| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | |
| LAWS6836 Precedent, Interpretation and Probability |
6 | |
