Business Law
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Business Law |
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| Candidates must complete 48 credit points of units of study from the list of units below. | |||
2012 Core Units of Study |
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| Candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake the unit below prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 International students who are required to enrol in this unit must undertake classes during the first week of their study. Health Law and Public Health students should enrol in LAWS6881 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals in lieu of LAWS6252, if available. |
Int April Int August Int March Int Sept |
2012 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS6014 Advanced Financing Techniques |
6 | A LAWS6038 or LAWS6046 or law degree with good background in Australian corporate law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6809 Breach of Contract |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6936 Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | Int March |
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| LAWS6001 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
12 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction N LAWS6857, LAWS3014 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit is not available to students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China. Students must register their attendance before enrolling. To register, please visit the Shanghai Winter School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/shanghai/ Registration enquiries law.caplus@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int December |
| LAWS6188 Commercial Equity Litigation |
6 | A students should have a working knowledge of the law of property and equity and some familiarity with litigation would be useful but not essential This unit replaced LAWS6188 Commercial Equity. |
Int February |
| LAWS6900 Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree is preferable but knowledge gained from work in shipping or related fields will be sufficient |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6170 Comparative Income Taxation |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6814 Comparative Value Added Tax |
6 | Int June |
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| LAWS6838 Competition Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry |
6 | A A good general grasp of legal and equitable principles, including the common law, and a basic knowledge of undergraduate law units. The unit is open not only to students in the LLM program, but also to lawyers, regulatory staff or compliance professionals. It is not necessary that the latter hold a law degree in order to participate in the unit, but they should understand that the unit is being taught as part of a law program at postgraduate level. They may find it preferable therefore to audit the unit on a non-assessed basis, rather than participate on an assessed basis. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6851 Construction Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int May |
| LAWS6227 Consumer Contracts and Product Defects |
6 | N LAWS6024, LAWS6025 This unit replaced LAWS6227 Consumer Protection Law: Liability of Suppliers to Consumers. |
Int October |
| LAWS6872 Contract Negotiation |
6 | A completed contract law in an undergraduate law degree Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int April |
| LAWS6160 Copyright and Copyright Industries |
6 | A Undergraduate law degree. Completion of LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property or undergraduate study in IP will be an advantage. Students who do not have a background in copyright or IP will be provided with additional preparatory reading. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6100 Corporate Fundraising |
6 | A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1,,Semester 1a, |
Int March Semester 1 Semester 1a |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals - A US Perspective |
6 | A Students undertaking this unit must hold a law degree and have a good working knowledge of the Australian Corporations Act and the rules and practices applicable to securities offerings and takeovers or the equivalent in their home jurisdiction |
Int April |
| LAWS6915 Current Issues in Defamation Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int August |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction |
Int August |
| LAWS6884 International Commercial Litigation |
6 | A undergraduate law degree and basic understanding of private international law from any legal system N LAWS6824 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law with permission of the Program Coordinator |
Int April |
| LAWS6046 Equity Financing |
6 | A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6952 European Private International Law |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6954 Financial Risk Allocation in Equity |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6987 Fundamentals of Commercial Law |
6 | A This unit assumes no previous knowledge and is available to non-lawyers and to lawyers who have not previously studied or practised in the area N LAWS3400 This unit replaced LAWS6987 Introduction to Commercial Law. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6991 Fundamentals of Contract Law |
6 | C LAWS6252 N LAWS1002, LAWS1015, LAWS2008, LAWS5002 This unit is only available to non-law graduates who have not undertaken any previous study of contract law. This unit replaced LAWS6991 Introduction to Contract Law. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6810 Fundamentals of Corporate Law |
6 | N LAWS2003, LAWS2014, LAWS5014, CLAW2001, CLAW2201, CLAW6002 or equivalent unit This unit replaced LAWS6810 Introductory Corporate Law. |
Int March |
| LAWS6955 Fundamentals of Finance Law |
6 | A This unit assumes no previous knowledge and is available to non-lawyers and to lawyers who have not previously studied or practised in the area This unit replaced LAWS6955 Key Legal Concepts in Finance Law. |
Int April Int August |
| LAWS6912 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts |
6 | N students who have previously completed LAWS2015, LAWS3474 or an undergraduate/postgraduate unit in equity or the law of trusts This unit replaced LAWS6912 The Law of Trusts. |
Int August |
| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6933 International Petroleum Transactions. International Law students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. |
Int May |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | A A basic understanding of taxation law |
Int May |
| LAWS6828 Goods and Services Tax Principles B |
6 | A LAWS6214 GST Principles A. With permission of the Tax Program Coordinator, students with a good working knowledge of GST or VAT from previous study or practical experience may be permitted to enrol. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | Int August |
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Independent Research Project |
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| This unit is available as a one semester unit of study worth 6 or 12 credit points, or as a full year unit of study worth 12 credit points. No more than 12 credit points of the Independent Research Project may be credited towards the requirements of the master's degree. | |||
| LAWS6147 Independent Research Project |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Closing date 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2) |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A |
6 | C LAWS6183 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Closing date 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6183 Independent Research Project B |
6 | C LAWS6182 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Closing date 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6159 Insolvency Law |
6 | A law degree with good background in Australian corporate law This unit replaced LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law |
Int July |
| LAWS6860 Intellectual Property: Trade Marks |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6860 Intellectual Property: Issues in Marketing Rights. |
Int November |
| LAWS6156 International Banking Law |
6 | Int January |
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| LAWS6059 International Business Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction Compulsory for MIntBus&L students. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6060 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6884 International Commercial Litigation |
6 | A undergraduate law degree and basic understanding of private international law from any legal system N LAWS6824 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6958 International Contract Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree This unit replaced LAWS6958 Comparative Commercial Contracts. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6800 International Financial Organisations |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law & Prac |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6243 International Law I |
6 |
This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken in the first semester of candidature. This unit replaced LAWS6243 Public International Law. |
Int May Semester 2 |
| LAWS6868 International Sale |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int March |
| LAWS6942 International Structured Finance |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction |
Int August |
| LAWS6879 Japanese Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus/ or contact law.caplus@sydney.edu.au |
Int February |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6135 Law and Society in Indonesia |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6977 Law of International Institutions |
6 | A LAWS6243 International Law I or equivalent unit in public international law N GOVT6116 |
Int February |
| LAWS6112 Law of Tax Administration |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6149 Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit will be taught offshore with the cooperation of Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and International Islamic University (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). These institutions will provide guest lecturers. These institutions can be contacted through Dr Simon Butt and Dr Salim Farrar. Students must register their attendance before enrolling. For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus Registration enquiries law.caplus@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int July |
| LAWS6271 Microfinance: Law and Policy |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities |
6 | Int March |
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| LAWS6950 Plain English in Legal Writing |
6 | A undergraduate law degree, completed legal studies as part of a business or commerce degree or LAWS6252 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property |
6 | N LAWS3480, LAWS3479, LAWS5180, LAWS5179, LAWS6854 and students who have previously completed an equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate unit in intellectual property This unit replaced LAWS6873 Intellectual Property: Principles and Context (formerly LAWS6854 Introduction to Intellectual Property). |
Int July |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law |
6 |
International Law students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. |
Int March |
| LAWS6969 Principles of Patent Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree N students who have previously completed LAWS3423 or undergraduate/postgraduate unit in patent law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6948 Private International Law |
6 | N LAWS3015, LAWS3457 or equivalent unit |
Int March |
| LAWS6919 Problems in Contract Formation |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int May |
| LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139, LAWS6042, LAWS6113 Compulsory for MALP students. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6963 Regulation and Regulators |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6963 Regulation: Theory and Practice. |
Int May |
| LAWS6962 Regulation of Fin Products and Services |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6962 Retail Financial Services and Products. |
Int October |
| LAWS6087 Rethinking the Adversarial System |
6 | A Law degree is desirable |
Int April |
| LAWS6247 Securities and Markets Regulation |
6 | A law degree with good background in Australian corporate law This unit replaced LAWS6247 Australian Financial Services Regulation. |
Int January |
| LAWS6957 Shareholders' Remedies |
6 | A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge |
Int January |
| LAWS6808 Sports Law |
6 | N LAWS6248 |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6008 Takeovers and Reconstructions |
6 | A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6965 Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6107 Tax Litigation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6840 Tax of Business and Investment Income A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1,,Semester 1a, |
Int May Semester 1 Semester 1a |
| LAWS6841 Tax of Business and Investment Income B |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int August,,Semester 2a, |
Int August Semester 2 Semester 2a |
| LAWS6129 Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int June, |
Int June Int October |
| LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6244 Taxation of Corporate Groups |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6906 Taxation of Financial Products |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6926 The Business of Tax Administration |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6207 The Legal System of the European Union |
6 | N LAWS6819 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int July |
| LAWS6123 Transfer Pricing in International Tax |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Int February |
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| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6924 World Trade Organization-Dispute Resolut |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties This unit replaced LAWS6924 Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization. |
Int October |
Course rules
Master of Business Law
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended) and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
Course resolutions
1 Course codes
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Course title |
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JC032 |
Master of Business Law |
2 Attendance pattern
3 Master's type
0.
The master's degree in these resolutions is a professional master's degree, as defined by the Coursework Rule.
4 Embedded courses in this sequence
(a)
the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law or the Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law or the Graduate Diploma in International Business Law or the Graduate Diploma in Taxation
(2)
Provided that candidates satisfy the admission requirements for each stage, a candidate may progress to the award of any of the courses in this sequence. Only the longer award completed will be conferred.
5 Admission to candidature
(1)
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admissions criteria.
(a)
a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit average from the University of Sydney in commerce, economics, law or other appropriate discipline as determined by the Faculty, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification; and the applicant provides evidence of professional experience or of a period of service (normally of several years in duration) which in the opinion of the Dean adequately prepares the applicant to undertake the course of study; or
(c)
completion of the requirements of an embedded graduate diploma with a minimum credit average, or an equivalent qualification.
6 Requirements for award
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The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the tables of units of study for the Master of Business Law. To qualify for the award of the Master of Business Law, a candidate must complete 48 credit points of core and elective units of study.
7 Course transfer
0.
A candidate for the master's degree may elect to discontinue study and graduate with the shorter award from this embedded sequence, with the approval of the Dean, and provided the requirements of the shorter award have been met.
8 Transitional provisions
(2)
Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2011 will complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January 2016. The Faculty may specify a later date for completion or specify alternative requirements for completion of candidatures that extend beyond this time.