Master of Laws / Graduate Diploma in 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 Laws |
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| Candidates must complete 48 credit points of units of study selected from any postgraduate units of study offered by the Faculty of Law. | |||
2012 Units of Study |
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| LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 |
compulsory for MALP students |
Int March |
| LAWS6014 Advanced Financing Techniques |
6 | A LAWS6038 or LAWS6046 or law degree with good background in Australian corporate law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law |
6 | P LAWS6061 International Environmental Law or equivalent unit |
Int October |
| LAWS6837 Aspects of Law and Justice |
6 | N JURS6022, JURS6023 |
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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| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6960 Children and Family Law |
6 | A Available to students without a law degree. However, only students who are working in a family law-related area will be permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Int May |
| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | Int March |
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| LAWS6988 Clash of Systems:Indigenous People & Law |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation |
6 | Int May |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6921 Comparative Climate Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int June |
| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6907 Comparative Law of Evidence |
6 | A common law legal method |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. The unit replaced LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy 1. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6034 Criminal Liability |
6 |
This unit is an introduction to aspects of criminal law for non-lawyers and is therefore not available to students who have completed a law degree or completed criminal law at a tertiary level. Compulsory for MCrim students |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6035 Criminal Procedures |
6 | Int March |
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| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6973 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit (LAWS6973) is worth 6cp. Students are not permitted to convert to LAWS6974 (12cp) after enrolment. For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.nepal@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int January |
| LAWS6974 Development, Law and Human Rights |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit (LAWS6974) is worth 12cp. Students are not permitted to convert to LAWS6973 (6cp) after enrolment. For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.nepal@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int January |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6039 Discrimination in the Workplace |
6 |
MLLR students may enrol in this unit before completing LAWS6071 |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is not a skills unit and students will not be trained as negotiators or mediators. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int October |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction |
Int August |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law with permission of the Program Coordinator |
Int April |
| LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law). |
Int April |
| LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology: Space & Place |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology. |
Int March |
| LAWS6043 Environmental Impact Assessment Law |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction Environmental Law students must complete LAWS6252 and this compulsory unit prior to enrolling in other law elective units |
Int August Int March |
| LAWS6899 Environmentally Sustainable Business |
6 | N LAWS6082 This unit replaced LAWS6082 Pollution Law and LAWS6899 Corporate Environmental Responsibility. |
Int November |
| 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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| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6981 Family Law, ADR and Tech in Negotiation |
6 | A LAWS3432 Family Law or equivalent relevant professional experience in Family Law |
Int April |
| LAWS6979 Finance Issues on Relationship Breakdown |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int August |
| LAWS6954 Financial Risk Allocation in Equity |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| JURS6019 Freedom of Speech |
6 |
This unit replaced JURS6019 Freedom of Speech and Religion. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law & Soc Control |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control. |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Int July |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int June |
| LAWS6055 Heritage Law |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | Int August |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6985 Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care |
6 | N LAWS3452, LAWS5152 and students who have previously completed Medical Law in their undergraduate degree Compulsory for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6022 Internatl & Comparative Labour Law |
6 | Int July |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6219 International Criminal Law |
6 | N LAWS6896 |
Int July |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Int April |
| LAWS6800 International Financial Organisations |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law & Prac |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 |
Int October |
| LAWS6894 International Human Rights Advocacy |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int April |
| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int August |
| 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 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 |
Compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students. This unit replaced LAWS6167 International Law and Australian Institutions. |
Int October Semester 1 |
| LAWS6868 International Sale |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int March |
| LAWS6942 International Structured Finance |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1a,,Semester 1b,,Semester 2a,,Semester 2b, |
Int August Int March Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| LAWS6881 Intro to Law for Health Professionals |
6 | N LAWS6252 Students may enrol in this unit or LAWS6252, but not both. Students are encouraged to enrol in this unit where possible. This unit replaced LAWS6881 Health Law for Health Professionals. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol & Procedure |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A MLLR students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (compulsory) as well as this unit before undertaking the labour law elective units N WORK6116 The unit is compulsory for students enrolled in the MLLR. However, the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the student can demonstrate proficiency in the unit objectives gained through completing a recent undergraduate law unit in labour law or work experience. |
Int March |
| LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. This unit replaced LAWS6848 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy. |
Int August |
| 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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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Int May |
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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 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6929 Legal Systems of the Pacific |
6 | Int October |
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| LAWS6821 Mediation - Skills and Theory |
6 | N LAWS6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students enrolling in this unit need to commit themselves to attending all classes. The skills learning takes place in class and skills are built incrementally from the beginning to the end of the unit. Students cannot catch up on elements they have missed by doing reading outside class - they must participate in all scheduled sessions. If students have a problem with attendance, they should postpone enrolling or transfer to another unit by the relevant census date. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int November |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Int Sept |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6197 Policing Australian Society |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6245 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sex & Reproducti |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6065 Pollution and Contaminated Land |
6 | Int October |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6999 Registered Associations |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071 |
Int August |
| LAWS6998 Regulating Global Crisis |
6 | Int May |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6003 Reproduction and the Law |
6 | Int August |
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| LAWS6087 Rethinking the Adversarial System |
6 | A Law degree is desirable |
Int April |
| LAWS6003 Reproduction and the Law |
6 | Int August |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6154 Sustainable Development Law in China |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/accel/index.shtml or contact law.accel@sydney.edu.au. |
Int July |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6976 The Causation Element |
6 | Int April |
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| LAWS6887 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth |
6 | A It is assumed that students have a good working knowledge of the Australian judicial system and Australian federal constitutional law. Only students with a law degree from an Australian institution, or who have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and have studied Australian federal constitutional law will be permitted into the unit. The unit replaced LAWS6887 Federal Jurisdiction |
Int Sept |
| 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 |
| LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law. |
Int August |
| 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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| LAWS6191 Water Law |
6 | Int June |
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| LAWS6096 Work Safety |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction (GradDipPubHL and MLLR students) and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
Int May |
| 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 |
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 for 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 |
| LAWS6985 Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care |
6 | N LAWS3452, LAWS5152 and students who have previously completed Medical Law in their undergraduate degree Compulsory for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int March |
| LAWS6159 Insolvency Law |
6 | A law degree with good background in Australian corporate law This unit replaced LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law |
Int July |
| LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law). |
Int April |
| LAWS6896 Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice |
6 | N LAWS6269, LAWS6219 |
S1 Late IntC |
| 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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| LAWS6219 International Criminal Law |
6 | N LAWS6896 |
Int July |
| LAWS6911 International Derivatives Law & Practice |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6810 or equivalent unit or comparable experience in practice |
S1 Intensive |
| LAWS6865 IDR: Principles |
6 | N LAWS6202 This unit replaced LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice |
S1 Late IntA |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Int April |
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 |
Int October |
| LAWS6894 International Human Rights Advocacy |
6 | Int Sept |
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| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int April |
| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Int May |
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| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int August |
| 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 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 |
Compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students. This unit replaced LAWS6167 International Law and Australian Institutions. |
Int October Semester 1 |
| LAWS6261 Int Protection of Intellectual Property |
6 | S1 Late IntB |
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| LAWS6972 International Securities Regulation |
6 | Int November |
|
| LAWS6903 Interpreting Commercial Contracts |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int July |
| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1a,,Semester 1b,,Semester 2a,,Semester 2b, |
Int August Int March Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| 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 |
| LAWS6881 Intro to Law for Health Professionals |
6 | N LAWS6252 Students may enrol in this unit or LAWS6252, but not both. Students are encouraged to enrol in this unit where possible. This unit replaced LAWS6881 Health Law for Health Professionals. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6975 Islamic Trade and Finance Law |
6 | S1 Late IntB |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6901 Japanese Law and the Economy |
6 | A undergraduate degree in law, business or Japanese studies 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 |
| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol & Procedure |
6 | Int August |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A MLLR students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (compulsory) as well as this unit before undertaking the labour law elective units N WORK6116 The unit is compulsory for students enrolled in the MLLR. However, the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the student can demonstrate proficiency in the unit objectives gained through completing a recent undergraduate law unit in labour law or work experience. |
Int March |
| LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy |
6 | A LAWS6252 and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
S2 Late IntA |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6968 Law and Literature |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
S2 Late IntB |
| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6982 Law of Economic Integration in the EU |
6 | A basic understanding of EU Law |
S1 Intensive |
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6928 Law & Economic Development |
S2 Late IntB |
| 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 |
| LAWS6929 Legal Systems of the Pacific |
6 | Int October |
|
| LAWS6944 Manipulation & Abuse: Global Secur Mkts |
6 | S2 Late IntA |
|
| LAWS6821 Mediation - Skills and Theory |
6 | N LAWS6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students enrolling in this unit need to commit themselves to attending all classes. The skills learning takes place in class and skills are built incrementally from the beginning to the end of the unit. Students cannot catch up on elements they have missed by doing reading outside class - they must participate in all scheduled sessions. If students have a problem with attendance, they should postpone enrolling or transfer to another unit by the relevant census date. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int November |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities |
6 | 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 |
| LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139, LAWS6042, LAWS6113 Compulsory for MALP students. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6962 Regulation of Fin Products and Services |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6962 Retail Financial Services and Products. |
Int October |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6107 Tax Litigation |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6129 Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int June, |
Int June Int October |
| 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 |
| LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6244 Taxation of Corporate Groups |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6906 Taxation of Financial Products |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6892 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | C LAWS6030 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6926 The Business of Tax Administration |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6976 The Causation Element |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6887 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth |
6 | A It is assumed that students have a good working knowledge of the Australian judicial system and Australian federal constitutional law. Only students with a law degree from an Australian institution, or who have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and have studied Australian federal constitutional law will be permitted into the unit. The unit replaced LAWS6887 Federal Jurisdiction |
Int Sept |
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Int February |
|
| LAWS6191 Water Law |
6 | Int June |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties This unit replaced LAWS6063 International Trade Regulation |
S1 Late IntB |
| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6069 Juvenile Justice |
Semester 2 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
Graduate Diploma in Law |
|||
| Candidates must complete 24 credit points of units of study. | |||
2012 Units of Study |
|||
| LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 |
compulsory for MALP students |
Int March |
| LAWS6014 Advanced Financing Techniques |
6 | A LAWS6038 or LAWS6046 or law degree with good background in Australian corporate law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law |
6 | P LAWS6061 International Environmental Law or equivalent unit |
Int October |
| LAWS6837 Aspects of Law and Justice |
6 | N JURS6022, JURS6023 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6809 Breach of Contract |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6960 Children and Family Law |
6 | A Available to students without a law degree. However, only students who are working in a family law-related area will be permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Int May |
| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | Int March |
|
| LAWS6988 Clash of Systems:Indigenous People & Law |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation |
6 | Int May |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6921 Comparative Climate Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int June |
| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6907 Comparative Law of Evidence |
6 | A common law legal method |
Int March |
| LAWS6814 Comparative Value Added Tax |
6 | Int June |
|
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1,,Semester 1a, |
Int March Semester 1 Semester 1a |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. The unit replaced LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy 1. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6034 Criminal Liability |
6 |
This unit is an introduction to aspects of criminal law for non-lawyers and is therefore not available to students who have completed a law degree or completed criminal law at a tertiary level. Compulsory for MCrim students |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6035 Criminal Procedures |
6 | Int March |
|
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6973 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit (LAWS6973) is worth 6cp. Students are not permitted to convert to LAWS6974 (12cp) after enrolment. For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.nepal@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int January |
| LAWS6974 Development, Law and Human Rights |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit (LAWS6974) is worth 12cp. Students are not permitted to convert to LAWS6973 (6cp) after enrolment. For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.nepal@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Int January |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6039 Discrimination in the Workplace |
6 |
MLLR students may enrol in this unit before completing LAWS6071 |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is not a skills unit and students will not be trained as negotiators or mediators. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int October |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction |
Int August |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | Int October |
|
| LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law with permission of the Program Coordinator |
Int April |
| LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law). |
Int April |
| LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology: Space & Place |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology. |
Int March |
| LAWS6043 Environmental Impact Assessment Law |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction Environmental Law students must complete LAWS6252 and this compulsory unit prior to enrolling in other law elective units |
Int August Int March |
| LAWS6899 Environmentally Sustainable Business |
6 | N LAWS6082 This unit replaced LAWS6082 Pollution Law and LAWS6899 Corporate Environmental Responsibility. |
Int November |
| LAWS6046 Equity Financing |
6 | A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6952 European Private International Law |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6981 Family Law, ADR and Tech in Negotiation |
6 | A LAWS3432 Family Law or equivalent relevant professional experience in Family Law |
Int April |
| LAWS6979 Finance Issues on Relationship Breakdown |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int August |
| LAWS6954 Financial Risk Allocation in Equity |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| JURS6019 Freedom of Speech |
6 |
This unit replaced JURS6019 Freedom of Speech and Religion. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law & Soc Control |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control. |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Int July |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int Sept |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int June |
| LAWS6055 Heritage Law |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6985 Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care |
6 | N LAWS3452, LAWS5152 and students who have previously completed Medical Law in their undergraduate degree Compulsory for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6022 Internatl & Comparative Labour Law |
6 | Int July |
|
| LAWS6156 International Banking Law |
6 | Int January |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6219 International Criminal Law |
6 | N LAWS6896 |
Int July |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Int April |
| LAWS6800 International Financial Organisations |
6 | Int October |
|
| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law & Prac |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 |
Int October |
| LAWS6894 International Human Rights Advocacy |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int April |
| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force |
6 | N LAWS3483, LAWS5183 |
Int August |
| 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 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 |
Compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students. This unit replaced LAWS6167 International Law and Australian Institutions. |
Int October Semester 1 |
| LAWS6868 International Sale |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int March |
| LAWS6942 International Structured Finance |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1a,,Semester 1b,,Semester 2a,,Semester 2b, |
Int August Int March Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| LAWS6881 Intro to Law for Health Professionals |
6 | N LAWS6252 Students may enrol in this unit or LAWS6252, but not both. Students are encouraged to enrol in this unit where possible. This unit replaced LAWS6881 Health Law for Health Professionals. |
Int March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol & Procedure |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A MLLR students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (compulsory) as well as this unit before undertaking the labour law elective units N WORK6116 The unit is compulsory for students enrolled in the MLLR. However, the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the student can demonstrate proficiency in the unit objectives gained through completing a recent undergraduate law unit in labour law or work experience. |
Int March |
| LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
Compulsory for GradDipPubHL students. This unit replaced LAWS6848 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy. |
Int August |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6135 Law and Society in Indonesia |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Int May |
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6929 Legal Systems of the Pacific |
6 | Int October |
|
| LAWS6821 Mediation - Skills and Theory |
6 | N LAWS6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students enrolling in this unit need to commit themselves to attending all classes. The skills learning takes place in class and skills are built incrementally from the beginning to the end of the unit. Students cannot catch up on elements they have missed by doing reading outside class - they must participate in all scheduled sessions. If students have a problem with attendance, they should postpone enrolling or transfer to another unit by the relevant census date. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Int November |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6271 Microfinance: Law and Policy |
6 | Int October |
|
| LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities |
6 | Int March |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6197 Policing Australian Society |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6245 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sex & Reproducti |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6065 Pollution and Contaminated Land |
6 | Int October |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6999 Registered Associations |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071 |
Int August |
| LAWS6998 Regulating Global Crisis |
6 | Int May |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6003 Reproduction and the Law |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6087 Rethinking the Adversarial System |
6 | A Law degree is desirable |
Int April |
| LAWS6003 Reproduction and the Law |
6 | Int August |
|
| 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 |
| LAWS6154 Sustainable Development Law in China |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/accel/index.shtml or contact law.accel@sydney.edu.au. |
Int July |
| 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 |
|
| LAWS6107 Tax Litigation |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6129 Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int June, |
Int June Int October |
| 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 |
| LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| LAWS6244 Taxation of Corporate Groups |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6906 Taxation of Financial Products |
6 | Int August |
|
| LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6926 The Business of Tax Administration |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6976 The Causation Element |
6 | Int April |
|
| LAWS6887 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth |
6 | A It is assumed that students have a good working knowledge of the Australian judicial system and Australian federal constitutional law. Only students with a law degree from an Australian institution, or who have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and have studied Australian federal constitutional law will be permitted into the unit. The unit replaced LAWS6887 Federal Jurisdiction |
Int Sept |
| 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 |
| LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law. |
Int August |
| LAWS6123 Transfer Pricing in International Tax |
6 | Int Sept |
|
| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Int May |
|
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Int February |
|
| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| LAWS6191 Water Law |
6 | Int June |
|
| LAWS6096 Work Safety |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction (GradDipPubHL and MLLR students) and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
Int May |
| 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 Laws
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
|
Code |
Course title |
|---|---|
|
JF003 |
Graduate Diploma in Law |
|
JC030 |
Master of Laws |
2 Attendance pattern
0.
The attendance pattern for these courses is full-time or part-time according to candidate choice.
3 Master's type
0.
The master's degree in these resolutions is an advanced learning master's degree, as defined by the Coursework Rule.
4 Embedded courses in this sequence
(2)
Provided that candidates satisfy the admission requirements for each stage, a candidate may progress to the award of either 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.
(2)
Admission to candidature for the Graduate Diploma in Law requires a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification.
(a)
a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney with a minimum credit average, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
completion of the requirements of an embedded graduate diploma with a minimum credit average, or an equivalent qualification.
6 Requirements for award
(1)
The units of study that may be taken for the courses are set out in the table of units of study for the Master of Laws.
(2)
To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Law, a candidate must complete 24 credit points.
(3)
To qualify for the award of the Master of Laws, a candidate must complete 48 credit points, including at least one unit of study in which the assessment consists substantially of a long research essay (7,000-10,000 words in length) (capstone experience).
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.