Unit table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Faculty of Law Undergraduate Table of Units of Study |
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Compulsory Units of Study |
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Combined Law Year 1 |
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| LAWS1006 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:S1 Intensive, |
S1 Intensive Semester 2 |
| LAWS1013 Legal Research I |
C LAWS1006 N LAWS1008 Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Faculty of Economics & Business. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Combined Law Year 2 |
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| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1002, LAWS2008 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1012 N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 |
Semester 2 |
Combined Law Year 3 |
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| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1018, LAWS2005 |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
| LAWS1019 Legal Research II |
P LAWS1013 N LAWS1008, LAWS1022 Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Faculty of Economics & Business. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Graduate Law Year 1 |
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| LAWS1006 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:S1 Intensive, |
S1 Intensive Semester 2 |
| LAWS1022 Legal Research I & II |
C LAWS1006 N LAWS1008, LAWS1013, LAWS1019 Available to graduate LLB candidates who commenced prior to 2011. |
Semester 1 |
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| LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1012 N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1002, LAWS2008 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1018, LAWS2005 |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 |
Semester 2 |
Combined Law 4/5 and Graduate Law 2 |
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| Candidates for the Bachelor of Laws combined with the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications), Bachelor of Engineering, or Bachelor of Information Technology do not undertake any law units in Year 4. After completion of the requirements of their first degree, candidates return to 'Year 5' of the Bachelor of Laws. | |||
| For all other combined law degrees, candidates enrol full-time in the Bachelor of Laws in Year 4. | |||
| LAWS2010 Administrative Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 C LAWS2011 N LAWS2002 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 N LAWS1004, LAWS3000, LAWS3003 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2012 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | N LAWS2004, LAWS2007 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2013 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001, LAWS3002, LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
| LAWS2015 Equity |
6 | N LAWS2004 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Summer Main, Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| LAWS2016 Evidence |
6 | P LAWS1006 Foundations of Law and LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure N LAWS2006 |
Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS2017 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS2007 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
Combined Law 5/6 and Graduate Law 3 |
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| LAWS2018 Private International Law A (This unit of study is not available in 2011) | |||
2011 Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates must successfully complete 42 credit points from the elective units of study including: | |||
| (a) a maximum of 36 credit points from Part 1- Elective Units of Study | |||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2- Jurisprudence Units of Study | |||
Part 1- Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS3401 Advanced Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) C LAWS2011 N LAWS3027 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3403 Advanced Corporate Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3008 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 N LAWS3445 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3477 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | P LAWS1010 or LAWS1012, LAWS1002 or (LAWS1015 and LAWS1017), LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3009 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 N LAWS3013 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3410 Animal Law |
6 | N LAWS3088 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3411 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Summer L3, |
Semester 1 Summer L3 |
| LAWS3416 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006, LAWS3022 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and priority is given to final year students. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3418 Comparative Constitutional Law: Aus & US |
6 | P LAWS1004 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) or LAWS3003 or LAWS3000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3419 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3422 Conveyancing |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 N LAWS3017 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3424 Corporate and Securities Regulation |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3108 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 2, |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3478 Development and Human Rights |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment is by application in August 2010. |
Summer L4 |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3474 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3431 External Placement Program |
6 | N LAWS3025 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3432 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3260 Independent Research Project |
6 | N LAWS3030, LAWS3031, LAWS3115 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS3030 Independent Research Project |
4 | N LAWS3031, LAWS3115, LAWS3260 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is at the discretion of the Faculty. Enrolment is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS3115 Independent Research Project |
2 | N LAWS3031, LAWS3030, LAWS3260 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS3435 Indigenous People and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3005 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3437 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3092 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3438 International Commercial Transactions |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3072 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 N LAWS3034 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3489 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023. Other pre-requisites may apply to individual moots. N LAWS3093, LAWS3035 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitve selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competion. |
S2 Late Ib Semester 1 |
| LAWS3443 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3441 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS3481 Investment and Financial Services Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033, LAWS3472, LAWS3423 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 2, |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472, LAWS3033, LAWS3423 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications for the offshore intensive unit open on 13 September 2010 and close on 8 October: see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus. For further details of the course see www.kyoto-seminar.jp. |
Summer L4 |
| LAWS3446 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS3452 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1, |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3453 Migration Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 and LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3003 C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3045 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3455 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1,,Semester 2, |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| LAWS3458 Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021), LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS2011 C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3045 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3484 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS2012 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3461 Social Justice Clinical Course |
6 | N LAWS4061 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3463 Sports Law |
6 | N LAWS3087 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. For further information, please visit sydney.edu.au/law/slr. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3466 The Constitution and the Crown |
6 | P (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) or LAWS 1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3002 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3483 War Law: Use of Force & Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440, LAWS3086 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Part 2- Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| LAWS3473 Critical Legal Theory |
6 |
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3436 International/Comparative Jurisprudence |
6 | N JURS3006 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3447 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3454 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3462 Sociological Theories of Law |
6 | N JURS3001 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3468 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3469 Theories of Law |
6 | N LAWS3089 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3475 Theories of Law in World Society |
6 |
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3470 Theories of Legal Reasoning |
6 | N LAWS3083 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3471 Theories of Obedience |
6 |
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |