Commercial Law
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law |
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| Candidates must complete 24 credit points of units of study. | |||
2012 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 |
| LAWS6809 Breach of Contract |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax |
6 | Int Sept |
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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 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 | Int August |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6868 International Sale |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Int March |
| LAWS6942 International Structured Finance |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2b |
| 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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| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Int February |
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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
Graduate Diploma in Commercial 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
| Code | Course title |
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| JF007 | Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law |
2 Attendance pattern
3 Embedded courses in this sequence
(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.
4 Admission to candidature
(1)
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admissions criteria.
(2)
Admission to the course requires a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification.
5 Requirements for award
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The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the table of units of study for the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law. To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law, a candidate must complete 24 credit points.
6 Course transfer
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A candidate, who has completed the requirements for the graduate diploma but has not had the diploma awarded, may apply for admission to candidature for the master's degree in the embedded sequence with credit for work completed towards the diploma.
7 Transitional provisions
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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.