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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

Master of Laws

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

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
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
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
Independent Research Project
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
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
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
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
LAWS6261
Int Protection of Intellectual Property
6      S1 Late IntB
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

 

Graduate Diploma in Law

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

The attendance pattern for these courses is full-time or part-time according to candidate choice.

3 Master's type

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

(1)
The embedded courses in this sequence are:
(a)
the Graduate Diploma in Law or the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law
(b)
the Master of Laws
(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.
(3)
Admission to candidature for the Master of Laws requires:
(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

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

(1)
These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature on or after 1 January 2011.
(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.