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, LAWS5000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001, LAWS5001 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1, |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS1013 Legal Research I |
C LAWS1006 N LAWS1008 Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Business School. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Combined Law Year 2 |
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| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1002, LAWS2008, LAWS5002 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1012 N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006, LAWS5003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009, LAWS5004 |
Semester 2 |
Combined Law Year 3 |
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| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1018, LAWS2005, LAWS5005 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004, LAWS5007 |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 N LAWS5006 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1019 Legal Research II |
P LAWS1013 N LAWS1008, LAWS1022 Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Business School. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Graduate Law Year 1 |
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| LAWS1006 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000, LAWS5000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001, LAWS5001 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Semester 1, |
Semester 1 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, LAWS5003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1002, LAWS2008, LAWS5002 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1018, LAWS2005, LAWS5005 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 N LAWS5006 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004, LAWS5007 |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009, LAWS5004 |
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, LAWS5010 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 N LAWS1004, LAWS3000, LAWS3003, LAWS5011 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2012 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | N LAWS2004, LAWS2007, LAWS5008 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS2013 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS5009 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| LAWS2014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003, LAWS5014 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2015 Equity |
6 | N LAWS2004, LAWS5015 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
| LAWS2016 Evidence |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014 N LAWS2006, LAWS5013 |
Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS2017 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS2007 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. |
Semester 2 |
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 2012) | |||
2012 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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| LAWS3400 Advanced Commercial Law |
6 | P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) and (LAWS2012 or LAWS2003 or LAWS2014) N LAWS3064, LAWS5100 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3403 Advanced Corporate Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3008, LAWS5103 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Summer Early, |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 N LAWS3445, LAWS5104 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3009, LAWS5108 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 N LAWS3013, LAWS5109 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3411 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012, LAWS5112 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047, LAWS5112 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3413 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015, LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 N LAWS3101, LAWS5113 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3414 Bioethics and the Law |
6 | N LAWS5114 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014, LAWS5368 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Summer L3 |
| LAWS3416 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006, LAWS3022, LAWS5116 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 |
| LAWS3417 Commercial Land Law |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS5117 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3491 Comparative Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS2011 or LAWS5011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 N LAWS3418, LAWS5118, LAWS5191 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3419 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016, LAWS5119 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3424 Corporate and Securities Regulation |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3108, LAWS5124 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020, LAWS5126 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3427 Death and Inheritance Law |
6 | N LAWS3056, LAWS5127 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3478 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS5178 Enrolment to the field school is by application in August 2011. |
Semester 2a Summer L4 |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024, LAWS5130 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3474 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 N LAWS5174 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3431 External Placement Program |
6 | N LAWS3025, LAWS5131 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, LAWS5132 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3260 Independent Research Project |
6 | N LAWS3030, LAWS3031, LAWS3115, LAWS5315, LAWS5330, LAWS5331, LAWS5360 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 Main |
| LAWS3030 Independent Research Project |
4 | N LAWS3031, LAWS3115, LAWS3260, LAWS5315, LAWS5330, LAWS5331, LAWS5360 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is at the discretion of the Faculty and is only available to students affected by the transitional arrangements of the LLB. Enrolment is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| LAWS3115 Independent Research Project |
2 | N LAWS3031, LAWS3030, LAWS3260, LAWS5315, LAWS5330, LAWS5331, LAWS5360 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is at the discretion of the Faculty, and is only available to students affected by the transitional arrangement of the LLB resolutions. Enrolment is by special applications and is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| LAWS3435 Indigenous People and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3005, LAWS5135 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3445 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3403, LAWS5103, LAWS5145 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3437 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3092, LAWS5137 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3438 International Commercial Transactions |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3072, LAWS5138 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3439 International Economic Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 N LAWS3090, LAWS5139 For students going on to do a University of Sydney LLM, students who have done this course may enrol in LAWS6249 World Trade Organization II without having to complete the normal pre-requisite unit, LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 N LAWS3034, LAWS5134 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3489 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023. Other pre-requisites may apply to individual moots. N LAWS3093, LAWS3035, LAWS5189 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. |
Int December Semester 1 |
| LAWS3443 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) N LAWS5143 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3441 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | N LAWS5141 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3481 Investment and Financial Services Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS5181 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033, LAWS3423, LAWS5180 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472, LAWS3033, LAWS3423, LAWS5179 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076, LAWS5144 Applications for the offshore intensive unit open on 12 September 2011 and close on 7 October: see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus. For further details of the course see www.kyoto-seminar.jp. |
Int February |
| LAWS3446 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023, LAWS5146 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3490 Law and Society in Indonesia |
6 | N LAWS5190 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3442 Mabo, Constitutions, Ideas of Property |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS5142, LAWS3010 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3451 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3059, LAWS5151 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059, LAWS5128 Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Summer Early, |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3452 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046, LAWS5152 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3455 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048, LAWS5155 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015, LAWS5157 |
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, LAWS5158 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052, LAWS5160 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3484 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS5184 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3461 Social Justice Clinical Course |
6 | N LAWS4061, LAWS5161 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, LAWS5163 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057, LAWS5165 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 |
| LAWS3467 The High Court of Australia |
6 | P LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) N LAWS3325, LAWS5167 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3492 Topics in Legal History |
6 | N LAWS5191 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2- Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| LAWS3436 International/Comparative Jurisprudence |
6 | N JURS3006, LAWS5136 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB |
Semester 1 Summer Late |
| LAWS3447 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036, LAWS5147 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3454 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459, LAWS5154 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3462 Sociological Theories of Law |
6 | N JURS3001, LAWS5162 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3468 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077, LAWS5168 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3469 Theories of Law |
6 | N LAWS3089, LAWS5169 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3470 Theories of Legal Reasoning |
6 | N LAWS3083, LAWS5170 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 |