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Global Law

Units of study

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Master of Global Law

Exemption from core units of study should not be assumed to be automatic. Formal approval must be obtained from the Faculty prior to enrolment.
Candidates must complete 48 credit points, comprising:
(i) 6 credit points of core units of study, for candidates without a law background; and
(ii) a minimum of 6 credit points of Comparative and Foreign Law elective units of study; and
(iii) a minimum of 6 credit points of Domestic (Australian) Law elective units of study; and
(iv) a minimum of 6 credit points of International Law elective units of study.
Up to 12 credit points units of study from the Master of Jurisprudence may be taken for credit, as elective units, towards the Master of Global Law.

2013 Core Units of Study

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. This unit is not available to MLIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning.
Int April
Int August
Int March
Int Sept

2013 Elective Units of Study

2013 Comparative and Foreign Law Units of Study

LAWS6905
Aspects of European Union Commercial Law
6      Int July
LAWS6091
Chinese International Taxation
6      Int June
LAWS6001
Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
12    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
N LAWS6857, LAWS3014

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is not available to students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China. Students must register their attendance before enrolling. To register, please visit the Shanghai Winter School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/shanghai/ Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au
Int November
LAWS6849
Commercial Maritime Law
6    N LAWS6137
Semester 2
LAWS6125
Taxation of Corporate Finance
6      Semester 1
LAWS6153
Comparative Corporate Taxation
6      Int March
LAWS6170
Comparative Income Taxation
6      Int August
LAWS6907
Comparative Law of Evidence
6    A common law legal method
Int Sept
LAWS6814
Comparative Value Added Tax
6      Int May
JURS6018
Constitutional Theory
6      Int August
LAWS6303
Constitutionalism and Democracy
6      Int August
LAWS6227
Consumer Contracts and Product Defects
6    N LAWS6024, LAWS6025


This unit replaced LAWS6227 Consumer Protection Law: Liability of Suppliers to Consumers.
Int October
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
LAWS6222
Corporate Governance
6      Int July
LAWS6032
Crime Research and Policy
6   

Core unit 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   

Core unit for MCrim students. 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.
Semester 2
LAWS6035
Criminal Procedures
6      Int March
LAWS6997
Cross-Border Deals
6    A Undergraduate law degree. Students undertaking this unit must 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.


This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals - A US Perspective.
Int October
LAWS6852
Doing Business in China
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
Int August
LAWS6945
Doing Business in Emerging Markets
6      Int May
LAWS6984
Economics of Tax Policy
6      Int October
LAWS6163
Energy and Climate Law
6    N LAWS6863


The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law).
Int Sept
LAWS6893
Environmental Criminology: Space & Place
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology.
Int March
LAWS6312
European Health Law and Policy
6      Int February
LAWS6048
Explaining Crime
6   

Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units.
Semester 1
LAWS6194
Explaining Punishment
6      Int Sept
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
LAWS6896
Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice
6    N LAWS6269, LAWS6219
Int June
LAWS6138
Internatl Fin Transactions: Law & Prac
6      Int March
LAWS6301
Intro to Anti-Corruption:Policy,Law,Prac
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
The unit will be taught as a skills-based unit with class exercises. To make this workable, numbers to be capped at 25 students.
Int Sept
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
LAWS6857
Introduction to Chinese Law
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
N LAWS6001 and students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China
Int May
LAWS6975
Islamic Law and Commerce
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6975 Islamic Trade and Finance Law.
Int April
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
LAWS6932
Law and Investment in Asia
6      Int May
LAWS6968
Law and Literature
6    A previous law degree is recommended

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit has a restricted class size.
Int March
LAWS6135
Law and Society in Indonesia
6      Int March
LAWS6232
Law and the Holocaust
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6232 Law, Lawyers and the Holocaust
Int April
LAWS6953
Law of Asset Protection
6      Int August
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 Sept
LAWS6928
Law, Justice and Development
6    N LAWS3478


This unit is compulsory for MLIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law & Economic Development.
Int April
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.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au
Int July
LAWS6827
Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind
6      Semester 2
LAWS6929
Legal Systems of the Pacific
6      Int October
LAWS6864
New Tech, Risk and Environmental Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit replaced LAWS6864 Genetically Modified Organisms & the Environment.
Semester 2a
LAWS6956
Personal Property Securities
6      Int August
LAWS6308
Philosophy of Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2a
LAWS6950
Plain English in Legal Writing
6    A undergraduate law degree, completed legal studies as part of a business or commerce degree or LAWS6252
Int November
LAWS6197
Policing Australian Society
6      Int May
LAWS6065
Pollution and Contaminated Land
6      Int May
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 May
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
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
LAWS6944
Regulation of Mkt Manipulation & Abuse
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6944 Manipulation and Abuse in Global Securities Markets.
Int August
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
LAWS6008
Takeovers and Reconstructions
6    A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge
Semester 1
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 October
LAWS6123
Transfer Pricing in International Tax
6      Int May
LAWS6109
UK International Taxation
6      Int Sept
LAWS6844
US Corporate Law
6      Int February
LAWS6171
US International Taxation
6      Int August
LAWS6191
Water Law and Climate Change
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6191 Water Law
Int October

2013 Domestic (Australian) Law Units of Study

LAWS6011
Administrative Law
6   

Core unit for MALP students.
Int April
LAWS6310
Advanced Competition Law
6    P LAWS6838 Competition Law unless exempt by the Unit Coordinator upon demonstration of knowledge equivalent to that covered by LAWS6838
Semester 2
LAWS6311
Advanced Directors' Duties
6      Int Sept
LAWS6013
Advanced Employment Law
6    A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071
Semester 1
LAWS6947
Advanced Obligations and Remedies
6    A undergraduate law degree

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit has a restricted class size.
Semester 2a
LAWS6309
Advanced Trusts: Theory and Practice
6    A available to students who hold an undergraduate law degree or have previously completed LAWS6912 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts.
Int Sept
LAWS6856
Anti-Terrorism Law
6    N CISS6011


This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism & Counterterrorism Policy and Law.
Int May
LAWS6209
Australian International Taxation
6      Semester 1
LAWS6165
Biodiversity Law
6      Int May
LAWS6809
Breach of Contract
6    A undergraduate law degree
Semester 2
LAWS6988
Clash of Systems:Indigenous People & Law
6    N LAWS5135, LAWS3435, LAWS3005
Int March
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
LAWS6849
Commercial Maritime Law
6    N LAWS6137
Semester 2
LAWS6153
Comparative Corporate Taxation
6      Int March
LAWS6170
Comparative Income Taxation
6      Int August
LAWS6907
Comparative Law of Evidence
6    A common law legal method
Int Sept
LAWS6814
Comparative Value Added Tax
6      Int May
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 2
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
JURS6018
Constitutional Theory
6      Int August
LAWS6303
Constitutionalism and Democracy
6      Int August
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
Int June
LAWS6874
Contractual Damages
6    A undergraduate law degree
Int May
LAWS6250
Controlling Liability by Contract
6    A undergraduate law degree
Semester 1
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
LAWS6100
Corporate Fundraising
6    A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge
Semester 2
LAWS6222
Corporate Governance
6      Int July
LAWS6030
Corporate Taxation
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int March,,Semester 1a,

Int March
Semester 1
Semester 1a
LAWS6032
Crime Research and Policy
6   

Core unit 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   

Core unit for MCrim students. 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.
Semester 2
LAWS6035
Criminal Procedures
6      Int March
LAWS6839
Critical Issues in Public Health Law
6   

Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Int August
LAWS6997
Cross-Border Deals
6    A Undergraduate law degree. Students undertaking this unit must 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.


This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals - A US Perspective.
Int October
LAWS6038
Debt Financing
6    A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge
Semester 1
LAWS6974
Development, Law and Human Rights
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.offshore@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 July
LAWS6945
Doing Business in Emerging Markets
6      Int May
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 July
LAWS6163
Energy and Climate Law
6    N LAWS6863


The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law).
Int Sept
LAWS6893
Environmental Criminology: Space & Place
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology.
Int March
LAWS6044
Environmental Law and Policy
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction


Environmental Law students must complete LAWS6252 and this core unit prior to enrolling in other law elective units.
Int August
Int March
LAWS6045
Environmental Planning Law
6      Int Sept
LAWS6307
Expert Evidence & Class Action Procedure
6    A Students without a law degree or equivalent may enrol in this unit but should be aware that the unit focuses on legal and evidentiary issues.
N LAWS6230, LAWS6869


This unit replaced LAWS6230 Expert Evidence and LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation.
Int Sept
LAWS6048
Explaining Crime
6   

Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units.
Semester 1
LAWS6194
Explaining Punishment
6      Int Sept
LAWS6970
Forensic Psychology
6      Semester 1
LAWS6187
Functional Analysis of Law & Soc Control
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control.
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.
Int May
LAWS6810
Fundamentals of Corporate Law
6    N LAWS2003, LAWS2014, LAWS5014, CLAW2001, CLAW2201, CLAW6002 or equivalent unit


This unit replaced LAWS6810 Introductory Corporate Law.
Int April
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 November
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 March
LAWS6914
Genetics and the Law
6      Int April
LAWS6214
Goods and Services Tax Principles A
6    A A basic understanding of taxation law
Semester 1
LAWS6828
Goods and Services Tax Principles B
6    P 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 core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Int August
LAWS6054
Health Care and Professional Liability
6   

Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Int May
LAWS6306
Health, Develop, Trade & Investment Law
6    A basic understanding of one of international economic law, public health law or environmental law would be advantageous
Int July
LAWS6055
Heritage Law
6      Int November
LAWS6302
Human Rights and Environmental Law
6      Int May
LAWS6223
Immigration and Nationality Law
6      Int October
LAWS6985
Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice
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
LAWS6058
Information Rights in Health Care
6    N LAWS3452, LAWS5152 and students who have previously completed Medical Law in their undergraduate degree


Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Int August
LAWS6159
Insolvency Law
6    A law degree with good background in Australian corporate law
N CLAW6006


This unit replaced LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law.
Int July
LAWS6301
Intro to Anti-Corruption:Policy,Law,Prac
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
The unit will be taught as a skills-based unit with class exercises. To make this workable, numbers to be capped at 25 students.
Int Sept
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
LAWS6857
Introduction to Chinese Law
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
N LAWS6001 and students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China
Int May
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 (core) 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 August
Int March
LAWS6968
Law and Literature
6    A previous law degree is recommended

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit has a restricted class size.
Int March
LAWS6232
Law and the Holocaust
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6232 Law, Lawyers and the Holocaust
Int April
LAWS6953
Law of Asset Protection
6      Int August
LAWS6112
Law of Tax Administration
6      Int October
LAWS6928
Law, Justice and Development
6    N LAWS3478


This unit is compulsory for MLIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law & Economic Development.
Int April
LAWS6827
Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind
6      Semester 2
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
LAWS6864
New Tech, Risk and Environmental Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit replaced LAWS6864 Genetically Modified Organisms & the Environment.
Semester 2a
LAWS6956
Personal Property Securities
6      Int August
LAWS6308
Philosophy of Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2a
LAWS6950
Plain English in Legal Writing
6    A undergraduate law degree, completed legal studies as part of a business or commerce degree or LAWS6252
Int November
LAWS6197
Policing Australian Society
6      Int May
LAWS6065
Pollution and Contaminated Land
6      Int May
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 May
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
LAWS6919
Problems in Contract Formation
6    A undergraduate law degree
Int May
LAWS6257
Public Policy
6    N LAWS6139, LAWS6042, LAWS6113


Core unit for MALP students.
Int Sept
LAWS6999
Registered Associations
6    A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071
Int October
LAWS6963
Regulation and Regulators
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6963 Regulation: Theory and Practice.
Int May
LAWS6944
Regulation of Mkt Manipulation & Abuse
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6944 Manipulation and Abuse in Global Securities Markets.
Int August
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
LAWS6008
Takeovers and Reconstructions
6    A presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge
Semester 1
LAWS6965
Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance
6      Int April
LAWS6107
Tax Litigation
6      Semester 1
LAWS6840
Tax of Business and Investment Income A
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolmentin the following sessions:Int March,,Semester 1a,

Int March
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
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
LAWS6125
Taxation of Corporate Finance
6      Semester 1
LAWS6244
Taxation of Corporate Groups
6      Int Sept
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 October
LAWS6926
The Business of Tax Administration
6      Int May
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
LAWS6940
Theories of Law
6      Semester 2
LAWS6820
Trade, Investment and the Environment
6    N LAWS6173


This unit replaced LAWS6820 International Trade and Environment.
Int October
LAWS6191
Water Law and Climate Change
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6191 Water Law
Int October
LAWS6122
Workplace Bargaining
6    A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071
Int May
LAWS6305
Workplace Investigations
6    A LAWS6252 or a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and LAWS6071
Int April
LAWS6192
Young People, Crime and the Law
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6069 Juvenile Justice.
Semester 2

2013 International Law Units of Study

LAWS6856
Anti-Terrorism Law
6    N CISS6011


This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism & Counterterrorism Policy and Law.
Int May
LAWS6905
Aspects of European Union Commercial Law
6      Int July
LAWS6209
Australian International Taxation
6      Semester 1
LAWS6849
Commercial Maritime Law
6    N LAWS6137
Semester 2
LAWS6997
Cross-Border Deals
6    A Undergraduate law degree. Students undertaking this unit must 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.


This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals - A US Perspective.
Int October
LAWS6974
Development, Law and Human Rights
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
For further information, please visit the Himalayan Field School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/scil/fieldschool/ Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au
Int January
LAWS6163
Energy and Climate Law
6    N LAWS6863


The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law).
Int Sept
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
LAWS6302
Human Rights and Environmental Law
6      Int May
LAWS6846
Human Rights and the Global Economy
6    N LAWS5134
Int August
LAWS6223
Immigration and Nationality Law
6      Int October
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
LAWS6059
International Business Law
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction


Core unit for MIntBus&L students.
Int March
Semester 2
LAWS6060
International Commercial Arbitration
6      Semester 2
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
LAWS6304
International Family Law
6    A law degree or knowledge of private international law
Int August
LAWS6161
International Human Rights
6    N GOVT6117
Int October
LAWS6894
International Human Rights Advocacy
6    P LAWS6243
Int Sept
LAWS6218
International Humanitarian Law
6    N LAWS3483, LAWS5183
Int August
LAWS6037
International Import/Export Laws
6      Semester 1
LAWS6939
International Insolvency Law
6      Int April
LAWS6916
International Investment Law
6      Int April
LAWS6243
International Law I
6    N LAWS5005


This unit replaced LAWS6243 Public International Law. This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken during the first semester of candidature. This unit is not available to MLIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning.
Int March
Semester 2
LAWS6167
International Law II
6   

Compulsory core unit for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students. This unit replaced LAWS6167 International Law and Australian Institutions.
Int Sept
Semester 1
LAWS6062
International Law-the Use of Armed Force
6    N LAWS3483, LAWS5183
Int October
LAWS6896
Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice
6    N LAWS6269, LAWS6219
Int June
LAWS6138
Internatl Fin Transactions: Law & Prac
6      Int March
LAWS6857
Introduction to Chinese Law
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
N LAWS6001 and students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China
Int May
LAWS6975
Islamic Law and Commerce
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6975 Islamic Trade and Finance Law.
Int April
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
LAWS6932
Law and Investment in Asia
6      Int May
LAWS6135
Law and Society in Indonesia
6      Int March
LAWS6953
Law of Asset Protection
6      Int August
LAWS6977
Law of International Institutions
6    A LAWS6243 International Law I or equivalent unit in public international law
N GOVT6116
Int February
LAWS6047
Law of the Sea
6      Int Sept
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.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au
Int July
LAWS6827
Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind
6      Semester 2
LAWS6929
Legal Systems of the Pacific
6      Int October
LAWS6919
Problems in Contract Formation
6    A undergraduate law degree
Int May
LAWS6257
Public Policy
6    N LAWS6139, LAWS6042, LAWS6113


Core unit for MALP students.
Int Sept
LAWS6198
Refugee Law
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
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
LAWS6123
Transfer Pricing in International Tax
6      Int May
LAWS6109
UK International Taxation
6      Int Sept
LAWS6844
US Corporate Law
6      Int February
LAWS6171
US International Taxation
6      Int August
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 August

2013 Jurisprudence Units of Study

LAWS6988
Clash of Systems:Indigenous People & Law
6    N LAWS5135, LAWS3435, LAWS3005
Int March
JURS6018
Constitutional Theory
6      Int August
LAWS6303
Constitutionalism and Democracy
6      Int August
LAWS6907
Comparative Law of Evidence
6    A common law legal method
Int Sept
LAWS6187
Functional Analysis of Law & Soc Control
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control.
Semester 1
LAWS6302
Human Rights and Environmental Law
6      Int May
LAWS6846
Human Rights and the Global Economy
6    N LAWS5134
Int August
LAWS6161
International Human Rights
6    N GOVT6117
Int October
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
LAWS6968
Law and Literature
6    A previous law degree is recommended

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit has a restricted class size.
Int March
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
LAWS6135
Law and Society in Indonesia
6      Int March
LAWS6232
Law and the Holocaust
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6232 Law, Lawyers and the Holocaust
Int April
LAWS6928
Law, Justice and Development
6    N LAWS3478


This unit is compulsory for MLIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law & Economic Development.
Int April
LAWS6827
Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind
6      Semester 2
LAWS6308
Philosophy of Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2a
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
LAWS6940
Theories of Law
6      Semester 2

Course rules

 

Master of Global 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

JC033

Master of Global Law

2 Attendance pattern

The attendance pattern for this course is full-time or part-time according to student choice.

3 Master's type

The master's degree in these resolutions is a professional master's degree, as defined by the Coursework Rule.

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 degree requires:
(a)
a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit average from the University of Sydney in commerce, economics, law or other appropriate discipline as determined by the Faculty, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification; and the applicant provides evidence of professional experience or of a period of service (normally of several years in duration) which in the opinion of the Dean adequately prepares the applicant to undertake the course of study.

5 Requirements for award

(1)
The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the table of units of study for the Master of Global Law. Up to 12 credit points of units of study from the Master of Jurisprudence may be taken for credit, as elective units, towards the Master of Global Law.
(2)
To qualify for the award of the Master of Global Law, a candidate must complete 48 credit points of core and elective units of study, comprising:
(a)
6 credit points of core unit of study for candidates without a law background; and
(b)
a minimum of 6 credit points of Comparative and Foreign Law elective units of study; and
(c)
a minimum of 6 credit points of Domestic (Australian) Law elective units of study; and
(d)
a minimum of 6 credit points of International Law elective units of study.

6 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.