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Administrative Law and Policy

Units of study

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

Master of Administrative Law and Policy

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) 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study, including a minimum of 24 credit points from the Faculty of Law, for candidates without a law background; or
(ii) 18 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study, including a minimum of 24 credit points from the Faculty of Law, for candidates with a law background.

2016 Core Units of Study

For LAWS6252, candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake this unit prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units.
LAWS6011
Administrative Law
6    N LAWS2010, LAWS5010


Core unit for MALP students.
Intensive March
LAWS6252
Legal Reasoning and 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 MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. Students must attend all classes on the timetabled dates as prescribed for their enrolled session/group. An Absent Fail grade may be granted to students who fail to attend the correct session/group.
Intensive April
Intensive July
Intensive March
Intensive September
GOVT6316
Policy Making, Power and Politics
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
LAWS6257
Public Policy
6    N LAWS6139 or LAWS6042 or LAWS6113 or LAWS6984


Core unit for MALP students.
Intensive September

2016 Elective Law Units of Study

JURS6018
Constitutional Theory
6      Intensive August
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.
Intensive August
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.
Intensive July
LAWS6044
Environmental Law and Policy
6    A LAWS6252
N : LAWS3430 or LAWS5130


Environmental Law students must complete LAWS6252 and this core unit prior to enrolling in other law elective units.
Intensive August
Intensive March
LAWS6330
Fundamentals of Regulation
6   

Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015.
Intensive August
LAWS6052
Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics
6   

MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Intensive 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
LAWS6068
Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol and Procedure
6      Intensive July
LAWS6112
Law of Tax Administration
6      Semester 2
LAWS6877
Mental Illness: Law and Policy
6      Intensive September

Elective Units Offered by Other Faculties/Departments

2016 Elective Units Offered by the Department of Government & International Relations

GOVT6150
Comparative Democratic Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
6      Semester 1
GOVT6156
Governance and Civil Society
6      Semester 1
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making
6      Semester 1
GOVT6357
International Policy Making
6      Semester 1
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice
6      Semester 2
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6      Semester 2
GOVT6301
Public Sector Ethics and Corruption
6      Semester 2

2016 Elective Units Offered by the Faculty of Education and Social Work

SCWK6949
Global Social Policy
6      Semester 2
SCWK6948
Social Policy Frameworks
6      Semester 1

2016 Elective Units Offered by the Department of Sociology and Social Policy

SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2