Global Law
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Global Law |
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| 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. | |||
2016 Core Units of Study |
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| 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 |
2016 Elective Units of Study |
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2016 Comparative and Foreign Law Units of Study |
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| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 |
The unit is available to students who have successfully completed either one undergraduate unit of study in tax law or one unit of study in a postgraduate tax program. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6001 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
12 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS6857 or LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 or LAWS5368 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. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit conditional on (i) students must write an essay that focuses on a development topic and (ii) that topic being pre-approved by the Unit Coordinator. To register, please visit the Shanghai Winter School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/offshore/index.shtml Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Intensive April |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Intensive April |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals ¿ A US Perspective. Available to law graduates only. 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. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units. |
Semester 1 |
| 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 and Comparative Criminal Justice |
6 | N LAWS6269 or LAWS6219 |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 | Intensive August Intensive March Semester 1a Semester 1b |
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| LAWS6857 Introduction to Chinese Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS6001 Prohibition: Students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6879 Japanese Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/offshore/index.shtml Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol and Procedure |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6112 Law of Tax Administration |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law and Economic Development. |
Intensive 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 Assoc Prof 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 |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6308 Philosophy of Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6950 Plain English in Legal Writing |
6 | A LAWS6252 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6247 Securities and Markets Regulation |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6247 Australian Financial Services Regulation. Students should hold a law degree with good background in Australian corporate law. |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6892 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | C LAWS6030 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6129 Taxation of Offshore Operations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6123 Transfer Pricing in International Tax |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Intensive May |
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2016 Domestic (Australian) Law Units of Study |
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| LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 | N LAWS2010, LAWS5010 Core unit for MALP students. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6310 Advanced Competition Law: Selected Issues |
6 | P LAWS6838 or LAWS3419 or LAWS5119 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6014 Advanced Financing Techniques |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | N CISS6011 This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Policy and Law. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6824 Commercial Conflict of Laws |
6 | N LAWS6884 This unit replaced LAWS6824 Transnational Commercial Litigation |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6333 Commercial Trusts |
6 |
Available to students who have previously completed trust law or corporations law as part of an undergraduate law degree. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6337 Communications/Technology Regulation |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6838 Competition Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6328 Contract Management |
6 | A LAWS6991 N LAWS1002 or LAWS1015 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6874 Contractual Damages |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6250 Controlling Liability by Contract |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Regulation |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Abuse. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation |
6 | Intensive March Semester 1 Semester 1a |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6325 Crime, Responsibility and Policy |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control |
6 | Intensive March |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals ¿ A US Perspective. Available to law graduates only. 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. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6039 Discrimination in the Workplace |
6 |
MLLR students may enrol in this unit before completing LAWS6071 Labour Law |
Intensive May |
| 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 |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy |
6 | Intensive August |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6041 Environmental Litigation |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6041 Environmental Dispute Resolution |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6307 Expert Evidence and Class Action Procedure |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 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. This unit replaced LAWS6230 Expert Evidence and LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | N PSYC1001 or PSYC3020 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law and Soc Control |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6987 Fundamentals of Commercial Law |
6 | N LAWS3400 This unit replaced LAWS6987 Introduction to Commercial Law. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6991 Fundamentals of Contract Law |
6 | C LAWS6252 N LAWS1002 or LAWS1015 or LAWS2008 or 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. Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6810 Fundamentals of Corporate Law |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6810 Introductory Corporate Law. Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. Prohibition: students who have undertaken the equivalent of Corporations Law in Australia within the last 5 years |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | Intensive March |
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| 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 |
| 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. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6055 Heritage Law |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6302 Human Rights and Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5178 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit |
Intensive 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 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. Prohibition: Students who have previously completed Medical Law in their undergraduate degree |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6159 Insolvency Law |
6 | A law degree with good background in Australian corporate law N CLAW6006 or LAWS3403 or LAWS3445 or LAWS5103 This unit replaced LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6882 Insurance Contract Law |
6 | A LAWS6991 The unit replaced LAWS6882 Insurance law. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6817 Interaction of Tort and Contracts |
6 | A undergraduate law degree This unit replaced LAWS6817 Practical Legal Effects of the Interaction of Tort and Contract |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6326 Interpretation of Statutes and Other Texts |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 | Intensive August Intensive March Semester 1a Semester 1b |
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| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol and Procedure |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS5146 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. Credit will not be granted for WORK6116 Employment and the Law and completion of this unit will not be sufficient to obtain an exemption from this MLLR compulsory unit. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6112 Law of Tax Administration |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles (formerly: New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy). This unit may be substituted for LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law as a compulsory unit in the MHL. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law and Economic Development. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6944 Market Manipulation and Insider Trading |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6944 Regulation of Market Manipulation and Abuse (formerly Manipulation and Abuse in Global Securities Markets). |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6332 Media Law in Practice |
6 |
A legal or media background (or both) would be useful but not required. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6341 Media Law: Comparative Perspectives |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| 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. Enrolment applications must be received by the Law Postgraduate Team Email: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au before 15 Jan 2016. Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after the closing date. Please note priority will be given to students who are (i) currently enrolled in a full award course at Sydney Law School and (ii) completing their final semester of studies. Waiting lists will be made available for the late applicants. |
Intensive December |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6837 Morals and the Analysis of Legal Doctrine |
6 | N JURS6022, JURS6023 This unit replaced LAWS6837 Aspects of Law and Justice |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6335 Neurolaw: Brain Mind Law and Ethics |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6308 Philosophy of Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6950 Plain English in Legal Writing |
6 | A LAWS6252 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6065 Pollution and Contaminated Land |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property |
6 | N LAWS6854 or LAWS3480 or LAWS3479 or LAWS5180 or LAWS5179 This unit replaced LAWS6873 Intellectual Property: Principles and Context (formerly LAWS6854 Introduction to Intellectual Property). Students who have previously completed an equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate unit in intellectual property. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment MIL and GradDipIL students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139 or LAWS6042 or LAWS6113 or LAWS6984 Core unit for MALP students. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6194 Punishment |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6340 Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6317 Regulation of Corporate Crime |
6 |
Additional Info: It is recommended that students have some knowledge of corporate law and criminal law and procedure, or have had practical experience in these areas. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6247 Securities and Markets Regulation |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6247 Australian Financial Services Regulation. Students should hold a law degree with good background in Australian corporate law. |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6957 Shareholders' Remedies |
6 |
Students should hold a law degree with good background in Australian corporate law |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6008 Takeovers and Reconstructions |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6965 Tax Avoidance and Anti-Avoidance |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6127 Taxation and Regulation of Superannuation |
6 | N LAWS6213 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6840 Tax of Business and Investment Income A |
6 | Intensive April Semester 1 Semester 1a |
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| LAWS6841 Tax of Business and Investment Income B |
6 | Intensive October Semester 2 Semester 2a |
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| LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance |
6 |
First class commences Feb 29 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6244 Taxation of Corporate Groups |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6892 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | C LAWS6030 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6129 Taxation of Offshore Operations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6336 Taxation of Real Property Transactions |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | Intensive June |
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| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6122 Workplace Bargaining |
6 | A LAWS6252 and LAWS6071 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree (GradDipPubHL and MLLR students) and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law |
6 | N LAWS6069 This unit replaced LAWS6069 Juvenile Justice |
Intensive August |
2016 International Law Units of Study |
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| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | N CISS6011 This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Policy and Law. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6141 Asia Pacific Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 |
The unit is available to students who have successfully completed either one undergraduate unit of study in tax law or one unit of study in a postgraduate tax program. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6001 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
12 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS6857 or LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 or LAWS5368 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. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit conditional on (i) students must write an essay that focuses on a development topic and (ii) that topic being pre-approved by the Unit Coordinator. To register, please visit the Shanghai Winter School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/offshore/index.shtml Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6824 Commercial Conflict of Laws |
6 | N LAWS6884 This unit replaced LAWS6824 Transnational Commercial Litigation |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6838 Competition Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals ¿ A US Perspective. Available to law graduates only. 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. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6933 International Petroleum Transactions. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5178 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit |
Intensive 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 |
| LAWS6817 Interaction of Tort and Contracts |
6 | A undergraduate law degree This unit replaced LAWS6817 Practical Legal Effects of the Interaction of Tort and Contract |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6896 Internatl and Comparative Criminal Justice |
6 | N LAWS6269 or LAWS6219 |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6059 International Business Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 Core unit for MIntBus&L students. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6060 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 |
This is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6958 International Contract Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree This unit replaced LAWS6958 Comparative Commercial Contracts. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6939 International Insolvency Law |
6 | Intensive February |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 |
Intensive 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 MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students. |
Intensive March Semester 2 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 | A LAWS6243 Compulsory core unit for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students. This unit replaced LAWS6167 International Law and Australian Institutions. |
Intensive May Semester 2 |
| LAWS6339 International Sports Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6331 International Wildlife Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 | Intensive August Intensive March Semester 1a Semester 1b |
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| LAWS6857 Introduction to Chinese Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS6001 Prohibition: Students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6879 Japanese Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/offshore/index.shtml Registration enquiries law.offshore@sydney.edu.au Enrolment enquiries law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law and Economic Development. |
Intensive 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 Assoc Prof 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 |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment MIL and GradDipIL students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6123 Transfer Pricing in International Tax |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties This unit replaced LAWS6063 International Trade Regulation |
Intensive April |
2016 Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law and Soc Control |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6335 Neurolaw: Brain Mind Law and Ethics |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6837 Morals and the Analysis of Legal Doctrine |
6 | N JURS6022, JURS6023 This unit replaced LAWS6837 Aspects of Law and Justice |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6308 Philosophy of Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | Intensive June |
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| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Intensive September |
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