Elective unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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2016 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 | |||
2016 Part 1 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 N LAWS3445 or LAWS5104 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS3406 Advanced Evidence |
6 | P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 N LAWS5106 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 N LAWS5109, LAWS3013 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3504 Advanced Torts |
6 | P LAWS1012 and LAWS1017 |
Intensive March |
| LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS5112, LAWS3047 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3413 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) N LAWS3101, LAWS5113 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS5368 Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Semester 2 Summer Law 3 |
| LAWS3416 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006 or LAWS3022 or 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 |
| LAWS3419 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016 or LAWS5119 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3422 Contract and Equity in Land Dealings |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 N LAWS3017 and LAWS5122 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3424 Corporate and Securities Regulation |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3108 or LAWS5124 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS5126 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3478 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS5178 Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS5130 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3474 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 N LAWS5174 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3505 Families and Finances |
6 | N LAWS3432 This unit is an alternative to Family Law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3506 Families, Children and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3432 This unit is an alternative to Family Law |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3432 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS5132 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3442 Indigenous People and Private Law |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWSZ2017 N LAWS5142 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3445 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5145 or LAWS5103 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3503 Insurance Law and Risk |
6 | P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015 and LAWS1017 and LAWS2015 N LAWS5203 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3437 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3092 or LAWS5137 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3438 International Commercial Transactions |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 N LAWS3072 or LAWS5138 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3439 International Economic Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3090 or LAWS5139 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3034 or LAWS5134 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3489 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3035 or LAWS3093 or LAWS5189 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitive selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition. |
Intensive December Intensive February 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 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5180 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5179 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS5144 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by seperate application. For further information see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS3900 Law Honours |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Further information regarding the honours program, including eligibility requirements, workload, supervision and award, can be found at http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/undergrad/honours_program.shtml. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3494 Legal Systems in South East Asia |
6 | N LAWS5194 or LAWS6149 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in the winter school is by application to the Law School. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS3451 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5151 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5128 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS3452 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 or LAWS5152 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3499 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P (LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021) or (LAWS5007 and LAWS5010)) and (LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS2011 or LAWS5011) C (LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010) and (LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005) N LAWS3045 or LAWS3458 or LAWS5158 or LAWS3453 or LAWS5153 or LAWS5199 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3455 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048 or LAWS5155 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS5157 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS5160 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3461 Social Justice Clinical Course |
6 | N LAWS4061 or 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. |
Intensive February Semester 1 |
| LAWS3431 External Placement Program |
6 | N LAWS3025 or 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 2 |
| LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 or 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 2 |
| LAWS3496 United States Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5011 or LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 N LAWS3418 or LAWS5118 or LAWS3491 or LAWS5191 or LAWS5196 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3483 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS5183 or LAWS6218 |
Semester 2 |
2016 Part 2 Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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| LAWS3436 International/Comparative Jurisprudence |
6 | N JURS3006 or LAWS5136 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3447 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036 or LAWS5147 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3475 Philosophy of International Law |
6 |
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3454 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459 or LAWS5154 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Intensive July Semester 2 |
| LAWS3462 Sociological Theories of Law |
6 | N JURS3001 or LAWS5162 Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3495 The Rule of Law and its Value |
6 | N LAWS5195 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3471 Theories of Conscientious Obedience |
6 | N LAWS5171 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3501 Theories of the State |
6 | N LAWS5201 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |