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Commercial Law

Units of study

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

Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law

Students must complete 24 credit points.

2017 Units of Study

LAWS6947
Advanced Obligations and Remedies
6    A Available to law graduates only

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/
Intensive July
LAWS6809
Breach of Contract
6    A undergraduate law degree
Semester 1
LAWS6169
Capital Gains Tax
6    A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice, in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience, they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit.
Intensive May
LAWS6838
Competition Law
6    A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252
Semester 1
LAWS6264
Compliance: Financial Services Industry
6      Semester 2
LAWS6328
Contract Management
6    A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991
Intensive August
LAWS6100
Corporate Fundraising
6    A undergraduate law degree with corporate law background
Semester 1
LAWS6222
Corporate Governance
6      Intensive February
LAWS6140
Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol
6   

Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015.
Intensive July
LAWS6997
Cross-Border Deals
6    A 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
LAWS6945
Doing Business in Emerging Markets
6      Intensive September
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
LAWS6321
Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest
6    A Undergraduate knowledge of equitable principles or company law would be desirable
Intensive January
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.
Intensive September
LAWS6330
Fundamentals of Regulation
6   

Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015.
Intensive September
LAWS6334
Gender Inequality and Development
6      Intensive March
LAWS6964
Global Energy and Resources Law
6      Intensive May
LAWS6159
Insolvency Law
6    A undergraduate 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 undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991
Intensive September
LAWS6351
IP: Management and Disputes
6    A LAWS3480/LAWS5180 Copyright & Designs, LAWS3479/LAWS5179 Trade Marks & Patents or LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property
Intensive October
LAWS6059
International Business Law
6    A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction
N LAWS3438, LAWS5138


Core unit for MIntBus&L students. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students.
Intensive September
LAWS6060
International Commercial Arbitration
6   

This is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students
Semester 2
LAWS6138
Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac
6      Intensive March
LAWS6037
International Import/Export Laws
6      Semester 1
LAWS6916
International Investment Law
6      Intensive March
LAWS6903
Interpreting Commercial Contracts
6    A undergraduate law degree
Intensive February
LAWS6879
Japanese Law
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/
Intensive February
LAWS6932
Law and Investment in Asia
6      Intensive March
LAWS6953
Law of Asset Protection
6      Intensive August
LAWS6944
Market Manipulation and Insider Trading
6      Intensive October
LAWS6956
Personal Property Securities
6      Intensive March
LAWS6345
Principles of Financial Regulation
6      Intensive April
LAWS6873
Principles of Intellectual Property
6    N LAWS6854 or LAWS3480 or LAWS3479 or LAWS5180 or LAWS5179


Students who have previously completed an equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate unit in intellectual property are not permitted to enrol in this unit.
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. Pre-enrolment registration is required. For further information, please visit Sydney Law School website http://sydney.edu.au/law/
Intensive July
LAWS6844
US Corporate Law
6      Intensive April
LAWS6063
World Trade Organization Law I
6    A limited knowledge of law of treaties
Intensive August