Environmental 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 Environmental 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 Sydney Law School prior to enrolment. | |||
| Students must complete 48 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of core units of study and 36 credit points of elective units of study, for students without a law background; or | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of core units of study and 42 credit points of elective units of study, for students with a law background who have not completed any tertiary study in environmental law; or | |||
| (iii) 48 credit points of elective units of study, for students with an environmental law background. | |||
2017 Core Units of Study |
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| Students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in the core unit(s) of study prior to undertaking the elective units of study | |||
| Students without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake LAWS6252 prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
| LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction 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 |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
2017 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252 (core unit for MALP and Environmental Law students) N LAWS2010, LAWS5010 Core unit for MALP students. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6320 Climate Disaster 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 July |
| 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 August |
| LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6354 Environ Planning and Impact Assessment Law |
6 | A students who do not hold an undergraduate law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit and LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy (MEL only) N LAWS6043, LAWS6045, LAWS3430, LAWS5130 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology |
6 | Intensive August |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol and Procedure |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478, LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. |
Intensive April |
| 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 |
| LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139 or LAWS6042 or LAWS6113 or LAWS6984 Core unit for MALP students. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change |
6 | Intensive October |
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