Commercial Law
Continuing students only
There is no new intake for this course. The following information is provided for continuing students only. Course resolutions for previous years may be found in the handbook archive.
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points. | |||
Units of Study |
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| LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | A Available to law graduates only Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful pre-enrolment registration. For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/offshore/index.shtml. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6809 Breach of Contract This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
| LAWS6824 Commercial Conflict of Laws |
6 | A undergraduate law degree N LAWS6884 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6333 Commercial Trusts |
6 |
Available to students who have previously completed trust law or corporations law as part of an undergraduate law degree. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6838 Competition Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6328 Contract Management |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6250 Controlling Liability by Contract |
6 | A undergraduate law degree |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6100 Corporate Fundraising This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A undergraduate law degree with corporate law background |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Regulation |
6 | Intensive December |
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| 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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive September |
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| 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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A Undergraduate knowledge of equitable principles or company law would be desirable |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6987 Fundamentals of Commercial 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. N LAWS3400 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6810 Fundamentals of Corporate Law |
6 | N LAWS2014, LAWS5014. Students who have undertaken the equivalent of Corporations Law in Australia within the last 5 years. Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6955 Fundamentals of Finance Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6912 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts |
6 | N LAWS2015 or LAWS3474 Students who have previously completed a law degree in a common law jurisdiction are not permitted to enrol in this unit, except with the permission of the Unit Coordinator |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6159 Insolvency Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree with good background in Australian corporate law N CLAW6006 or LAWS3403 or LAWS3445 or LAWS5103 |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6882 Insurance Contract Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6991 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6059 International Business Law |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit. N LAWS3438, LAWS5138 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6060 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 |
This is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6903 Interpreting Commercial Contracts |
6 | A undergraduate law degree Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful pre-enrolment registration. For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/offshore/index.shtml. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6879 Japanese Law |
6 |
Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful pre-enrolment registration. For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/offshore/index.shtml. Students may also substitute one or two days from Feb 13, 14 in Tokyo. |
Intensive February |
| 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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| LAWS6944 Market Manipulation and Insider Trading |
6 | Intensive November |
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| LAWS6341 Media Law: Comparative Perspectives |
6 |
Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful pre-enrolment registration. For further information, please visit http://sydney.edu.au/law/offshore/index.shtml. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities |
6 | Intensive June |
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| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
| LAWS6317 Regulation of Corporate Crime |
6 |
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 April |
| LAWS6957 Shareholders' Remedies |
6 | A This is a fairly technical unit which focuses on Australian Law, and a good working knowledge of corporate law is assumed. |
Intensive January |
| LAWS6247 Securities and Markets Regulation |
6 | A Students should hold a law degree with good background in Australian corporate law. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS6008 Takeovers and Reconstructions |
6 | A There are no prerequisite enrolment requirements. But students will be required to read and comprehend some technical material, including court judgments, Panel reasons for decisions, regulatory papers and academic literature. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6336 Taxation of Real Property Transactions |
6 | A Students should have completed LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A and at least one unit in Australian income tax (LAWS6825, LAWS6840 or LAWS6841) before enrolling in this unit. Those with a solid working knowledge of both taxes may not need to meet this requirement. If in doubt, please contact the unit coordinator for advice. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties N LAWS3439 or LAWS5139 |
Intensive September |