Public Health Law
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 Public Health 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 24 credit points of units of study, comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study, for candidates without a law background; or | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of core unit of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study, for candidates with a law background. | |||
2016 Core Units of Study |
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| Candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake either LAWS6881 or LAWS6252 prior to or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Intensive July |
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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 |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6335 Neurolaw: Brain Mind Law and Ethics |
6 | Intensive August |
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| 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 |