Juris Doctor
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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2016 Part 2- Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates may choose a maximum of 30 credit points of units of study from Part 2. | |||
| LAWS5104 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 or LAWS5004 N LAWS3445 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS5106 Advanced Evidence |
6 | P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 or LAWS5013 N LAWS3406 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5109 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 or LAWS5112 N LAWS3013 or LAWS3409 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5204 Advanced Torts |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5006 |
Intensive March |
| LAWS5112 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5113 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS5002) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 or LAWS5015) N LAWS3101 or LAWS3413 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| LAWS5116 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006 or LAWS3022 or LAWS3416 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 |
| LAWS5119 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016 or LAWS3419 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5122 Contract and Equity in Land Dealings |
6 | P LAWS5012 N LAWS3422 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5124 Corporate and Securities Regulation |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 or LAWS5014 N LAWS3108 or LAWS3424 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5126 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS3426 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5130 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS3430 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5174 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 or LAWS5015 N LAWS3474 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5205 Families and Finances |
6 | N LAWS5132 This unit is an alternative to Family Law |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5206 Families, Children and the Law |
6 | N LAWS5132 This unit is an alternative to Family Law |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5132 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS3432 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5360 Independent Research Project |
6 | N LAWS3031 or LAWS3115 or LAWS3030 or LAWS3260 or LAWS5315 or LAWS5330 or LAWS5331 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study who meet the relevant academic criteria. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| LAWS5142 Indigenous People and Private Law |
6 | P LAWS5012 N LAWS3442 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5145 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 or LAWS5014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5103 or LAWS3445 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5203 Insurance Law and Risk |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 and LAWS5015 N LAWS3503 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5143 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015 or LAWS5002) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021 or LAWS5007) N LAWS3443 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5180 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS3480 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5179 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3479 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5344 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 | N LAWS3044 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5151 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS3451 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5128 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS3428 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS5152 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 or LAWS3452 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5155 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048 or LAWS3455 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5160 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS3460 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5161 Social Justice Clinical Course |
6 | N LAWS3112 or LAWS3461 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 |
| LAWS5131 External Placement Program |
6 | N LAWS3025 or LAWS3431 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 |
| LAWS5165 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 or LAWS3465 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 |
2016 Part 2- Master's Level Electives |
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| Candidates may choose no more than 12 Credit Points of master's level units of study. | |||
| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. The unit replaced LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy 1. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6325 Crime, Responsibility and Policy |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control |
6 | Intensive March |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | Intensive March |
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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 |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
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 May |
| LAWS6055 Heritage Law |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 N LAWS5146 The unit is compulsory for students enrolled in the MLLR. However, the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the student can demonstrate proficiency in the unit objectives gained through completing a recent undergraduate law unit in labour law or work experience. Credit will not be granted for WORK6116 Employment and the Law and completion of this unit will not be sufficient to obtain an exemption from this MLLR compulsory unit. |
Intensive March |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6194 Punishment |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6340 Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law |
6 | N LAWS6069 This unit replaced LAWS6069 Juvenile Justice |
Intensive August |