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Elective unit of study table

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

2016 Elective Units of Study

Candidates must successfully complete 42 credit points from the elective units of study including:
(a) a maximum of 36 credit points from Part 1- Elective Units of Study
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2- Jurisprudence Units of Study
2016 Part 1 Elective Units of Study
LAWS3404
Advanced Criminal Law
6    P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009
N LAWS3445 or LAWS5104

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1a
LAWS3406
Advanced Evidence
6    P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016
N LAWS5106
Semester 1
LAWS3409
Advanced Taxation Law
6    P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412
N LAWS5109, LAWS3013
Semester 2
LAWS3504
Advanced Torts
6    P LAWS1012 and LAWS1017
Intensive March
LAWS3412
Australian Income Tax
6    N LAWS5112, LAWS3047
Semester 1
LAWS3413
Banking and Financial Instruments
6    P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015)
N LAWS3101, LAWS5113
Semester 1
Summer Early
LAWS3068
Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
6    N LAWS3014 or LAWS5368


Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by seperate application to the Law School.
Semester 2
Summer Law 3
LAWS3416
Commercial Dispute Resolution
6    N LAWS3006 or LAWS3022 or LAWS5116

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
LAWS3419
Competition Law
6    N LAWS3016 or LAWS5119
Semester 1
LAWS3422
Contract and Equity in Land Dealings
6    P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017
N LAWS3017 and LAWS5122
Semester 1
LAWS3424
Corporate and Securities Regulation
6    P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014
N LAWS3108 or LAWS5124

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
LAWS3426
Criminology
6    N LAWS3020 or LAWS5126

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
LAWS3478
Development, Law and Human Rights
6    N LAWS5178


Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School.
Semester 1
LAWS3430
Environmental Law
6    C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010
N LAWS3024 or LAWS5130

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
LAWS3474
Equity and Financial Risk Allocation
6    P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015
N LAWS5174
Semester 1
LAWS3505
Families and Finances
6    N LAWS3432


This unit is an alternative to Family Law
Semester 2
LAWS3506
Families, Children and the Law
6    N LAWS3432


This unit is an alternative to Family Law
Semester 1
LAWS3432
Family Law
6    N LAWS3026 or LAWS5132

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
LAWS3442
Indigenous People and Private Law
6    P LAWS2007 or LAWSZ2017
N LAWS5142
Semester 2
LAWS3445
Insolvency Law
6    P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014
N LAWS3403 or LAWS5145 or LAWS5103

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
LAWS3503
Insurance Law and Risk
6    P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015 and LAWS1017 and LAWS2015
N LAWS5203
Semester 2
LAWS3437
International Commercial Arbitration
6    P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008
N LAWS3092 or LAWS5137
Semester 2
LAWS3438
International Commercial Transactions
6    P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008
N LAWS3072 or LAWS5138

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
LAWS3439
International Economic Law
6    P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023
N LAWS3090 or LAWS5139
Semester 2
LAWS3434
International Human Rights Law
6    P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023
N LAWS3034 or LAWS5134
Semester 2
LAWS3489
International Moot
6    P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023
N LAWS3035 or LAWS3093 or LAWS5189

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitive selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition.
Intensive December
Intensive February
Semester 1
LAWS3443
Interpretation
6    P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021)
N LAWS5143
Semester 2
LAWS3441
Introduction to Islamic Law
6      Semester 2
LAWS3480
IP: Copyright and Designs
6    N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5180
Semester 2
LAWS3479
IP: Trademarks and Patents
6    N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5179

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
LAWS3444
Japanese Law
6    N LAWS3076 or LAWS5144

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by seperate application. For further information see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus.
Intensive February
LAWS3900
Law Honours
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Further information regarding the honours program, including eligibility requirements, workload, supervision and award, can be found at http://sydney.edu.au/law/cstudent/undergrad/honours_program.shtml.
Semester 1
Semester 2
LAWS3044
Law International Exchange Electives
24   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Available to outbound exchange students only.
Semester 1
Semester 2
LAWS3494
Legal Systems in South East Asia
6    N LAWS5194 or LAWS6149

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Enrolment in the winter school is by application to the Law School.
Intensive July
LAWS3451
Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice
6    N LAWS3059 or LAWS5151
Semester 1
LAWS3428
Media Law: Defamation and Privacy
6    N LAWS3059 or LAWS5128
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Early
LAWS3452
Medical Law
6    N LAWS3046 or LAWS5152
Semester 1
Semester 2
LAWS3499
Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration
6    P (LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021) or (LAWS5007 and LAWS5010)) and (LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS2011 or LAWS5011)
C (LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010) and (LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005)
N LAWS3045 or LAWS3458 or LAWS5158 or LAWS3453 or LAWS5153 or LAWS5199
Semester 1
LAWS3455
Policing, Crime and Society
6    N LAWS3048 or LAWS5155
Semester 2
LAWS3457
Private International Law B
6    N LAWS3015 or LAWS5157
Semester 2
LAWS3460
Roman Law
6    N LAWS3052 or LAWS5160
Semester 1
LAWS3461
Social Justice Clinical Course
6    N LAWS4061 or LAWS5161

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
LAWS3431
External Placement Program
6    N LAWS3025 or LAWS5131

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
LAWS3465
Sydney Law Review
6    N LAWS3057 or LAWS5165

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
LAWS3496
United States Constitutional Law
6    P LAWS5011 or LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003
N LAWS3418 or LAWS5118 or LAWS3491 or LAWS5191 or LAWS5196
Semester 1
LAWS3483
War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law
6    N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS5183 or LAWS6218
Semester 2
2016 Part 2 Jurisprudence Units of Study
LAWS3436
International/Comparative Jurisprudence
6    N JURS3006 or LAWS5136

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB
Semester 1
LAWS3447
Law and Economics
6    N LAWS3036 or LAWS5147

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 2
LAWS3475
Philosophy of International Law
6   

This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 2
LAWS3454
Philosophy of Law
6    N LAWS3459 or LAWS5154

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Enrolment is by seperate application to the Law School.
Intensive July
Semester 2
LAWS3462
Sociological Theories of Law
6    N JURS3001 or LAWS5162


Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 1
LAWS3495
The Rule of Law and its Value
6    N LAWS5195


This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 2
LAWS3471
Theories of Conscientious Obedience
6    N LAWS5171


This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 1
LAWS3501
Theories of the State
6    N LAWS5201


This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.
Semester 1