Corporate, Securities and Finance 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 Corporate, Securities and Finance Law |
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Students must complete 24 credit points. | |||
Units of Study |
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LAWS6353 Business Crime This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive December |
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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 |
LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive August |
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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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 |
LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation |
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. The completion of other foundation units such as LAWS6840 Taxation of Business and Investment Income A and LAWS6841 Taxation of Business and Investment Income B will provide students, without such knowledge or work experience, with additional knowledge and skills that will assists in successfully completing this unit. |
Intensive April Semester 1a |
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 |
LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
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. |
Intensive May |
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 |
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 |
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 |
LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 | Intensive August |
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LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5178 or LAWS3478 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit |
Intensive May |
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 |
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 |
LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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LAWS6138 Internatl Fin Transactions: Law and Prac |
6 | Intensive March |
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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 |
LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 This unit replaced LAWS6816 Labour Law in the New Economy |
Intensive July |
LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive May |
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LAWS6944 Market Manipulation and Insider Trading |
6 | Intensive November |
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LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive June |
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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 |
LAWS6247 Securities and Markets Regulation |
6 | A Students should hold a law degree with good background in Australian corporate law. |
Intensive February |
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 |
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 |
LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance |
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 and LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
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 |