Juris Doctor
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Juris Doctor Elective Units of Study |
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| Students must complete 42 Credit Points of elective units of study. | |||
Part 1- International, Comparative, and Transnational Electives |
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| Students must complete a minimum of 6 Credit Points from Part 1 to satisfy the International, Comparative, and Transnational requirement | |||
| LAWS5108 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3009 or LAWS3408 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5368 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive December |
| LAWS5178 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS6846 Enrolment in the Himalyan Field School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS5207 Energy Law: Renewables and Emerging Tech |
6 | P LAWS5002 |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS5137 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 N LAWS3092 or LAWS3437 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5138 International Commercial Transactions |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 N LAWS3072 or LAWS3438 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5134 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3034 or LAWS3434 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5189 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3035 or LAWS3093 or LAWS3489 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitve selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition. |
Intensive December Intensive February Semester 1 |
| LAWS5141 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS5144 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS3444 Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by separate application to Sydney Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS5194 Legal Systems in South East Asia |
6 | N LAWS3494 or LAWS6149 Enrolment in the winter school is by application to the Law School. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS5199 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 LAWS3499 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5157 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS3457 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5183 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS3483 or LAWS6218 or LAWS6062 |
Semester 2 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives (International, Comparative, and Transnational) |
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| Students may choose no more than 24 Credit Points of master's level units of study in the Juris Doctor. | |||
| LAWS6141 Asia Pacific Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6320 Climate Justice and Disaster Law |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6320 Climate Disaster Law. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive March |
| 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 |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6355 Energy and Water Security Law |
6 |
Students who have previously completed both LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change and LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law are not permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive October |
| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6022 International and Comparative Labour Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478, LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. |
Intensive April |
| 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 |
| LAWS6065 Pollution, Corporate Liability and Govern |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6065 Pollution and Contaminated Land. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
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 LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation will provide students, without such knowledge or work experience, with additional knowledge and skills that will assists in successfully completing this unit. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance |
6 |
Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties N LAWS3439 or LAWS5139 |
Intensive September |