Health Law
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of 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 Sydney Law School prior to enrolment. | |||
| Students must complete 48 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (i) 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study, for students without a law background; or | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study, for students with a law background. | |||
Core Units of Study |
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| Students without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake either LAWS6881 or LAWS6252 prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
| Where a core unit of study is not available, students may apply for special permission to replace a core unit of study with an elective unit of study. | |||
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 September |
| 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. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care |
6 | N LAWS3452 or LAWS5152 Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Students who have previously completed LAWS5152, LAWS3452 or equivalent Medical Law unit in their undergraduate degree are not permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is not a skills unit and students will not be trained as negotiators or mediators. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Intensive August |
| 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 |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | N PSYC1001 or PSYC3020 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6147 Independent Research Project |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A |
6 | C LAWS6183 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6183 Independent Research Project B |
6 | C LAWS6182 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or over two semesters. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6335 Neurolaw: Brain Mind Law and Ethics This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
This unit is offered in online mode, with a compulsory face-to-face workshop conducted over 2 days. Students are required to digest materials posted in the Learning Management System each week, including traditional academic literature and multi-media resources, and to complete weekly online tasks (including quizzes and discussion questions). |
Intensive September |