Jurisprudence
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Jurisprudence |
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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 of units of study, comprising: | |||
| 12 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| 36 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Core Units of Study |
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| JURS6034 Jurisprudence Research Project A |
6 | C JURS6035 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit is compulsory for MJur students. 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 JURS6034 and JURS6035 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 |
| JURS6035 Jurisprudence Research Project B |
6 | C JURS6034 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit is compulsory for MJur students. 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 JURS6034 and JURS6035 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 |
Elective Units of Study |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6350 Criminal Law: History and Theory This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | A LAWS6034 Criminal Liability, undergraduate criminal law or by permission of Unit Coordinator |
Intensive October |
| JURS6019 Freedom of Speech |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law and Soc Control |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6827 Legal Responsibility and Philosophy of Mind |
6 | Semester 2 |
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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 |
| LAWS6308 Philosophy of 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. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6836 Precedent, Interpretation and Probability This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | N JURS6028 or JURS6029 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6940 Theories of Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | N LAWS5169 or LAWS3469 |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Intensive June |
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Units of Study offered by the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
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| HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights |
6 | N PHIL7607 |
Semester 2 |