Elective unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Elective Units of Study |
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| Students 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 | |||
| (c) no more than 24 Credit Points of master's level elective units of study. | |||
Part 1 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS3401 Advanced Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) C LAWS2011 N LAWS3027 or LAWS5101 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3402 Advanced Contracts |
6 | P (LAWS1015 OR LAWS1002 OR LAWS2008) AND (LAWS2004 OR (LAWS2015 AND LAWS2012)) N LAWS3007 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3403 Advanced Corporate Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 N LAWS5104 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3009 or LAWS5108 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 N LAWS3013 or LAWS5109 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3411 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012 or LAWS5111 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047 or LAWS5112 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3413 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) N LAWS3101 or LAWS5113 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS5368 Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive December |
| LAWS3417 Commercial Land Law |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS5117 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3419 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016 or LAWS5119 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3422 Contract and Equity in Land Dealings |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 N LAWS3017 and LAWS5122 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS5126 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3478 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS5178 Enrolment in the Himalyan Field School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS3507 Energy Law: Renewables and Emerging Tech |
6 | P LAWS1015 |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS5130 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3432 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS5132 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3435 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law |
6 | N LAWS3005 or LAWS5135 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3510 Industry and Community Projects |
6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3445 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5145 or LAWS5103 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3503 Insurance Law and Risk |
6 | N LAWS5203 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3508 Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | A Students are expected to have completed all core units with the exception of Private International Law A. N INDP3000 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. It is only available to students in their final year of study who have a WAM above 65. |
Semester 1 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 |
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 1 |
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| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5180 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5179 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS5144 Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by separate application to Sydney Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS3446 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023 or LAWS5146 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 Enrolment in the winter school is by application to the Law School. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5128 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| 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 1 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS5157 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3514 Race and the Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS3509 Redfern Legal Centre Clinic |
6 |
Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS5160 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3484 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS5184 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3461 Social Justice Legal Clinic A |
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 Social Justice Legal Clinic B |
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 |
| LAWS3483 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS5183 or LAWS6218 |
Semester 2 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Elective Unit of Study |
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| LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | A Available to law graduates only 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 |
| LAWS6141 Asia Pacific Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 | Semester 2 |
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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 |
| LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law |
6 | Intensive March |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6325 Crime, Responsibility and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control |
6 | Intensive May |
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| 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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| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive October |
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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 |
| LAWS6354 Environ Planning and Impact Assessment Law |
6 | A students who do not hold an undergraduate law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit and LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy (MEL only) N LAWS6043, LAWS6045, LAWS3430, LAWS5130 |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6041 Environmental Litigation |
6 | Intensive August |
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| 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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| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | Intensive September |
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| 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 |
| 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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| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 | Intensive September |
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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 |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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| 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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| LAWS6194 Punishment |
6 | Intensive April |
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| 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 |
| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
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 |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties N LAWS3439 or LAWS5139 |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law |
6 | N LAWS6069 |
Intensive October |
Part 2 Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates must complete a minimum of 6 credit points from Part 2 to satisfy the Jurisprudence requirements. | |||
| LAWS3447 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036 or LAWS5147 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3512 Law and Social Theories |
6 | N LAWS3462 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3513 Philosophy of Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Enrolment is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive July Semester 2 |
| 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 2 |
| LAWS3468 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077 or LAWS5168 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3469 Theories of Law |
6 | N LAWS3089 or LAWS5169 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 1 |
Part 2 Masters's Level Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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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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| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Intensive June |
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