University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Part 1 - 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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| LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS5368 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive December Semester 2 |
| 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 | P LAWS2014 N LAWS3445 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3009 or LAWS5108 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
| LAWS3417 Commercial Land Law |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS3426 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS5126 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS5128 |
Semester 1a Semester 2 |
| LAWS3430 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS5130 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3431 Law and Social Justice Clinic |
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 |
| LAWS3432 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS5132 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 N LAWS3034 or LAWS5134 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3435 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| 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 |
| LAWS3441 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS3443 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) N LAWS5143 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3444 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS5144 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by separate application to Sydney Law School. |
Intensive March |
| LAWS3445 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5145 or LAWS5103 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3446 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023 or LAWS5146 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3452 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 or LAWS5152 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3457 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS5157 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3460 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS5160 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3461 Public Interest Law Clinic |
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. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3463 Sports Law |
6 | P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015 and LAWS1017 Interest in sport is not essential to doing this subject. The topics are largely universal in application. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 or LAWS5165 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by Departmental Permission. Applicants must have a minimum WAM of 70 and be in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3478 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS5178 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in the Himalayan Field School is by separate application to the Law School. |
Intensive February |
| LAWS3479 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5179 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3480 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS5180 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS3483 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS5183 or LAWS6218 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 2 |
| LAWS3502 Advanced Trusts |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS3503 Insurance Law and Risk |
6 | N LAWS5203 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3507 Energy Law: Renewables and Emerging Tech |
6 | P LAWS1015 |
Semester 1a Semester 2 |
| LAWS3508 Industry and Community Engagement |
6 | A Students are expected to have completed all core units with the exception of Private International Law A. N INDP3000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive February, Semester 1, Semester 2 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. It is only available to JD and LLB students in their final two years of study, and who have a WAM above 65. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3510 External and Community Engagement |
6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project. Note: Department permission required for enrolment To be advised, if any, according to the project |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3511 Indigenous Engagement |
6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project. N FASS3500 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS3515 Citizenship and Nationality Law |
6 | P LAWS1021, LAWS1023 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS3516 International Law and China |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS3518 Law and Technology |
6 | A Torts, Contracts, Public Law and Criminal Law |
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 https://sydney.edu.au/students/honours/law.html. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives |
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| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students. Elective unit for GradDipCrim students who commenced on or after 1 Jan 2019. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6041 Environmental Litigation |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties N LAWS3439 or LAWS5139 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6065 Pollution, Corporate Liability and Govern |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6105 Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| 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 assist in successfully completing this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law |
6 | N LAWS6069 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6317 Regulation of Corporate Crime |
6 | A It is recommended that students have some knowledge of corporate law and criminal law and procedure or have had practical experience in these areas. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Regulation |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6334 Gender Inequality and Development |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6341 Media Law: Comparative Perspectives |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6342 Environmental Markets This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/cpd/ |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6357 The Statutory Foundations of Negligence |
6 | A undergraduate law degree Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
For 2020 only, this unit will be a substitute for the MHL core units, LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care or LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/cpd/ |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | A Available to law graduates only Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 or LAWS3447 or LAWS5147 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students enrolled in the MIL and GradDipIL may undertake either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive July |