Juris Doctor
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| 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 complete 42 credit points of elective units of study, comprising: | |||
| (i) a maximum of 36 credit points of units of study from Part 1 Electives | |||
| (ii) a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study from Part 2 Jurisprudence Electives | |||
| (iii) no more than 24 credit points of master's level units of study in the Juris Doctor | |||
Part 2 - Jurisprudence Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS5147 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036 or LAWS3447 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5154 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459 or LAWS3454 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. |
Semester 2a |
| LAWS5168 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077 or LAWS3468 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5169 Theories of Law |
6 | N LAWS3469 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the JD |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5171 The Morality of Obeying the Law |
6 | N LAWS3471 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5175 Philosophy of International Law |
6 | N LAWS3475 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5195 The Rule of Law and its Value |
6 | N LAWS3495 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5200 Law, Morals and Politics |
6 | N LAWS3500 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5217 The History of Legal Thought |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS5222 Rights |
6 | N LAWS3522 This unit satisfies the Part 2/Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 - Master's Level Jurisprudence Electives |
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| JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
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 |
| LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 |
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Intensive June |
| LAWS6827 Legal Responsibility and Philosophy of Mind |
6 |
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Semester 2 |
| LAWS6338 The Nature of the Common Law |
6 |
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Intensive June |