Juris Doctor
Electives part 1 unit of study table
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Elective units of study | ||
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| Juris Doctor 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 | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Part 1 - Elective Units of Study | ||
| LAWS5101 Advanced Constitutional Law | 6 | P LAWS5007 and LAWS5011 N LAWS3401 |
| LAWS5103 Advanced Corporate Law | 6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS5145 |
| LAWS5108 Advanced Public International Law | 6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3408 |
| LAWS5109 Advanced Taxation Law | 6 | P LAWS5112 N LAWS3409 |
| LAWS5111 Anti-Discrimination Law | 6 | N LAWS3411 |
| LAWS5112 Australian Income Tax | 6 | N LAWS3412 |
| LAWS5113 Banking and Financial Instruments | 6 | P LAWS5002 and LAWS5015 N LAWS3101 or LAWS3413 |
| LAWS5117 Commercial Land Law | 6 | P LAWS5012 N LAWS3417 |
| LAWS5119 Competition Law | 6 | N LAWS3419 |
| LAWS5126 Criminology | 6 | N LAWS3426 |
| LAWS5127 Death and Inheritance Law | 6 | N LAWS3427 |
| LAWS5128 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy | 6 | N LAWS3428 |
| LAWS5130 Environmental Law | 6 | C LAWS5010 N LAWS3430 |
| LAWS5131 Law and Social Justice Clinic | 6 | N LAWS3431 OR LAWS3461 OR LAWS5161 Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
| LAWS5132 Family Law | 6 | N LAWS3432 |
| LAWS5134 International Human Rights Law | 6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3434 |
| LAWS5135 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law | 6 | N LAWS3435 |
| LAWS5137 International Commercial Arbitration | 6 | P LAWS5002 N LAWS3437 |
| LAWS5141 Introduction to Islamic Law | 6 | |
| LAWS5143 Interpretation | 6 | P LAWS5002 and LAWS5007 N LAWS3443 |
| LAWS5144 Japanese Law | 6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS3444 |
| LAWS5145 Insolvency Law | 6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5103 or LAWS3445 |
| LAWS5146 Labour Law | 6 | N LAWS3446 or LAWS6071 |
| LAWS5151 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice | 6 | N LAWS3451 |
| LAWS5152 Medical Law | 6 | N LAWS3452 |
| LAWS5155 Policing, Crime and Society | 6 | N LAWS3048 or LAWS3455 |
| LAWS5160 Roman Law | 6 | N LAWS3460 |
| LAWS5161 Public Interest Law Clinic | 6 | N LAWS3431 OR LAWS3461 OR LAWS5131 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
| LAWS5163 Sports Law | 6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 N LAWS3463 Interest in sport is not essential to doing this subject. The topics are largely universal in application. |
| LAWS5165 Sydney Law Review | 6 | N LAWS3465 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. |
| LAWS5178 Development, Law and Human Rights | 6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS6846 |
| LAWS5179 IP: Trade Marks and Patents | 6 | N LAWS3479 |
| LAWS5180 IP: Copyright and Designs | 6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS3480 |
| LAWS5183 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law | 6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS3483 or LAWS6218 or LAWS6062 |
| LAWS5184 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law | 6 | P LAWS5008 N LAWS3484 |
| LAWS5189 International Moot | 6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3489 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. |
| LAWS5190 Law and Society in Indonesia | 6 | N LAWS3490 |
| LAWS5196 United States Constitutional Law | 6 | P LAWS5011 N LAWS3496 |
| LAWS5199 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration | 6 | P LAWS5007 and LAWS5010 and LAWS5011 C LAWS5010 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3499 |
| LAWS5202 Advanced Trusts | 6 | P LAWS5015 N LAWS3502 |
| LAWS5207 Energy Law: Renewables and Emerging Tech | 6 | P LAWS5002 N LAWS3507 |
| LAWS5208 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 Enrolment in this unit of study is only available to JD and LLB students in their final two years of study. |
| LAWS5210 Law Reform | 6 | N LAWS3510 |
| LAWS5211 Indigenous Engagement | 6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project N FASS3500 |
| LAWS5214 Race and the Law | 6 | N LAWS3514 |
| LAWS5215 Citizenship and Nationality Law | 6 | P LAWS5005 and LAWS5007 N LAWS3515 |
| LAWS5216 International Law and China | 6 | N LAWS3516 |
| LAWS5218 Law and Technology | 6 | A Torts, Contracts, Public Law and Criminal Law N LAWS3518 |
| LAWS5219 The Criminal Trial | 6 | P LAWS5003 and LAWS5004 C LAWS5013 N LAWS3519 |
| LAWS5221 Law of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment | 6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 and LAWS5008 C LAWS5015 N LAWS3521 |
| LAWS5223 Anti-Corruption Law | 6 | P LAWS5004 |
| LAWS5224 Charters of Rights and Criminal Punishment | 6 | P LAWS5003 and LAWS5007 N LAWS3524 |
| LAWS5225 Legal Internship | 6 | N LAWS3525 |
| LAWS5226 Global Engagement Law Program | 6 | N LAWS3526 |
| LAWS5227 Property Theory | 6 | |
| LAWS5228 The Commonwealth and the Common Law | 6 | |
| LAWS5360 Independent Research Project | 6 | N LAWS3031 or LAWS3115 or LAWS3030 or LAWS3260 or LAWS5315 or LAWS5330 or LAWS5331 |
| LAWS5368 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems | 6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives | ||
| LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law | 6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 |
| LAWS6022 International and Comparative Labour Law | 6 | |
| 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. |
| LAWS6041 Environmental Dispute Resolution | 6 | |
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea | 6 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6065 Pollution, Corporate Liability and Govern | 6 | |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice | 6 | |
| 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 |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy | 6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
| 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 |
| LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance | 6 | |
| 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 |
| LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol | 6 | |
| LAWS6141 Asia Pacific Environmental Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law and Heritage Law | 6 | Students enrolled in the MIL and GradDipIL may apply to enrol in this unit, please contact law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
| 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 |
| LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law | 6 | N LAWS6069 |
| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control | 6 | |
| LAWS6195 Immigration and Labour Law | 6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students only) |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A | 6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking specified tax units 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 taxation law in a law or accounting practice, in an industry role, or in the Australian Taxation Office. Students who do not have such knowledge or work experience should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Taxation before enrolling in other units. |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance | 6 | |
| LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry | 6 | |
| LAWS6307 Class Action Litigation in Australia | 6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 |
| LAWS6311 Advanced Directors' Duties | 6 | |
| LAWS6313 Not-for-Profits, Philanthropy, and the Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law | 6 | |
| 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 |
| LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Regulation | 6 | |
| LAWS6320 Climate Justice and Disaster Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6324 Law Tropical Forests and Carbon | 6 | |
| LAWS6329 Asian Corporate Governance | 6 | |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation | 6 | Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
| LAWS6341 Media Law: Comparative Perspectives | 6 | |
| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology | 6 | |
| LAWS6344 Work, Care and Gender | 6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree |
| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation | 6 | |
| LAWS6350 Criminal Law: History and Theory | 6 | A undergraduate criminal law or permission given by Unit Coordinator |
| LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia | 6 | |
| LAWS6355 Energy and Water Security Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6356 Critical Victimology | 6 | |
| LAWS6358 Digital Criminology: Tech and Crime | 6 | |
| LAWS6360 Project Finance Fundamentals | 6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit |
| LAWS6361 Advanced Insolvency Law | 6 | A This unit is available to students who have completed LAWS5014 Corporations Law, LAWS6159 Insolvency Law or equivalent unit |
| LAWS6362 International Space Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6364 Environmental and Climate Science in Court | 6 | |
| LAWS6365 Environmental Crimes and Law Enforcement | 6 | |
| LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy | 6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law | 6 | MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. |
| LAWS6844 US Corporate Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles | 6 | |
| 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 |
| LAWS6859 Law of Agency | 6 | A Students are encouraged to complete LAWS6987 Fundamentals of Commercial Law prior to undertaking this unit, but it is not a pre-requisite |
| LAWS6862 Hate Crime | 6 | |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution | 6 | N LAWS6202 |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy | 6 | |
| LAWS6889 Death Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6896 Internatl and Comparative Criminal Justice | 6 | |
| LAWS6914 Law, Genetics and New Health Technologies | 6 | |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6928 Courts, Justice and Development | 6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS5178 |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia | 6 | |
| LAWS6931 Dispute Resolution in Asia | 6 | |
| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues | 6 | |
| LAWS6944 Insider Trading and Market Misconduct | 6 | A Students are encouraged to complete LAWS6810 Fundamentals of Corporate Law prior to undertaking this unit, but it is not a pre-requisite |
| LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies | 6 | A Available to law graduates only |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law | 6 | |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy | 6 | N LAWS6257 or LAWS3447 or LAWS5147 |
| LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law | 6 | |
| 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 |