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Electives part 1 unit of study table

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Elective units of study

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

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 P LAWS5008 and LAWS5012
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
Academic Profile: https://www.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
LAWS6022
International and Comparative Labour Law
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
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/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
LAWS6041
Environmental Dispute Resolution
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
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
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
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
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
LAWS6065
Pollution, Corporate Liability and Govern
6  
LAWS6066
Discretion in Criminal Justice
6 Academic Profile https://www.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
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)
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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 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
LAWS6264
Compliance: Financial Services Industry
6  
LAWS6307
Class Action Litigation in Australia
6 N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869
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
LAWS6311
Advanced Directors' Duties
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
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
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
LAWS6318
Corporate Innovation and 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
LAWS6320
Climate Justice and Disaster 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
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. 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
LAWS6341
Media Law: Comparative Perspectives
6  
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
LAWS6344
Work, Care and Gender
6 A LAWS6252 or a law degree
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
LAWS6350
Criminal Law: History and Theory
6 A undergraduate criminal law or permission given by Unit Coordinator
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
LAWS6355
Energy and Water Security 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
LAWS6356
Critical Victimology
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
LAWS6358
Digital Criminology: Tech and Crime
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
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
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
LAWS6361
Advanced Insolvency Law
6 A This unit is available to students who have completed LAWS5014 Corporations Law, LAWS6159 Insolvency Law or equivalent unit
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
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. 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
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
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
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 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
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
LAWS6877
Mental Illness: Law and Policy
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
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
LAWS6896
Internatl and Comparative Criminal Justice
6  
LAWS6914
Law, Genetics and New Health Technologies
6  
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
LAWS6920
Global Health Law
6  
LAWS6928
Courts, Justice and Development
6 N LAWS3478 or LAWS5178
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
LAWS6931
Dispute Resolution in Asia
6  
LAWS6933
Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues
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
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 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
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
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

Post-publication amendments

Date
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Post-publication amendment
21/12/2023 LAWS6091, LAWS6314, LAWS6313, LAWS6264, LAWS 6350, LAWS6065, LAWS6119 and LAWS6844 missing from:
Master's level electives, Part 1
LAWS6091, LAWS6314, LAWS6313, LAWS6264, LAWS 6350, LAWS6065, LAWS6119 and LAWS6844 added to:
Master's level electives, Part 1