Choose four elective units.
International Commercial Law
Unit Code:LAW20007
Contact Hours:Recommended 10 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the law governing international commerce and the resolution of disputes arising out of such commerce. It addresses some of the political and economic considerations influencing international commerce, the organisations established to regulate and promote international commercial activity, and the regulation of private commercial agreements under local and international laws.
Content
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Describe and evaluate international commercial law and related philosophical, and political policy debates and reform proposals to apply it in the formulation of an advice to a client
- Locate and interpret legislation and international agreements and conventions applicable to international commercial law to apply it to a factual problem scenario
- Communicate with clients and others about their rights and obligations with regards to international commercial law
- Conduct international commercial law related research and use the results of that research in the development of a legal argument.
Law and the Media
Unit Code:LAW20024
Contact Hours:Recommended 10 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit explains laws regulating and enabling speech and publication including those about defamation; racial, religious and other forms of discrimination and vilification; classifying and moderating media content; social media platforms’ terms of use; employment law; court reporting and contempt; radio frequency spectrum management. This unit also demonstrates ways of understanding media law problems from different perspectives, including a business perspective. Students will also understand a rapidly changing and increasingly important field of law through a focus on topical issues.
Content
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Identify and evaluate the laws regulating and enabling speech and publication in terms of their impact on the media
- Assess when and how to publish contentious material
- Describe and assess the constraints imposed on the media in reporting
- Research and apply aspects of media law to effectively advise clients on the publication of media material.
Public & Private International Law
Unit Code:LAW20035
Contact Hours:Recommended 10 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit introduces students to the nature and content of public international law – the law governing the relationships between sovereign states and relating to the conventions and organisations established to regulate international affairs. It also deals with private international law (or conflict of laws) – the law governing the resolution of conflicts arising when the parties to a dispute reside in, or wish to use the law of, different jurisdictions. The aim of this unit is to enable students, through the study of cases, statutes and other material, to become familiar with the areas of public and private international law.
Content
After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to:
- Identify the core principles of public and private international law and how they apply at the national and international levels
- Demonstrate an integrated understanding of the legal issues relating to public and private international law with emphasis on Australian dualism
- Research primary and secondary sources of public and private international law to unpack the legal and policy issues around international law
- Analyse judgments from the High Court of Australia and international courts that deal with international law to understand the complexity of international law principles.
Competition Law & Policy
Unit Code:LAW20036
Contact Hours:Recommended 10 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit introduces students to the Australian law’s response to anti-competitive conduct. It proceeds on the basis that, as a general rule, competition produces economic, social and political benefits for society as a whole and that, therefore, anti-competitive conduct should be prohibited or regulated. The unit will focus on the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). However, it will also examine competition law from an international perspective. The aim of this unit is to enable students, through the study of cases, statutes and other material, to acquire a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of, and competence in, Australian competition law and policy.
Content
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Describe and evaluate Australian competition law and related policy debates
- Identify and describe the economic concepts embedded in Australian competition law to determine the appropriate outcome
- Apply competition law to factual situations and effectively advise and communicate with clients and others about their rights and obligations
- Conduct competition law related research and use the results of that research in the development of a legal argument
- Contribute to the preparation of a legal argument in a group.
Advanced Criminal Law and Sentencing
Unit Code:LAW20041
Contact Hours:Recommended 10 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
Administrative Law
It provides student with a deeper knowledge of criminal law, especially the rules and principles relating to criminal appeals and the criminal principles in each Australian jurisdiction. The unit focuses on the evolving nature of sentencing law, with an emphasis on appropriate and necessary innovations in this area.
Content
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Conduct effective legal research of both primary and secondary materials
- Explain contemporary debates about the appropriate manner in which to deal with criminal offenders
- Explain the political, social and economic influences that shape criminal and sentencing law
- Analyse the efficacy of the law to attain the key sentencing objectives in the form of deterrence, rehabilitation and community protection
- Develop recommendations about innovative and technological changes that should be made to sentencing law.
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Taxation Law
Unit Code:LAW20033
Contact Hours:Recommended 12 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit enables students, through the study of cases, statutes and other material, to acquire a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of, and competence in, Australian taxation law and policy. This unit introduces students to the forms of taxation used in Australia to raise revenue. It focuses on Commonwealth taxes, in particular income tax, goods and services tax and fringe benefits tax. Students are also introduced to the more important state taxes. In its treatment of those taxes, the unit examines the principles used in Australian law to determine what is income, what is deductible, how entities are taxed and the administration of the taxation system.
Content
- Describe and evaluate the Australian taxation law and related policy debates and reform proposals
- Locate and interpret provisions of the principal tax acts and apply it to a factual scenario in order provide appropriate legal advice
- Communicate with clients and others about their rights and obligations under Australian taxation law with reference to a particular legal problem
- Conduct taxation law related research and use the results of that research to develop a legal argument
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Asian Commercial Law
Unit Code:LAW20037
Contact Hours:Recommended 12 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit enables students, through the study of cases, statutes and other material, to acquire an appreciation of the commercial law regimes of Australia's principal Asian trading partners and a more detailed knowledge and understanding of those in China, India and Indonesia.
Content
- Describe and evaluate the commercial law regimes of Australia’s principal Asian trading partners
- Locate and apply the key legislative provisions applying to commercial law operating in those countries
- Advise and communicate with clients and others about their rights and obligations arising out of commercial dealings in, or with, those countries
- Conduct commercial law related research and apply the results of that research
- Contribute to the preparation of legal advice in a group
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Privacy and Surveillance Law
Unit Code:LAW20038
Contact Hours:Recommended 12.5 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit aims to introduce students to the meaning and value of privacy before examining the legal frameworks that deal with privacy and data protection. The impact of new technologies has renewed a focus on privacy protection in Australia. This unit considers the scope, nature and limits of privacy protection and the ongoing debates about privacy revolving around the introduction of new technologies. It also considers the legal policy and law reform debates about privacy protection.
Content
- Analyse and evaluate contemporary debates over the role and nature of privacy law
- Examine privacy law’s relationship to government and commercial entities
- Discuss the development and evolution of privacy law in its historical and social context
- Conduct effective legal research of both primary and secondary legal materials, as well as relevant interdisciplinary materials
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Law Study Tour
Unit Code:LAW20039
Contact Hours:Recommended 12 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit provides students with the opportunity to apply their legal education and life experiences to interpret the historically nuanced, politically complex and culturally rich legal infrastructure that exists in Indonesia. Student's prior assumptions will be challenged and through this unit they may identify new professional, personal and scholarly opportunities. This study tour will involve spending one week in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, and one week in Yogyakarta, a sultanate, in central Java (Indonesia). The students will visit court houses, meet police officers and public officials (public servants and politicians) but also work with community groups who are involved with customary legal systems.
Content
- Describe the overall structure and nature of the legal system and legal cultures of the visited jurisdiction
- Interpret the way that state and non-state actors and institutions are pivotal to the practice of law in the visited jurisdiction
- Reflect on the manner in which the law and institutions of the visited jurisdiction differs from Australian law and institutions
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Advanced Intellectual Property Law
Unit Code:LAW20042
Contact Hours:Recommended 12 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit builds on the foundation knowledge and skills acquired in Trade Marks & Related Rights, Patents & Designs and Copyright to understand more specialised applications of intellectual property law. The focus is on exploring areas of debate and policy development in the law of patents, design, copyright, trade marks and the law of confidential information. Students will evaluate contemporary issues in these areas. Students will also understand how these laws are relevant at a national and international level.
Content
- Evaluate Australian and international intellectual property law to support judgments and justify opinions
- Interpret statutory language related to intellectual property law
- Apply intellectual property law to new factual scenarios
- Conduct intellectual property law related research and use the results of that research in the development of a legal argument
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Legal Research Project
Unit Code:LAW30026
Contact Hours:Recommended 12.5 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit provides students with a capstone supervised research experience. Students will research and write a substantial research paper on a topic approved by their academic supervisor. The unit gives students the opportunity to work closely with an academic with expertise in the student's field of enquiry. It allows for engagement with a substantive area of law to plan, research and write a research paper that is relevant to current legal issues. The unit will also expose students to various legal research methodologies.
Content
- Demonstrate an understanding of the legal issues relating to an area of the law chosen by the student, in consultation with an academic supervisor, by identifying a research problem
- Design and plan a research proposal, including the development of research questions, and assimilate scholarly material from a range of sources to convince a reader of the need for the research
- Produce a research paper through the evaluation and synthesis of relevant factual, legal and policy issues against the backdrop of the chosen theoretical propositions or legal methodologies that adequately addresses the research problem
- Plan research time effectively
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Advanced Legal Research Project 1
Unit Code:LAW30027
Contact Hours:Recommended 12.5 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit, together with Advanced Legal Research Project 2, provides students with a capstone supervised research experience. The unit gives students the opportunity to work closely with an academic with expertise in the student's field of enquiry to identify a suitable topic for research and to develop a research plan. The unit will also expose students to various legal research methodologies with a view of developing a preliminary literature review. The research proposal developed forms the basis of the research report undertaken in Advance Legal Research Project 2.
Content
- Demonstrate an understanding of the legal issues relating to an area of the law by identifying a research problem
- Design a research proposal, including the development of research questions
- Assimilate scholarly material from a range of sources
- Effectively plan a research project
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Advanced Legal Research Project 2
Unit Code:LAW30028
Contact Hours:Recommended 12.5 hours of study per week
Description:
About this unit
This unit, together with LAW30027 Advanced Legal Research Project 1, provides students with a capstone supervised research experience. Students will research and write a substantial research paper on the topic identified in LAW30027 Advanced Legal Research Project 1. The unit gives students the opportunity to work closely with an academic with expertise in the student's field of enquiry. It allows for engagement with a substantive area of law to research and write a research paper that is relevant to current legal issues. By the end of this unit students will have prepared a substantial dissertation on their chosen topic.
Content
- Demonstrate an understanding of the legal issues relating to an area of the law, by developing arguments to address the research problem identified in LAW30027 Advanced Legal Research Project 1
- Produce a research paper that adequately addresses the research problem
- Manage and plan research time effectively
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