Postgraduate units

Masters and Graduate Diploma course requirements and recommendation

Students are advised to take note of the course requirements for the Masters and Graduate Diploma programs.

• Students with a degree in a discipline other than law will be required to complete the unit LAW7212 Australian legal system.
• Students with a law degree from a non-Australian jurisdiction must complete the unit LAW7436 Introduction to Australian legal process.
• International students are recommended to undertake the unit LAW7285 Legal research and communications.

Postgraduate units

Units update

The Faculty has introduced the following postgraduate units:

• LAW7485  Managing high conflict personalities *Offered in 2013
  Download LAW7485 brochure (pdf, 242kb)
• LAW7486 Victorian charter of rights and responsibilities *Offered in 2013
• LAW7487 Private international law in commercial disputes 
• LAW7488 Human trafficking and the law *Offered in 2013
• LAW7489 Current issues in copyright *Offered in 2013
• LAW7490 Regulating business: Enforcement and compliance *Offered in 2013
• LAW7491 Freedom of speech - law, theory and policy*Offered in 2013
• LAW7492 Health law *Offered in 2013
• LAW7493 Advanced commercial negotiation law *Offered in 2013
• LAW7494 Advanced evidence and proof in litigation*Offered in 2013
• LAW7495 International entertainment law *Offered in 2013
• LAW7540 (The) Chinese legal system: A comparative analysis
  

* These units may be offered in 2013. Please check 2013 unit handbook for offerings.

Browse units by alphabet

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	Highlighted units - refer to units for 2013 academic year.
Note:	The 'Masters, Graduate Diplomas and single units' timetable can be accessed via the Postgraduate timetables.
	The Faculty reserves the right to modify the list of units below.

A

Unit name	Unit code
Advanced commercial negotiation law (2013)	LAW7493	√	√
Advanced evidence and proof in litigation (2013)	LAW7494	√	√	√		√			√
Advanced Mediation:Skills and theory A (2013)	LAW7475	√
Advanced Mediation:Skills and theory B (2013)	LAW7476	√
Advanced conflict resolution skills	LAW7312	√	√						√
Advanced torts (2013)	LAW7467	√	√	√					√
Advocacy: Theory and practice (2013)	LAW7303	√
Anti-money laundering	LAW7220	√	√
Arbitration of domestic commercial disputes	LAW7443	√	√
Arbitration of international commercial disputes	LAW7339	√	√			√
Australian legal system (2013)	LAW7212	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

C

Unit name	Unit code
Children's rights in Australian law (2013)	LAW7480	√		√
Children's rights in international law	LAW7481	√		√		√
(The) Chinese legal system: A comparative analysis	LAW7540	√	√		√	√
Collaborative practice (2013)	LAW7474	√
Commercial alternative dispute resolution (2013)	LAW7071	√	√		√				√
Commercial tenancy law (2013)	LAW7009	√	√
Communications law and regulation	LAW7322	√						√
Comparative bills of rights (2013)	LAW7333	√		√		√
Comparative competition law (2013)	LAW7278	√	√			√		√
Comparative corporate governance	LAW7344	√	√			√
Comparative international tax law	LAW7349	√	√			√
Competition law: Regulating access	LAW7471	√	√
Consumer protection: Regulation and compliance	LAW7258	√	√					√
Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice	LAW7208	√
Copyright (2013)	LAW7011	√	√		√
Corporate and white collar crime (2013)	LAW7304	√	√						√
Corporate finance law	LAW7430	√	√			√
Corporate governance and directors' duties (2013)	LAW7306	√	√					√
Corporate insolvency (2013)	LAW7031	√	√
Current issues in copyright (2013)	LAW7489	√			√
Current issues in electronic commerce law	LAW7245	√	√
Current issues in evidence	LAW7040	√
Current issues in human rights law	LAW7419	√		√		√
Current issues in intellectual property	LAW7309	√	√		√
Current issues in workplace law	LAW7310	√	√						√
Current problems in family law	LAW7060	√		√
Current problems in taxation	LAW7015	√	√
Cybercrime (2013)	LAW7280	√	√

D

Unit name	Unit code
Defamation law (2013)	LAW7140	√
Design law and practice (2013)	LAW7254	√	√		√
Discrimination law, theory and policy	LAW7129	√		√
Discrimination law and human rights at work (2013)	LAW7327	√	√						√
Domestic and international debt capital markets (2013)	LAW7479	√	√			√
Drafting patent specifications (2013)	LAW7465	√			√

E

Unit name	Unit code
Economics of regulation (2013)	LAW7444	√						√
Electronic workplace law (2013)	LAW7279	√	√				√		√
Energy law, regulation and policy (2013)	LAW7324	√	√			√		√
Equity capital markets law in Australia	LAW7437	√	√
European Union law and policy (2013)	LAW7019	√	√			√
European Union law: Commerce, law and politics	LAW7473	√	√			√
Evaluating what works in regulation (2013)	LAW7317	√						√
Expert evidence (2013)	LAW7308	√	√

F

Unit name	Unit code
Forced migration and human rights	LAW7066	√		√		√
Forensic family law	LAW7022	√
Forward with fairness: New labour law	LAW7338	√	√						√
Freedom of speech - Law, theory and policy (2013)	LAW7491	√		√

G

Unit name	Unit code
Genocide in international law	LAW7464	√		√		√
Globalization and international economic law (2013)	LAW7438	√	√			√
Goods and services tax (2013)	LAW7262	√	√
Graduate research paper (2013)	LAW7078	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

H

Unit name	Unit code
Health law (2013)	LAW7492	√		√				√
Health law and human rights	LAW7431	√		√
Human rights advocacy: Australian law and practice	LAW7418	√		√
Human rights and intellectual property	LAW7439	√	√	√	√	√
Human rights in the global economy	LAW7253	√		√		√
Human trafficking and the law (2013)	LAW7488	√		√		√		√	√

I

Unit name	Unit code
Indigenous rights and international law	LAW7260	√		√		√
Innovation: Labour, competition and intellectual property law perspectives	LAW7453E Prato,Italy	√	√		√				√
Intellectual property and the internet	LAW7244	√	√		√
International aspects of intellectual property (2013)	LAW7077	√	√		√	√
International banking and finance: Law and practice	LAW7323	√	√			√
Iinternational covenant on civil and political rights	LAW7263	√		√		√
International criminal justice (2013)	LAW7286	√		√		√
International criminal law: Procedural and practical aspects	LAW7341	√		√		√
International entertainment law (2013)	LAW7495	√	√		√	√
International environmental law (2013)	LAW7068	√	√			√
International human rights law and development (2013)	LAW7416	√		√		√
International human rights law and women (2013)	LAW7311	√		√		√
International humanitarian law (2013)	LAW7218	√		√		√
International investment law (2013)	LAW7427	√	√			√
International labour law (2013)	LAW7449	√							√
International law and economic, cultural and social rights	LAW7318	√		√		√
International refugee law and human rights	LAW7425	√		√		√
International trade law (2013)	LAW7028	√	√		√	√
International trade mark law	LAW7451	√	√		√	√
Interpretation and validity of patent specifications (2013)	LAW7466	√			√
Introduction to Australian legal process (2013)	LAW7436	√	√	√	√	√			√
Issues in consumer policy (2013)	LAW7445	√						√

L

Unit name	Unit code
Labour law for corporate lawyers	LAW7215	√	√						√
(The) law of climate change	LAW7434	√	√			√		√
Law of employee relations (2013)	LAW7083	√	√				√	√	√
Law of the internet (2013)	LAW7213	√			√	√
Law of workforce management (2013)	LAW7441	√							√
Legal aspects of the Israel/Palestine dispute	LAW7342	√		√		√
Legal process and professional conduct (2013)	LAW7477	√			√
Legal research and communication (2013)	LAW7285	√
Local government law (2013)	LAW7087	√					√

M

Unit name	Unit code
Managing high conflict personalities (2013)	LAW7485	√
Minor thesis (25,000 - 30, 000 words) (2013)	LAW7000	√	√	√	√	√			√
Minor thesis (12,000 - 15, 000 words) (2013)	LAW7456	√	√	√	√	√			√

N

Unit name	Unit code
Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution (2013)	LAW7251	√	√						√
Non-adversarial family law	LAW7432	√

O

Unit name	Unit code
Occupational health and safety (2013)	LAW7037	√	√					√	√
Overseas study and research Malaysia (2013)	LAW7422	√
Overseas study and research Prato (2013)	LAW7421	√
Overview of banking law (2013)	LAW7442	√	√
Overview of competition law (2013)	LAW7056	√	√		√			√
Overview of corporate law (2013)	LAW7263	√	√
Overview of intellectual property (2013)	LAW7223	√	√		√
Overview of international human rights law (2013)	LAW7026	√		√		√			√

P

Unit name	Unit code
Patent practice (2013)	LAW7452	√	√		√
Patenting for commercialisation (2013)	LAW7433	√	√		√
Patents for inventions (2013)	LAW7119	√	√		√
Personal property securities	LAW7450	√	√
Planning law	LAW7059	√					√
Principles of construction law	LAW7332	√	√				√
Principles of environmental law (2013)	LAW7420	√					√
Principles of family law (2013)	LAW7472	√		√
Principles of privacy and freedom of information	LAW7076	√	√	√			√
Principles of taxation (2013)	LAW7276	√	√
Privacy and surveillance: law, policy and governance (2013)	LAW7246	√	√			√
Private international law in commercial disputes	LAW7487	√	√			√
(The) privatising state: Reform, regulation and reinvention	LAW7329	√						√
Procurement law	LAW7347	√	√
Protecting the rights of minorities, marginalised and vulnerable people (2013)	LAW7330	√		√		√
Psychiatry, psychology and law	LAW7207	√		√
Public international law	LAW7478	√		√		√
Public sector employment law	LAW7041	√							√

R

Unit name	Unit code
Regulating business: Enforcement and compliance (2013)	LAW7490	√	√					√
Regulating the professions	LAW7335	√						√
Regulation of Australian water resources	LAW7325	√						√
Regulatory fundamentals: Concepts, constructs and context (2013)	LAW7313	√					√	√
Regulatory methods (2013)	LAW7315	√					√	√
Remedies in commercial disputes	LAW7469	√	√

S

Unit name	Unit code
Sentencing	LAW7043	√
Shareholders’ remedies	LAW7243	√	√
Superannuation law and practice	LAW7122	√	√						√

T

Unit name	Unit code
Technology contracts and licensing law	LAW7221	√	√		√
Takeovers (2013)	LAW7045	√	√
Tax disputes and written advocacy	LAW7337	√	√
Terrorism and human rights (2013)	LAW7320	√		√		√
Trade mark practice (2013)	LAW7224	√	√		√
Trade marks and commercial designations (2013)	LAW7075	√	√		√
Transitional justice	LAW7482	√		√		√

U

Unit name	Unit code
(The) use of force in international law	LAW7343	√			√	√

v

Unit name	Unit code
Victorian charter of rights and responsibilities (2013)	LAW7486	√		√				√

W

Unit name	Unit code
Workplace bargaining and agreements law	LAW7435	√							√
World Trade Organization (WTO) law	LAW7326	√	√			√