A candidate proceeding to the degree of LLM by coursework and minor thesis is required to complete four approved subjects and a minor thesis of approximately 25,000 words. A candidate proceeding to the LLM by coursework must complete six approved subjects.
The faculty endeavours to offer a broad range of graduate subjects each year.
The following subjects have been approved for the purpose of the coursework component of the LLM program.
LLM subjects
* Advanced private international law
* Australia in the international legal order
* Commercial alternative dispute resolutions
* Commercial arbitration
* Commercial equity
* Comparative Australian and United States taxation law
* Comparative family law
* Comparative labour relations law
* Comparative tax law reform
* Confiscation of the proceeds of crime
* Contemporary legal thought
* Copyright
* Current issues in air transport law
* Current issues in civil procedure
* Current issues in international banking law
* Current problems in family law
* Current problems in taxation
* Drugs and the law
* Economic torts
* European Community law
* Family property
* Forensic family law
* Government and information
* Government regulation of international trade
* Graduate research paper
* International air law
* International aspects of intellectual property
* International banking law
* International human rights
* International taxation
* International trade law
* Law and economics
* Law of employee relations
* Law of liquidations
* Law of the sea
* Legislative and judicial refinement of the income tax base
* Liability for tortious communications
* Local government law
* Maritime law
* Migration law
* Occupational health and safety
* Pacific comparative law
* Patents for inventions
* Principles of drafting in family law
* Problems of proof
* Public sector employment law
* Research methods
* Rights arising out of de facto cohabitation
* Securities regulation
* Sentencing
* Stamp duties and other State revenue
* Takeovers
* Tax avoidance - legislative and judicial responses
* Taxation Commissioner's discretionary powers
* Taxation in the European Community
* Taxation of capital gains
* Taxation of corporations and shareholders
* Taxation of trusts
* Theories of justice
* Trade practices
* Trade marks and commercial designations
* Tribunals and inquiries
The faculty reserves the right not to offer in a particular year any of the above subjects if it appears there are insufficient enrolments or if there are other overriding considerations.
Enrolment quotas may have to be imposed in respect of all or some of the above subjects.
In addition, a limited number of places may be available to LLM candidates in approved LLB subjects. Candidates may include one approved LLB subject in their LLM course. The approved list of LLB subjects is:
* Administration of criminal justice
* Air law
* Civil liberties
* Constitutional change
* Consumer credit
* Criminology
* Current problems in constitutional law
* Current problems in criminal law
* Insurance
* International environmental law
* International organisations
* International space law
* Law and discrimination
* Law and social theory
* Law, gender and feminism
* Legal issues in medicine
* National security law
* Planning law
For LLM candidates the prescriptions for these subjects will normally be more substantial than those for LLB students. LLM candidates taking any of the LLB optional subjects towards the masters degree must complete an assessment regime in those subjects which have been approved by the Graduate Studies Committee.
For details of the approved LLB subjects which will be offered in the current year, students should refer to the relevant subject entries in the chapter called `Details of undergraduate subjects'.
Thesis requirement of the LLM program
Candidates proceeding to the LLM degree by major thesis must complete a thesis of about 70,000 words at a standard comparable to legal writings found in a learned law journal.
Candidates proceeding to the LLM degree by minor thesis must complete a thesis of about 25,000 words at a standard comparable to legal writings found in a learned law journal.
Candidates are required to submit a completed thesis proposal form to the graduate studies office. The prescribed proposal form, together with the publications `Presentation of legal theses' and `Theses in law' are available from the graduate studies office upon request.
Candidates are encouraged to discuss proposals with members of academic staff. If required, the subdean will assist in recommending an appropriate member of staff.
On receipt of the completed thesis proposal form the subdean will submit it to the Graduate Studies Committee for approval of the topic and the appointment of a supervisor. In approving the research topic the Graduate Studies Committee has regard to the adequacy of the candidate's preparation for the research project and the facilities available in the faculty for the supervision and carrying out of the research.
The requirements which must be met with respect to the certification of theses prior to their submission for examination are set out in sections 47 and 48 of the faculty's regulations.