1. Approval of and credit for subjects
1.1 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence shall enrol for the subjects of that degree in the year order set out below.
Either
First year
* LAW1100 Legal process
* LAW2200 Torts
* LAW2100 Contract
* non-law I
Second year
* LAW3200 Constitutional law
* LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure
* Perspective/elective law (30 value units)
* non-law II
Third year
* either LAW3400 Property or LAW3100 Administrative law
* Perspective/elective law (30 value units)
* non-law III
or
First year
* LAW1100 Legal process
* LAW2200 Torts
* LAW2100 Contract
* non-law I
Second year
* LAW3200 Constitutional law
* LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure
* either LAW3400 Property or LAW3100 Administrative law
* non-law II
Third year
* Perspective/elective law (60 value units)
* non-law III
1.2 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol:
1.2.1. in the first year of enrolment for non-law units valued at thirty-six points and LAW1100 (Legal process 100);
1.2.2 in the second year of enrolment for non-law units valued at at least twenty-eight points and LAW2100 (Contract 200) and LAW2200 (Torts 200); and
1.2.3 in the third year of enrolment for non-law units valued at twenty-four points, LAW3400 (Property 300) and either LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300) or LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure 300).
1.3 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol -
1.3.1 in the first year of enrolment for science subjects totalling thirty-six points, and LAW1100 (Legal process 100);
1.3.2 in the second year of enrolment for science subjects totalling twenty-four points, LAW2100 (Contract 200) and LAW2200 (Torts 200); and
1.3.3 in the third year of enrolment for science subjects totalling twenty-four points, LAW3400 (Property 300) and either LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure 300) or LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300).
1.4 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol:
1.4.1 in the first year of enrolment for LAW1100 (Legal process 100) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics;
1.4.2 in the second year of enrolment for either LAW2100 (Contract 200) and LAW2200 (Torts 200) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics or LAW2100 (Contract 200) and such other non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics; and
1.4.3 in the third year of enrolment for either one of LAW3400 (Property 300), LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure 300) or LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300) and such other non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics or LAW2200 (Torts 200) and one of LAW3400 (Property 300), LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure 300) or LAW3200 (Constitutional law 300) and such other non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
1.5 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol -
1.5.1 in the first year of enrolment either for non-law units valued at forty-eight points, or for non-law units valued at thirty-six points and LAW1100 (Legal process 100);
1.5.2 in the second year of enrolment either for non-law units valued at thirty-six points and LAW2100 (Contract 200), or for non-law units valued at twenty-four points and LAW1100 (Legal process 100) and LAW2100 (Contract 200);
1.5.3 in the third year of enrolment for non-law units valued at twenty-four points and LAW2200 (Torts 200) and LAW3400 (Property 300).
1.6 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Business (Management) and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol -
1.6.1 in the first year of enrolment for LAW1100 (Legal process 100) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics;
1.6.2 in the second year of enrolment for LAW2100 (Contract 200) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics;
1.6.3 in the third year of enrolment for LAW2200 (Torts 200) and LAW3400 (Property 300) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
1.7 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) and Bachelor of Laws shall enrol -
1.7.1 in the first year of enrolment for LAW1100 (Legal process 100) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics;
1.7.2 in the second year of enrolment for LAW2100 (Contract 200) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics;
1.7.3 in the third year of enrolment for LAW2200 (Torts 200) and LAW3400 (Property 300) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
1.8 Except with the approval of the board or its delegate, a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Laws, shall enrol:
1.8.1 in the first year of enrolment for LAW 1100 (Legal process 100) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Medicine;
1.8.2 in the second year of enrolment for LAW2100 (Contract 200) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Medicine;
1.8.3 in the third year of enrolment for LAW 2200 (Torts 200) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Medicine;
1.8.4 in the fourth year of enrolment for LAW 3200 (Constitutional law 300), LAW 3300 (Criminal law and procedure 300) and LAW 3400 (Property 300);
1.8.5 in the fifth year of enrolment for LAW 3100 (Administrative law 300) and such non-law subjects as are required by the Faculty of Medicine.
1.9 LAW5500 (Moot court) shall normally be taken in the fourth or fifth year of enrolment, and candidates enrolled for LAW5500 (Moot court) shall participate in such work as is determined by the moot master.
1.10 None of the following subjects shall be approved as a `non-law subject' for the purposes of the Faculty of Law regulations:
* AAF2110 Business law;
* AAF3110 Company law;
* AAF3150 Income tax law;
* ECO3730 Industrial arbitration.
2. Elective subjects
2.1 Until the faculty board otherwise resolves:
2.1.1 the elective subjects available in the faculty shall be the subjects listed in the following table;
2.1.2 each such subject shall be taught over the period set out in the table;
2.1.3 the value units to be attributed to each optional subject shall be as set out in the table.
2.2 The research subjects referred to in the table require individual research under supervision, not group research or unsupervised research. Each research subject will need individual approval and no research subject will be approved unless a suitably qualified member of staff is available with adequate time to supervise the research. The research involved will normally take place over a period of not less than three calendar months and not more than twelve calendar months. The value units attributed to the research subject shall be either fifteen or thirty according to the work involved.
2.3 The subjects approved for the purposes of subsection 24.2 of the Faculty of Law regulations are:
Foreign, comparative and international law
* LAW4153 Comparative European legal systems
* LAW4122 International law
* LAW4123 International organisations
* LAW4154 Modern European civil codes
* LAW5118 Pacific comparative law
Legal philosophy
* LAW4137 Legal philosophy A
* LAW4138 Legal philosophy B
* LAW4139 Legal philosophy C
2.4 The subjects approved for the purposes of subsection 24.3 of the Faculty of Law regulations are:
* LAW4101 Administration of criminal justice
* LAW4152 Commercial and consumer transactions
* LAW4112 Current problems in constitutional law
* LAW4113 Current problems in criminal law
* LAW4115 Environmental law
* LAW4127 Landlord and tenant
* LAW4132 Law of employment
* LAW4140 Liability for tortious communications
* LAW5121 Restitution
* LAW5125 The lawyer
Subject Subjec Contac Unit
t t valu
length hours e
in per
half week
years
Administration of 1 3 15
criminal justice 415
Advanced company law 1 3 15
515
Air law 415 1 3 15
Australian banking law 1 3 15
415
Bankruptcy 515 1 3 15
Business associations 1 3 15
515
Civil liberties 415 1 3 15
Civil procedure A 530 2 3 30
Civil procedure B 515 1 3 15
Commercial and 1 3 15
consumer transactions
415
Comparative European 1 3 15
legal systems 415
Conflict of laws 415 1 3 15
Company law 515 1 3 15
Constitutional change 1 3 15
515
Constitutional law of 1 3 15
Malaysia 415
Consumer credit 415 1 3 15
Copyright and designs 1 3 15
515
Corporate insolvency 1 3 15
515
Credit and security 1 3 15
law 515
Crime and gender 415 1 3 15
Criminology 515 1 3 15
Current problems in 1 3 15
constitutional law 415
Current problems in 1 3 15
criminal law 415
Drafting 515 1 3 15
Elements of forensic 1 3 15
medicine 515
Environmental law 415 1 3 15
Equity and trusts 430 2 3 30
Evidence 530 2 3 30
Family law 430 2 3 30
Federal criminal law 1 3 15
515
Honours research 2 - 30
subject 530
Human rights 415 1 3 15
Industrial arbitration 1 3 15
415
Insurance 415 1 3 15
International 1 3 15
environmental law 515
International law 415 1 3 15
International 1 3 15
organisations 415
International space 1 3 15
law 415
Labour organisations 1 3 15
415
Land contracts 515 1 3 15
Landlord and tenant 415 1 3 15
Law and discrimination 1 3 15
415
Law and social theory 1 3 15
415
Law and society in 1 3 15
Malaysia 415
Law of employment 415 1 3 15
Law, gender and 1 3 15
feminism 415
Legal issues in 1 3 15
medicine 515
Legal persons 530 2 3 30
Legal philosophy A 415 1 3 15
Legal philosophy B 415 1 3 15
Legal philosophy C 415 1 3 15
Liability for tortious 1 3 15
communications 415
Maritime law 515 1 3 15
Modern European civil 1 3 15
codes 415
National security law 1 3 15
515
Pacific comparative 1 3 15
law 515
Patents for inventions 1 3 15
515
Planning law 415 1 3 15
Professional practice 1 6 30
530
Professional practice 1 6 15
(summer) 515
Research subject 415 1 - 15
Research subject 430 2 - 30
Restitution 515 1 3 15
Restrictive trade 1 3 15
practices 515
Taxation 530 2 3 30
The lawyer 515 1 3 15
Trade marks and 1 3 15
commercial
designations 515
Trial practice and 1 3 15
advocacy 515
Wills, probate and 1 3 15
administration 515
3. Prerequisites
Except with the approval of the subdean in consultation with the chief examiner, no candidate for any of the following subjects may enrol in such subjects unless, prior to such enrolment, he or she has completed LAW1100 (Legal process 100), the subject or subjects listed in column A hereunder, and has either, prior to such enrolment, completed, or is concurrently enrolled in, the subjects listed in column B.
Subject Column A Column B
Administration Criminal law
of criminal and procedure
justice
Advanced Company law
company law
Civil liberties Constitutiona
l law *
Administrativ
e law
Commercial and Contract
consumer
transactions
Company law Property Equity and
trusts
Comparative Torts *
European legal Contract
systems
Constitutional Constitutiona
change l law
Copyright and Property
design
Corporate Company law
insolvency
Crime and gender Criminal law
and procedure
Criminology Criminal law
and procedure
Current Constitutiona
problems in l law
constitutional
law
Current Criminal law
problems in and procedure
criminal law
Environmental Torts Administrati
law ve law
Equity and Property
trusts
Industrial Constitutiona
arbitration l law *
Administrativ
e law
International Internationa
environmental l law
law
International International
organisations law
Land contracts Contract *
Property
Law and Constitution
discrimination al law *
Administrati
ve law
Law of Torts *
employment Contract
Law, gender and Legal process
feminism
Legal persons Property Equity and
trusts
Legal Torts
philosophy A
Legal Contract
philosophy B
Legal Torts *
philosophy C Contract
Liability for Torts
tortious
communications
Modern European Torts *
civil codes Contract
Pacific Contract * Constitution
comparative law Torts al law *
Property
Patents for Property
inventions
Planning law Administrativ
e law
Restitution Torts * Property
Contract
Restrictive Contract *
trade practices Torts
Taxation Property
The lawyer Torts *
Contract
Trial practice Civil
and advocacy procedure *
Evidence
Wills, probate Property
and
administration
4.
Duplication of subjects4.1 A candidate who prior to 1 March 1981 has completed a subject listed in column A hereunder obtains no credit towards his or her degree by subsequently completing the corresponding subject or subjects in column B.
Column A Column B
Administration of Wills, probate and
estates administration
Succession Wills, probate and
administration
Banking and Banking and finance A
negotiable * Banking and finance
instruments B
Children and Child welfare and
parental rights juvenile law
Conflict of laws Commercial conflict
of laws * Family
conflict of laws *
Federal conflict of
laws
Debtor/creditor Consumer credit
relations
Federal Current problems in
constitutional law constitutional law
Industrial law Industrial
arbitration * Labour
organisations
International International law
legal system
Inventions and Patents, trade marks
discoveries and unfair competition
Legal persons Company law
Trade marks and Patents, trade marks
commercial and unfair competition
designations
Law and the legal Pacific comparative
system in Papua law
New Guinea
Urban legal Planning
problems
Patents, Patents * Trademarks
trademarks and and commercial
unfair competition designations
4.2
A candidate who has completed a subject listed in column A hereunder obtains no
credit towards his or her degree by subsequently completing the subject or
subjects in column B.
Column A Column B
Basic income Taxation * Personal
taxation income taxation
Business Legal persons
associations
Civil procedure A Civil procedure B
Civil procedure B Civil procedure A
Commercial Conflict of laws
conflict of laws
Company law Legal persons
Consumer Commercial and consumer
protection transactions
Insolvency Bankruptcy
Family conflict Conflict of laws
of laws
Federal conflict Conflict of laws
of laws
Human rights B Human rights
Legal persons Business associations *
Company law
Modern civil law A Comparative European
legal systems
Modern civil law B Modern European civil
codes
Personal income Taxation * Basic income
taxation taxation
Sale of goods Commercial and consumer
transactions
Taxation Basic income taxation *
Personal income taxation
* Taxation of interposed
entities
Taxation of Taxation * Taxation of
interposed business entities
entities
4.3
A candidate who, prior to 31 December 1983, has completed a subject listed
in column A hereunder obtains no credit towards his or her degree by
subsequently completing the corresponding subject or subjects in column B.
Column A Column B
Banking and finance A Australian banking
law
Banking and finance B Commercial finance
Competition and Restrictive trade
monopoly practices
4.4
A candidate who, prior to 31 December 1991, has completed a subject listed
in column A hereunder obtains no credit towards his or her degree by
subsequently completing the corresponding subject or subjects in column B.
Column A Column B
Comercial finance A Credit and Security
law
4.5
A candidate who, prior to 1 March 1991, has completed Property II obtains
no credit towards his or her degree by subsequently completing LAW4201 (Equity
and trusts 430).5. Honours Committee
5.1.1 These resolutions shall apply to all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws who qualify for that degree after 1 October 1991.
5.1.2 Subject to the requirement that an honours degree (class I) shall only be awarded to a candidate who has completed LAW5207 (Honours research subject 530) at the level of credit or above, the criteria for the award of honours shall be based on the average of the weighted percentage grades awarded to a candidate in each law subject taken as part of his or her degree, provided that the subject LAW5207 (Honours research subject 530) shall have a double weighting.
5.2.1 In the case of students who complete LAW5207 (Honours research subject 530), the minimum average of the weighted percentage grade required for the classification of the degree shall be:
* HI 75 per cent
* HIIA 70 per cent
* HIIB 65 per cent
* HIII 60 per cent
5.2.2 In the case of students who do not complete LAW5207 (Honours research subject 530), the minimum average of the weighted percentage grade required for the classification of the degree shall be so determined by the Honours Committee.
5.3 The above criteria shall be applied by the Honours Committee subject to a general discretion in that committee to depart from those criteria where it appears to the committee just and equitable so to do.
5.4 As soon as practicable after the completion of the annual examinations in each year the Honours Committee shall, subject to sub-resolutions 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, prepare a list or lists (hereinafter called the `class list') of all candidates qualified for the honours degree of Bachelor of Laws (formerly called the degree of Bachelor of Laws with honours) upon completion of such examinations which list or lists shall be arranged in order of merit and showing the class of honours recommended in respect of each candidate.
5.4.1 Where a candidate for the honours degree of Bachelor of Laws (formerly called the degree of Bachelor of Laws with honours) does not complete the requirements for that degree in the time which such a candidate should normally take having regard to the subjects which he or she is required to complete as part of that degree and the nature of the enrolment, he or she will not be included in the class list.
5.4.2 Where a candidate for the honours degree of Bachelor of Laws (formerly called the degree of Bachelor of Laws with honours) completes the requirements for that degree within the time within which such a candidate should normally take having regard to the subjects which he or she is required to complete as part of that degree and the nature of the enrolment, the Honours Committee may recommend that he or she be included in the class list for the year in which he or she qualifies for the degree irrespective of the date during that year at which he or she completes the requirements for the degree.
6. Moot court
Attendance at seminars in LAW5500 (Moot court), attendance to observe the proceedings of one moot and write a report are requirements for the subject LAW5500 (Moot court).
7. Graduate studies delegations
The following delegations were resolved by faculty board on 22 October 1990:
7.1 In respect of parts III, IV and VI of the revised graduate studies regulations, it was resolved:
7.1.1 that the board repeal all previous delegations.
7.2 In respect of parts III and VI it was resolved that the board delegate to the Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Law all its powers, functions and duties except the following:
7.2.1 the approval of masters subjects under subsection 41.1
7.2.2 the approval of diploma subjects and fields of study under subsection 76.1
7.3 In respect of Part IV it was resolved that the board delegate to the Graduate Studies Committee the following power and functions:
7.3.1 the power to admit a person as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Laws pursuant to section 56 of the Faculty of Law regulations;
7.3.2 the function of appointing examiners of a doctoral thesis under section 61 of the Faculty of Law regulations; and
7.3.3 the function of considering examiners' reports in respect of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Laws and to recommend to the board, that on the basis of the examiners' reports the candidate has satisfied the requirements for the degree.