1999 Law Handbook - Master of Laws (LLM) program

Master of Laws (LLM) program

Coursework and minor thesis and coursework alone
LLM subjects
Thesis requirement of the LLM program

Coursework and minor thesis and coursework alone

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.
Candidates enrolled in specialised masters are required to complete subjects in that discipline. Information concerning specialisations is outlined in detail in the 'Graduate and continuing education in law' handbook.
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

Administrative appeals
Administration of criminal Justice
Advanced private international law
Australia in the international legal order
Australian legal system
Business finance: law and practice
Commercial alternative dispute resolutions
Commercial arbitration
Commercial equity
Commercial leases
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
Contemporaty problems in the administration of criminal justice
Copyright
Corporate Insolvency
Creditors and family law
Current issues in air transport law
Current issues in banking and finance
Current issues in civil procedure
Current issues in evidence
Current issues in the regulation of the legal profession
Current problems in family law
Current problems in taxation
Defamation and freedom of speech
Drugs and the law
Electronic banking law
Economic analysis of current issues in commercial law
Economic torts
Employee share ownership plans
European union 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 commercial arbitration
International human rights
International humanitarian law
International sale of goods
International taxation
International trade law
Judicial law-making and legal theory
Labour law for corporate lawyers
Law and economics
Law of employee relations
Law of the internet
Law of the sea
Law, the environment and the policy process
Legislative and judicial refinement of the income tax base
Local government law
Maritime law
Migration law
Modern criminal justice
Native title and indigenous land rights
Occupational health and safety
Pacific comparative law
Patents, trade secrets and allied rights
Planning law
Principles of corporate insolvency law
Principles of drafting in family law
Psychiatry, psychology and law
Public sector employment law
Research methods
Rights arising out of de facto cohabitation
Secured finance and related transactions
Securities regulation
Security over intangible property
Sentencing
Stamp duties
Superannuation law and practice
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 and partnerships
Theories of justice
Trade practices
Trade marks and commercial designations
Utility regulation: law and policy

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.

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 is available from the graduate studies office upon request.
Candidates are encouraged to discuss proposals with members of academic staff. If required, the Chair, Graduate Studies Committee will assist in recommending an appropriate member of staff.
On receipt of the completed thesis proposal form the administrative officer 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.