Master of Business Law

• Course structure
  • The listing of 9000-level units includes:
  • The listing of 4000-level units includes:
  • The listing of 5000-level units includes:

Course code: 3159 + Course abbreviation: MBusLaw + Course director: Professor Richard Cullen; deputy course director: Associate Professor Robin Edwards + Offered on-campus at Caulfield (some units may be offered at the Clayton campus) and offshore in Hong Kong + Normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semester of part-time study

The Master of Business Law is designed to provide rigorous theoretical and practical knowledge in business law and to develop an understanding of and an ability to analyse a wide range of legal problems arising in the practice of business law. The course is of direct relevance to those involved in commerce, either as legal advisers, or in the private, commercial, or government sectors. The course will enhance relevant skills for students seeking placements in legal commercial and governmental regulatory and compliance positions, especially in Australia and Asia.

Applicants need to have completed a pass degree encompassing adequate prior business law studies, and, normally, two years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent law qualification at a high standard of excellence; or an executive certificate offered by this faculty with an average grade of credit or above. Applicants may be required to complete introductory law units if, in the view of the course director, they are not adequately equipped to enter the program without this preparation.
Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for units considered to be equivalent to particular units in the course of study and is restricted to study completed within the last five years. Refer to the course director for further details. This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the Department of Business Law and Taxation as to the 2003 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Course structure

The course comprises eight units offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation as follows:

• at least four level-5000 units
• the remaining four units may be chosen from level-9000 units (maximum of two), level-4000 units (maximum of four), or level-5000 units (maximum of four).

The listing of 9000-level units includes:

• BTF9010 Insurance law
• BTX9060 The law of employment
• BTX9070 Labour relations law
• BTF9150 Competition and consumer law
• BTF9190 International trade law
• BTF9201 Taxation and financial planning
• BTC9300 Health services law
• BTF9380 Banking law
• BTF9541 Corporations law and trusts
• BTF9651 Taxation law
• BTF9760 Risk control and the law
• BTX9890 Law, privacy and ethics in marketing

The listing of 4000-level units includes:

• BTF4001 Financial institutions law
• BTF4031 Insurance law
• BTF4100 Environmental law for business
• BTC4150 Advanced taxation (currently 7 points)
• BTC4180 Securities regulation (currently 7 points)
• BTF4430 e-Business taxation
• BTF4490 Current issues in taxation
• BTF4550 Tax policy and constitutional issues
• BTF4560 Employment taxation
• BTF4580 Taxation law
• BTF4670 Goods and services tax
• BTF4680 Anti-avoidance provisions

The listing of 5000-level units includes:

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5003 CPA taxation
• BTF5050 Asian business law (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5121 Information technology law
• BTF5131 Advanced banking law
• BTF5510 Taxation of business entities (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5520 Taxation of companies and shareholders (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5530 Capital gains tax (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5550 Taxation of financial transactions (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5570 Tax administration and practice (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5580 Superannuation and retirement benefits (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5590 International taxation (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5600 Stamp duty and other state taxes (eqivalent to two units)
• BTF5640 Comparative Asian taxation (equivalent to two units)
• BTF5900 Research project (equivalent to two units)

Up to two level-5000 units (or equivalent) may be chosen from other departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics or from other faculties, with the approval of the course director, or up to four units approved for the Master of Commercial Law offered by the Faculty of Law, provided the course director is satisfied that every unit so chosen does not substantially duplicate a unit previously completed by the candidate.

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