Students who commenced study in 2013 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.
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Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
Coordinator | Professor Stephen Barckoczy |
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The commercial law specialisation provides in-depth knowledge of a wide range of commercial law areas. Graduates from law and non-law disciplines have the opportunity to choose from an extensive range of units covering many diverse domestic and international topics.
For law graduates, the specialisation provides a springboard from which to launch or further a career in this increasingly complex and evolving area of law. For non-law graduates, it provides a formal course of training and specialisation for working in law-related fields such as accountancy, and taxation, banking and finance, and corporate regulation and management.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
Coordinator | Dr Gideon Boas |
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The human rights specialisation covers a wide range of traditional and emerging topics, from indigenous and children's rights to issues relating to terrorism, migration and encroachments on privacy. This specialisation enables students to focus on topical human rights issues confronting governments, international bodies, individuals and corporations and allows students to critically engage in and debate these issues.
The specialisation allows graduates from law and non-law disciplines to choose from an extensive range of units covering topics across the domestic and international arenas. It provides in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of the international human rights legal framework, the organisations that promote and protect it and the mechanisms and processes by which it is enforced. Students will also develop high-level skills in interpreting and analysing primary and secondary human rights materials, including treaties, treaty body decisions, domestic jurisprudence and scholarly commentary.
Some of the most highly respected human rights academics in the country as well as highly qualified visiting experts teach in the program. These courses, along with the faculty's support of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, have put Monash University at the forefront of the movement to create a human rights law culture in Australia.
This specialisation is particularly relevant for those who wish to pursue a career in human rights law and related work. (e.g. in government, the non-profit sector, corporations, international organisations, development agencies and academe).
For more information on human rights careers see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/public-edu/career-series.html.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
Coordinator | Professor Ann Monotti |
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The intellectual property specialisation is ideal for those wanting to develop or advance their professional knowledge and expertise in this area. It is especially suited for those who require specialist knowledge to practise as a trade mark or patent attorney as well as for those who seek advanced knowledge from within a wider range of subject areas. Knowledge of the many facets of intellectual property law is relevant to the practice of many other areas of law and is important for non-lawyers who work within or manage an environment where intellectual property is generated or used. Monash Law School is accredited by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys to teach all the units that satisify the knowledge requirements for registration as a trade marks or a patent attorney.
The knowledge requirements in the various topic groups needed for registration as a Patent Attorney or Trade Marks Attorney in Australia with the Australian Government's Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys can be fulfilled by the units listed under each topic group. Further information on registration is available at http://www.psb.gov.au.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
Coordinator | Dr Gideon Boas |
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The international and comparative law specialisation provides students with an advanced legal knowledge across a broad spectrum of legal issues with international significance. These range across broad issues of public international law, international human rights and humanitarian law, international criminal law and justice, international commercial and comparative law and international trade and finance law. This specialisation suits lawyers whose practice exposes them to any aspect of international or comparative law, whether this be in the commercial, criminal or human rights law areas. It also suits lawyers and non-lawyers who work in, or have an interest in working in non-government organisations (NGOs), government and industry (domestically or internationally), who are interested in the impact of the international legal framework of their work.
The specialisation carries a broad offering of units taught by Monash Law staff with international reputations in their areas, carefully chosen practitioners with considerable expertise and visiting international experts. In this way the international and comparative law specialisation is carefully constructed to provide an outstanding exposure to the theory and practice of international and comparative law.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
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The faculty endeavours to offer a broad range of postgraduate law units each year across many areas of specialisations and practice areas. The units listed have been approved for the postgraduate law programs.
The faculty reserves the right not to offer in a particular year any of the published units if it appears there are insufficient enrolments or if there are other over-riding considerations. Enrolment quotas may have to be imposed in respect of the listed units.
For information on the current postgraduate timetable visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2013 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Law component of any bachelors double degrees.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
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Study in the area of local government law provides a thorough grounding in areas of local government law relevant to the needs of senior and middle managers, as well as catering to the needs of graduates from disciplines other than law engaged in the local government sector.
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
3399 Graduate Diploma in Local Government Law
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
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Regulatory studies is offered by Faculty of Law in conjunction with the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University. It was specifically designed to address the nature, extent and implications of the regulatory environment in a broad, cross-disciplinary approach. The study of regulation is a relatively new discipline which links and transcends the boundaries between economics, law, politics, criminology, sociology, psychology, organisational theory and public administration. This unique degree will provide practitioners and scholars with a core set of ideas, theories and skills to apply to their regulatory activities and manage regulatory challenges.
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Managing faculty | Faculty of Law |
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Campus(es) | City (Melbourne) |
Coordinator | Professor Marilyn Pittard |
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The workplace and employment law specialisation provides students with an in-depth knowledge of individual and collective labour law. This specialisation aims to develop knowledge of workplace, employment, discrimination and labour rights law, and to address issues of globalisation and organisational change and the interpretation and operation of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwth).
This specialisation is relevant to both lawyers and non-lawyers. It is relevant to lawyers who already work in the area and to those who aim to work in the workplace field.
For non-lawyers working in law-related fields (including industrial relations practitioners, human resource practitioners, industrial officers, management personnel, policy makers) this specialisation offers a formal course of education to gain an advanced level of knowledge in the global workforce. The topics covered in the diverse units include collective bargaining agreements, individual employment contracts, industrial action, unfair dismissal, modern awards and national employment standards, occupational health and safety, electronic workplace law, international labour law and discrimination in the workplace.
Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html.