Postgraduate - Area of study Law

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirements; 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
Campus(es)	City (Melbourne)

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

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.

Information is available on the current postgraduate timetable for postgraduate courses and Juris Doctorpostgraduate courses and Juris Doctor (http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html).

Units

Masters

This list includes the elective component of L6005 Master of Laws (Juris Doctor).

LAW5080 Australian legal system*
LAW5081 Australian legal process and research**
LAW5082 Masters research
LAW5083 Minor thesis (6 points)
LAW5084 Minor thesis (12 points)
LAW5301 Copyright
LAW5302 European Union law and policy
LAW5304 Overview of international human rights law
LAW5305 International trade law
LAW5306 Corporate insolvency
LAW5307 Occupational health and safety
LAW5310 Sentencing
LAW5311 Takeovers
LAW5312 Competition law
LAW5315 Commercial alternative dispute resolution
LAW5316 Trade marks and commercial designations
LAW5319 Law of employee relations
LAW5321 Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secrets
LAW5334 Psychiatry, psychology and law
LAW5338 International humanitarian law
LAW5340 Intellectual property
LAW5341 Trade mark practice
LAW5343 Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governance
LAW5344 Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution
LAW5346 Design law and practice
LAW5347 Consumer protection: Regulation and compliance
LAW5349 Corporate law
LAW5350 Principles of taxation
LAW5352 Electronic workplace law
LAW5353 Cybercrime
LAW5354 International criminal justice
LAW5355 Advocacy: Theory and practice
LAW5357 Corporate governance and directors' duties
LAW5358 Current issues in workplace law
LAW5359 International human rights law and women
LAW5361 Foundations of regulation: Policy, principles and practice
LAW5362 Regulatory methods
LAW5363 Regulatory performance: Evaluating what works
LAW5364 Economic social and cultural rights and international law
LAW5365 Terrorism and human rights
LAW5366 International banking and finance: Law and practice
LAW5367 Energy law, regulation and policy
LAW5369 World Trade Organization (WTO) law
LAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at work
LAW5373 Comparative bills of rights
LAW5374 Forward with fairness: New labour law
LAW5375 Arbitration of international commercial disputes
LAW5380 International human rights law and development
LAW5382 Principles of environmental law
LAW5383 International refugee law and human rights
LAW5384 International investment law
LAW5385 Corporate finance law
LAW5388 Patenting for commercialisation
LAW5392 Globalisation and international economic law
LAW5393 Law of workforce management
LAW5394 Banking law
LAW5404 Genocide in international law
LAW5407 Current issues in torts law
LAW5409 Principles of family law
LAW5410 Collaborative practice
LAW5411 Advanced mediation: Skills and theory A
LAW5412 Advanced mediation: Skills and theory B
LAW5418 Transitional justice
LAW5421 Managing high conflict personalities
LAW5422 Victorian charter of rights and responsibilities
LAW5427 Freedom of speech - law theory and policy
LAW5428 Health law
LAW5429 Advanced commercial negotiation skills
LAW5430 Advanced evidence and proof in litigation
LAW5431 International entertainment law
LAW5432 Workplace investigations and misconduct
LAW5439 Sexual and gender minorities and human rights
LAW5440 Advanced commercial mediation and negotiation advocacy C
LAW5442 Racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities and human rights
LAW5443 Language, communication and legal process
LAW5447 Intellectual property and the internet
LAW5448 Copyright x: Monash
LAW5449 Advanced administrative law

JD units

These units are for those enrolled in the JD or fulfilling Council of Legal Education (CoLE) requirements.

LAW5000 Australian legal reasoning and methods
LAW5001 Principles of criminal law and procedure
LAW5002 Principles of contract law A
LAW5003 Principles of torts
LAW5004 Principles of government, interpretation and entities
LAW5005 Principles of contract law B
LAW5006 Principles of property law
LAW5007 Principles of constitutional law
LAW5008 Principles of equity
LAW5009 Advanced property law
LAW5010 Principles of trusts
LAW5012 Principles of evidence
LAW5013 Principles of litigation and dispute resolution
LAW5014 Principles of administrative law
LAW5015 Ethics in legal practice
LAW5016 Principles of corporations law***
LAW5017 Advanced corporations law***
LAW5050 Professional practice (JD)
LAW5053 Law review editorship 1
LAW5054 Law review editorship 2
LAW5055 Vis arbitration moot

* Non-law graduates only.

** International students only.

*** Pre-2015 commencement students only.

Units to be offered in Prato and Malaysia can be viewed on the Monash Law International Study Programs - Prato and MalaysiaMonash Law International Study Programs - Prato and Malaysia (http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/overseas-study/index.html) webpage.

Contact details

Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu

Relevant courses

L5001 Graduate Diploma in Law
L6001 Master of Commercial Law
L6002 Master of Human Rights Law
L6003 Master of Intellectual Property Law
L6004 Master of Laws
L6005 Master of Laws (Juris Doctor)
L6006 Master of Regulatory Studies
L6007 Master of Workplace and Employment Law