units
LAW5008
Faculty of Law
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Level | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Law |
Offered | City (Melbourne) Trimester 1 2015 (Day) City (Melbourne) Trimester 2 2015 (Day) City (Melbourne) Trimester 3 2015 (Day) |
Notes
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Previously coded as LAW7269
Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.
The unit introduces students to the nature and function of equity in the modern Australian legal system. Students learn about the relationship between equity and the common law, and study the key doctrines of equity. These include: equitable assignments, breach of confidence, fiduciary relationships and breach of fiduciary duty, third party liability and tracing, personal and proprietary remedies in equity and equitable defences.
At the successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Research assignment (3,000 words): 40%
2. Examination (2 hours plus 30 minutes reading time): combination of problem questions and short answers: 60%
Workload is 2.5 (or 3 for 2015+ cohort) hours per week x 12 weeks
Dr Vicki Vann Personal ProfilePersonal Profile (http://www.law.monash.edu/staff/postgraduate/sess-vvann.html) Trimester 1
Ms Alicia Wright (Trimester 2)
Dr Susan Barkehall Thomas Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=336&pid=2655) Trimester 3
LAW5000 or LAW5080 or LAW5081, LAW7265 or LAW5002, LAW5005 and LAW5004 (for students beginning in 2015 or later)