Areas of study by faculty: Law
Students who commenced study in 2016 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.
Law
aos
collation-byfaculty-law
Commercial law
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The commercial law specialisation provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in commercial law and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for working in the commercial field. You can choose from an extensive range of commercial law units including units in corporate law, competition law, banking and finance law, and tax law. The specialisation is suitable for graduates interested in developing or enhancing specialist careers in professions and occupations that require a sound grasp of commercial law issues, including as accountants, company administrators and business managers.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
Dispute resolution
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Websites
The dispute resolution specialisation provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in dispute resolution and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for working as a dispute resolution practitioner, including as an arbitrator, mediator or other dispute resolution practitioner. It is suitable for graduates interested in developing or enhancing specialist careers in dispute resolution.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
Government law and regulatory practice
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The Government law and regulatory practice specialisation provide you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in government law and regulatory practice and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for working with or within government and regulatory bodies. It is suitable for graduates interested developing or enhancing specialist careers in the federal, state or local government sectors or in occupations that require a high level of interaction with government and regulatory bodies.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
Human rights law
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The human rights specialisation provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the laws governing international and domestic human rights, and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for work in this diverse field. The extensive range of units enables students to develop and enhance their knowledge across the breadth of human rights law. The specialisation is suitable for graduates interested developing or enhancing specialist careers within the government sector or in development agencies and other local and international human rights-related organisations.
For more information on human rights careers refer to the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law - Human Rights Career SeriesCastan Centre for Human Rights Law - Human Rights Career Series (http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/public-edu/career-series.html).
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
Intellectual property and communications law
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The intellectual property, communications and technology specialisation provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the laws regulating intellectual property regimes and the broader fields of communications and technology, and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for work in this complex and dynamic field. It is suitable for graduates interested developing or enhancing specialist careers in intellectual property, communications, and technology, including careers within media organisations and the public sector.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
International and comparative law
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The international and comparative law specialisation provides you with 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, and the impact of international legal frameworks.
Your in-depth studies will enable you to work in non-government organisations (NGOs), government and industry (domestically or internationally) in positions that call for knowledge and understanding of international legal frameworks.
Units
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.
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
Relevant courses
Law and international development
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
The law and international development specialisation provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the laws and regulatory frameworks governing the ways in which the international community provides assistance to developing countries to improve the economic, political and social quality of life for their people. It also develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for working as a professional in this field. It is suitable for graduates interested developing or enhancing specialist careers in international development within government, non-government or not-for-profit sectors.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
Law electives
Location
Commencement year
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 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.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Websites
Units
Summer 2015/2016
- LAW4160 Negotiation and conflict resolution
- LAW4173 Research unit A
- LAW4174 Research unit B
- LAW4177 Introduction to family law
- LAW4179 International commercial arbitration
- LAW4214 Supervised research paper
- LAW4243 Tax policy
- LAW4303 Civil procedure
- LAW4306 Sentencing and sanctions
- LAW4309 Lawyers, ethics and society
- LAW4704 Taxation law
- LAW4803 Advanced professional practice
- LAW4806 Jessup moot competition
- LAW4328 Professional practice
- LAW4330 Family law assistance program - professional practice
First Semester
- LAW3111 Equity
- LAW3112 Corporations law
- LAW4119 Contemporary workplace relations law
- LAW4122 International law
- LAW4126 Asian legal systems
- LAW4127 Collective labour rights
- LAW4155 International human rights
- LAW4160 Negotiation and conflict resolution
- LAW4170 Trusts
- LAW4172 Human rights in Australian law
- LAW4173 Research unit A
- LAW4174 Research unit B
- LAW4180 International law of the sea I: Marine resources and management
- LAW4184 International criminal law
- LAW4198 Australian commercial law
- LAW4214 Supervised research paper
- LAW4303 Civil procedure
- LAW4309 Lawyers ethics and society
- LAW4310 Trial practice and advocacy
- LAW4313 International environmental law
- LAW4316 Media law
- LAW4323 Evidence
- LAW4328 Professional practice
- LAW4329 Comparative cyberlaw
- LAW4330 Family law assistance program - professional practice
- LAW4331 Administrative law
- LAW4341 Copyright and designs
- LAW4522 Remedies
- LAW4653 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectives
- LAW4655 Comparative issues in patent law
- LAW4668 International investment law
- LAW4702 Competition and consumer law
- LAW4807 Vis arbitration moot
- LAW4808 Law review editorship 1
- LAW4809 Law review editorship 2
Winter
- LAW4160 Negotiation and conflict resolution
Second Semester
- LAW3111 Equity
- LAW3112 Corporations law
- LAW4104 Australian banking law
- LAW4112 Advanced constitutional law
- LAW4122 International law
- LAW4129 Law and discrimination
- LAW4132 Law of employment
- LAW4151 Law, gender and feminism
- LAW4158 Indigenous peoples and the law
- LAW4160 Negotiation and conflict resolution
- LAW4163 Parents children and the state
- LAW4164 International refugee law and practice
- LAW4170 Trusts
- LAW4173 Research unit A
- LAW4174 Research unit B
- LAW4193 Biotechnology and the law
- LAW4214 Supervised research paper
- LAW4225 Non adversarial justice
- LAW4227 Criminal investigation law and procedure
- LAW4244 Construction law (dispute resolution)
- LAW4250 The global lawyer
- LAW4251 Advanced copyright: Global law and policy
- LAW4252 Chinese legal institutions and law
- LAW4303 Civil procedure
- LAW4304 Elements of forensic medicine
- LAW4307 Pirates, terrorists and people smugglers (international law of the sea II)
- LAW4309 Lawyers ethics and society
- LAW4312 Legal issues in medicine
- LAW4322 Advanced taxation law
- LAW4328 Professional practice
- LAW4330 Family law assistance program - professional practice
- LAW4331 Administrative law
- LAW4323 Evidence
- LAW4339 Personal insolvency law
- LAW4340 Sport and the law
- LAW4342 Patents, trade marks and unfair competition
- LAW4537 Public policy, regulation and the law
- LAW4538 Lawyers, literature and cinema
- LAW4702 Competition and consumer law
- LAW4704 Taxation law
- LAW4805 Mooting and advocacy competition
- LAW4808 Law review editorship 1
- LAW4809 Law review editorship 2
Full Year
- LAW4327 Honours thesis
Relevant courses
Students complete law electives in:
- L3001 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
and in the law component of the following double degrees:
- L3008 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Honours)
- L3003 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- L3004 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- L3005 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce
- L3002 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- L3006 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music
- L3007 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
Law PhD program
Location
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Coordinator
Websites
This program is also applicable to students studying externally.
Units
This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.
Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.
Program requirements
All research students will be required to undertake compulsory training in the following areas:
- Monash Graduate Research Induction (online)
- Research Integrity (online)
- faculty induction, including occupational health and safety (where required).
Professional development component
Students must, in consultation with their supervisor(s), satisfactorily complete a minimum of 120 hours of graduate research professional development activities:
- 80 hours (minimum) of general professional development from the Graduate Researcher Development module, delivered through the Monash Institute of Graduate Research.
- 40 hours (minimum) of discipline-specific professional development, from the Discipline Enhanced Development Module, delivered through the Faculty.
Students are required to update their supervisors on their progress toward achieving the required hours of professional development activities.
It is a requirement of the Discipline Enhanced Development module in the faculty that PhD students complete all activities as per the listed offerings.
Attendance will be monitored to ensure hours are accurately recorded.
Students may also be directed or encouraged to attend and make presentations at various forums throughout their enrolment.
For detailed information about the options available in this PhD program, visit the Monash Doctoral ProgramMonash Doctoral Program (http://www.monash.edu/migr/future-students/phd) webpage.
Relevant courses
0069 Doctor of Philosophy
Law studies
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
Units
You may select from the full range of units offered by the faculty.
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
* Non-law graduates only.
** International 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.
Relevant courses
Workplace and employment law
Location
City (Melbourne)
Commencement year
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu; Telephone: +61 3 9903 8035
Websites
Workplace and employment law provides you with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in workplace and employment law and develops the advanced professional skills and specialist knowledge required for working in workplace and employment relations, including in the public sector, corporate management, trade unions and employer associations. It is suitable for graduates interested in developing or enhancing specialist careers in human resources and the management of workplace and employment relations.
You will investigate contemporary issues in law, practice and scholarship, and evaluate complex issues relevant to the field from theoretical, international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Units
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.
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.
Relevant courses
On our site
Authorised by: Manager, Curriculum and Publications.
Maintained by: Curriculum and Publications.
Last updated: 18 September 2017.
Copyright © 2024 Monash University. ABN 12 377 614 012 -
Accessibility -
Caution -
Privacy
Monash University CRICOS Provider Number: 00008C, Monash College CRICOS Provider
Number: 01857J
We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our Australian campuses stand. Information for Indigenous Australians