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Master of Law and Development (635AA) // Course structure
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Course structure
Students must complete eight subjects in total.
Students who do not have a law degree must complete Principles of International Law, as well as at least six subjects from the prescribed list (including the compulsory subject International Law and Development). Students may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters.
Students with a law degree must complete at least six subjects from the prescribed list (including the compulsory subject International Law and Development). Students may choose their final two subjects from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).
Subject options
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90057 | Comparative Health Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70111 | Debt Capital Markets | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90042 | Development, Environment and Int'l Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70446 | Equality Law Internationally | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70013 | Global Financial Order | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70421 | Health Law and Emerging Technologies | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70420 | Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
December (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70308 | International Economic Law | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70110 | International Financial System | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70173 | Principles of International Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90106 | Religion, State and Multiculturalism | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90053 | Transnat'l Corporations: Rights & Duties | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90051 | The Practice of Commercial Arbitration | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020