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Graduate Diploma in International Law (323AA)
Graduate DiplomaYear: 2019 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
Award title | Graduate Diploma in International Law |
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Year & campus | 2019 — Parkville |
CRICOS code | 075326B |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 8 |
Credit points | 50 credit points |
Duration | 6 months full-time or 12 months part-time |
The Melbourne Law Masters offers an extensive range of international law subjects. Students can study in many fields, including international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international economic law, finance, tax, law and development or international arbitration. International legal practitioners and aspiring practitioners, those working, or hoping to work in international agencies or non-government organisations, and those wishing to go on to further study in international law will benefit greatly from the specialised knowledge and expertise that this specialisation provides. The program’s diversity, with specific or general subjects available in both public and private international law, allows students to specialise in a key area or gain a broader qualification in international law.
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Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
• a degree in Law (LLB, JD or equivalent) at honours standard or equivalent leading to admission to legal practice; or
• a degree in Law (LLB, JD or equivalent) or equivalent leading to admission to legal practice and at least one year of documented, relevant professional experience; or
• an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least one year of documented, relevant professional work experience.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
• prior academic performance; and if necessary
• the professional experience.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for graduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The Melbourne Law Masters welcomes applications from students with disabilities. The inherent academic requirements for study in the Melbourne Law Masters are:
- The ability to attend a minimum of 75% of classes and actively engage in the analysis and critique of complex materials and debate;
- The ability to read, analyse and comprehend complex written legal materials and complex interdisciplinary materials;
- The ability to clearly and independently communicate in writing a knowledge and application of legal principles and interdisciplinary materials and to critically evaluate these;
- The ability to clearly and independently communicate orally a knowledge and application of legal principles and interdisciplinary materials and critically evaluate these;
- The ability to work independently and as a part of a group;
- The ability to present orally and in writing legal analysis to a professional standard.
Students who feel their disability will inhibit them from meeting these inherent academic requirements are encouraged to contact Student Equity and Disability Support.
Intended learning outcomes
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in International Law will:
- Have advanced knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge relating to the field of public international law, including the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in relation to:
- the nature, major principles, processes and structures of the international legal system and the relationship between international and domestic law
- legal issues in contemporary public and international affairs
- the increasing significance of international law domestically, regionally and globally
- Have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills that enable them to:
- analyse critically, evaluate and convey information and
- generate ideas and solutions to complex problems from both theoretical and practical perspectives in the subjects studied in the field of international law
- Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner in the field of international law.
Graduate attributes
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Advanced understanding of the changing knowledge base in the relevant area of law
The specialist focus of the Melbourne Law Masters, the constant review and renewal of subjects and courses, the range and expertise of instructors from Australia and around the world, and regular advice from our advisory boards combine to ensure that courses and subjects reflect emerging knowledge and ideas -
Ability to evaluate and synthesise existing knowledge in the area
Small classes, a discussion-based environment and the emphasis on quality teaching and learning create an environment in which knowledge is exchanged, critically examined and adapted to current circumstances -
Well-developed problem solving abilities, characterised by flexibility of approach
Most subjects approach knowledge by reference to various issues or problems. Students are encouraged to critically analyse problems and identify and develop a range of appropriate solutions through class discussion, individual study and assessment tasks. -
Advanced competencies in legal research and analysis
Class preparation and class discussions are designed to enhance these skills, which are tested in all forms of assessment. -
Capacity to communicate, orally and in writing
Classroom discussion and formal presentations provide an opportunity to hone oral communication skills, and written assessment tasks are graded in part on written communication skills. -
Appreciation of the design, conduct and reporting of original research
Research papers and other research tasks are expected to attain a degree of originality and discovery that befits a quality postgraduate program, and students are encouraged and assisted to publish work of a high standard in refereed journals. -
Capacity to manage competing demands on time
The demanding nature of graduate study requires effective time-management skills from all students. The rigour of our programs, whether undertaken part-time or full-time, ensures that all successful graduates have enhanced time-management skills. -
Profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, including the ethics of scholarship
Some subjects have a substantive ethical component. All instructors have a respect for intellectual integrity and are skilled scholars or practitioners in their own right. -
Appreciation of the way in which knowledge provides a foundation for leadership
Instructors in the Melbourne Law Masters are leaders in their fields, and many subjects involve visiting academics, exposing students to a wider array of leaders in a range of legal fields. The Law School is committed to the significance of knowledge, which informs all regular programs and a wide range of additional activities. -
Capacity to value and participate in teamwork
Small class sizes and an intensive teaching format are valuable in encouraging group dynamics and teamwork. -
Understanding of the significance and value of knowledge to the wider community
Law and legal knowledge are a community resource. In some subjects, this perspective is covered explicitly by the syllabus and the manner in which issues are treated in class. In addition, our diverse student body ensures that a range of perspectives on the way law impacts on the community are identified and analysed. -
Capacity to engage with issues in contemporary society
Our programs focus on the most up-to-date legal knowledge, analysing current issues and problems through the curriculum design, classroom discussion and assessment tasks. International students are also invited to participate in extracurricular activities to aid understanding of Australian law and legal institutions. -
Advanced working skills in the use of new technology
The most advanced IT infrastructure is available to Melbourne Law Masters students in the Law Library, the Moot Court Room, classroom settings and for private study.
Course structure
Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed lists.
International Law is compulsory for most students and, if possible, should be completed before other subjects. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.
Subject options
General Public International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90019 | Domestic Courts and International Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90022 | International Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70344 | International Law and Israel-Palestine | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90023 | International Law and Politics | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90047 | Law of International Organisations | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70429 | Philosophy of International Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90154 | International Law and the City | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Human Rights Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Order | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
May (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70308 | International Economic Law | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70069 | International Sale of Goods | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70433 | Regional Integration: The Case of the EU | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90126 | Digital Trade | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
International Tax
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure |
May (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90050 | Special Issues in Tax Treaties | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70465 | Trade and Tax Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS70203 | Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90132 | Tax Treaty Interpretation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Other subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS90084 | Comparative Foreign Affairs Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Development, Environment and Int'l Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70139 | International Construction Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90093 | International Criminal Court | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70027 | International Securities Regulation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90115 | Space, High Seas, Seabed & Antarctic Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90116 | US Environmental Law and Policy | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90146 | Construction Law in the Middle East | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90147 | Biodiversity Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020