Master of Public and International Law (511AA) // Course structure

Course structure

Students must complete eight subjects in total.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed lists.

Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed lists and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis).

Subject options

General Government Law

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS90082	The Legal System: Bases and Challenges	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70407	Australians Detained Abroad	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70334	Bills of Rights	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90011	Comparative Constitutional Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90056	Comparative Federal Constitutional Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90058	Comparative Human Rights Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70016	Comparative Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70222	Constitutional Law in Practice	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70411	Constitutional Problems in Comparison	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90013	Constitutional Rights and Freedoms	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70269	Constitution Making	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70201	Current Issues in Administrative Law	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70417	Elements of Legislation	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70447	Executive Power in Australia	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70390	Freedom of Speech	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90091	Global Administrative Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70448	Global Constitutionalism	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70379	Judicial Reasoning	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70397	Latin American Constitutionalisms	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70367	Law of Democracy	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70368	Law of Intergovernmental Relations	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90024	Law-making: Legislatures and Courts	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70425	Money, Law and Politics	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90103	Public Law and Private Law	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70460	Regulatory Policy and Practice	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90106	Multiculturalism and the State	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70037	Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70424	Separation of Powers	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70404	Statutes in the 21st Century	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90119	Law and Public Administration	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90120	Public Health Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90118	Government Liability	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90117	Federal Jurisdiction	Not available in 2019	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
LAWS90151	The Law of Public Contracting	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90153	Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

General Public International Law

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
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
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
LAWS70067	International Legal Internship	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70365	International Migration Law	Not available in 2019	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
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
LAWS70382	Business and Human Rights	May (On Campus - Parkville)	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
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
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
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

Asian Law

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70408	Chinese Corporate Law and Securities	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90009	Chinese Law and Commerce	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70230	Commercial Law in Asia	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90014	Construction Law and Projects in Asia	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70351	Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70414	Deals with China	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70415	Drugs and the Death Penalty in Asia	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70457	Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90097	Investment Deals and Disputes in Asia	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70105	Islamic Law and Politics in Asia	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90052	Trade and Investment Law in China	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90142	Constitutionalism after Empire	Not available in 2019	12.5

Communications Law

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70181	Defamation Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70273	Entertainment Law	June (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70080	Film and Television Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70362	Information Technology Contracting Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70396	Internet Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70184	Media, Free Speech and the State	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70182	New Media and Communications	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70428	Newsgathering	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90028	Privacy and Regulation of Surveillance	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70082	Privacy Law	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70104	Regulating Infrastructure & Utilities	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90145	Artificial Intelligence and the Law	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Dispute Resolution

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70202	Current Issues in Civil Litigation	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90080	Negotiation and Dispute Resolution	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70071	Advanced Evidence	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70018	Alternative Dispute Resolution	December (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70245	Avoid and Manage Construction Disputes	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90062	Business Negotiations and Deal-Making	July (On Campus - Parkville) July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90016	Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70073	Expert Evidence	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90021	Intercultural Dispute Resolution	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90048	Mediation in Practice	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70468	Negotiation Skills	February (On Campus - Parkville) March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90102	Persuasion and Advocacy	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70178	Proof in Litigation	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70376	Sports Dispute Resolution	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70266	Tax Litigation	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70052	Written Advocacy	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70019	Class Actions	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90051	Commercial Arbitration in Practice	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90113	Mediation: Principles and Practice	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Environmental Law

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70293	Climate Change Law	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70149	Construction Risk	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90088	Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90089	Environmental Compliance and Enforcement	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70100	Environmental Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70386	Environmental Rights	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90010	Green Technology Law and Policy	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70219	International Environmental Law	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90026	Native Title Law and Practice	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70349	Planning and Development Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90029	Planning and Building Sustainable Cities	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70464	Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70185	Water Law & Natural Resources Management	June (On Campus - Parkville)	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
LAWS90147	Biodiversity Law	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90148	Politics of Transnational Regulation	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

International Tax

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70009	Comparative Corporate Tax	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70353	Comparative International Tax	December (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70410	Comparative Tax Avoidance	Not available in 2019	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
LAWS90017	International Tax: Anti-avoidance	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70006	International Tax: Principles, Structure	May (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70124	International Taxation in the US	Not available in 2019	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
LAWS70319	Tax Policy	August (On Campus - Parkville)	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
LAWS90054	UK International Tax	Not available in 2019	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
LAWS70416	Asian Competition Policy and Law	No longer available
LAWS90084	Comparative Foreign Affairs Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70208	Competition Law & Intellectual Property	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90041	Corruption in International Sport	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
LAWS70445	Economic Regulators	No longer available
LAWS70141	Energy Regulation and the Law	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70025	Equality and Discrimination at Work	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70372	Freedom of Information	Not available in 2019	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
LAWS70388	Gambling Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70389	Global Commercial Contract Law	April (On Campus - Parkville) November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70151	Global Health Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90092	Global Health, Trade and Investment Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70236	Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70301	Internat and Comparative Competition Law	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70409	International Commercial Litigation	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
LAWS90022	International Dispute Resolution	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70218	International Employment Law	April (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
LAWS70117	International Sports Employment Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS90095	International Trade and Competition Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70164	Racing Industry Law and Regulation	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70433	Regional Integration: The Case of the EU	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70401	Regulation of Health Practitioners	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70462	Sports Integrity and Investigations	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70320	US Competition Law and Policy	No longer available
LAWS90105	US Patent Law	Not available in 2019	12.5
LAWS70451	Health Law and Human Rights	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
LAWS90143	International Lending	June (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90144	International Sustainable Finance	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90156	Comparative Family Law	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90152	Health Data Governance	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90146	Construction Law in the Middle East	Not available in 2019	12.5

Last updated: 18 December 2020