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Master of Public and International Law (511AA) // Course structure
About this course
Coordinator
Jason Varuhas
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Coordinator
Cheryl Saunders
Coordinator
Sundhya Pahuja
Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points 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 87.5 credit points from the prescribed lists. They are also recommended to undertake the subject International Law.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least 87.5 credit points from the prescribed lists and may choose the remaining 12.5 credit points from the subjects available in the Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis). They are also recommended to undertake the subject International Law if they have not previously studied international law.
Subject options
General Government Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90082 | The Legal System: Bases and Challenges | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90011 | Comparative Constitutional Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90056 | Comparative Federal Constitutional Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70222 | Constitutional Law in Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90013 | Constitutional Rights and Freedoms | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70201 | Current Issues in Administrative Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70447 | Executive Power in Australia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70390 | Freedom of Speech | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90091 | Global Administrative Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70379 | Judicial Reasoning | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90024 | Law-making: Legislatures and Courts | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70460 | Regulatory Policy and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70037 | Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70424 | Separation of Powers | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70404 | Statutes in the 21st Century | Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90119 | Law and Public Administration | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90118 | Government Liability | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90117 | Federal Jurisdiction | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90151 | The Law of Public Contracting | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90153 | Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90170 | Bringing in the People | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
General Public International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90019 | Domestic Courts and International Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70344 | International Law and Israel-Palestine | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90023 | International Law and Politics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2020 | 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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90047 | Law of International Organisations | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70429 | Philosophy of International Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
June (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90177 | International Law and Armed Violence | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | 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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Order | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 | September (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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90126 | Digital Trade | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Asian Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70408 | Chinese Corporate Law and Securities | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | September (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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70414 | Deals with China | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70415 | Drugs and the Death Penalty in Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90097 | Investment Deals and Disputes in Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Communications Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70181 | Defamation Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70273 | Entertainment Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70080 | Online Streaming, Film and TV Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70362 | Information Technology Contracting Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70396 | Internet Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70182 | New Media and Communications | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70428 | Newsgathering | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90028 | Privacy and Regulation of Surveillance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70082 | Privacy Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70104 | Regulating Infrastructure & Utilities | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90145 | Artificial Intelligence and the Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
November (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 | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70071 | Advanced Evidence | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70018 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70245 | Avoid and Manage Construction Disputes | Not available in 2020 | 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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70073 | Expert Evidence | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90102 | Persuasion and Advocacy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70178 | Proof in Litigation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70376 | Sports Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70266 | Tax Litigation | Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70052 | Written Advocacy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70019 | Class Actions | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90113 | Mediation: Principles and Practice | November (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 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90010 | Green Technology Law and Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90026 | Native Title Law and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90029 | Planning and Building Sustainable Cities | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90115 | Space, High Seas, Seabed & Antarctic Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90116 | US Environmental Law and Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90147 | Biodiversity Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
International Tax
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70410 | Comparative Tax Avoidance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90017 | International Tax: Anti-avoidance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70124 | International Taxation in the US | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90050 | Special Issues in Tax Treaties | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | June (Online) |
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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90132 | Tax Treaty Interpretation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | Not available in 2020 | 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 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70208 | Competition Law & Intellectual Property | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90041 | Corruption in International Sport | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2020 | 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 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70372 | Freedom of Information | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70388 | Gambling Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70301 | Intl and Comparative Competition Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70409 | International Commercial Litigation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70139 | International Construction Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90093 | International Criminal Court | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90022 | International Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70117 | International Sports Employment Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90095 | International Trade and Competition Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70433 | Regional Integration: The Case of the EU | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70401 | Regulation of Health Practitioners | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70462 | Sports Integrity and Investigations | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70320 | US Competition Law and Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS90105 | US Patent Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90152 | Health Data Governance | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90146 | Construction Law in the Middle East | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90167 | Administrative Law in Tax Matters | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 3 February 2021